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Lesson 15 Good news 佳音
The secretary told me that Mr. Harmsworth would see me. I felt very nervous when I went into his office. He did not look up from his desk when I entered. After I had sat down, he said that business was very bad. He told me that the firm could not afford to pay such large salaries. Twenty people had already left. I knew that my turn had come. 'Mr. Harmsworth,' I said in a weak voice. 'Don't interrupt,' he said. Then he smiled and told me I would receive an extra thousand pounds a year!
- secretary 公司秘書(shū), 國(guó)家部長(zhǎng), 機(jī)構(gòu)的文書(shū)職干事
- look up from n (book/desk/computer) 視線從n離開(kāi)
- sth look up 好轉(zhuǎn)
- sb look up sth(a fact or a piece of information) 查驗(yàn)
- afford to do sth/afford to sth (時(shí)間,金錢(qián),精力上)負(fù)擔(dān)得起
- such + noun phrase 用于名詞詞組前強(qiáng)調(diào)某事的 程度
- such large salaries
- such simple english
- in a weak voice: If you describe someone's voice or smile as weak, you mean that it is not very loud or big, suggesting that the person lacks confidence, enthusiasm, or physical strength. 不大聲, 暗示了缺乏信心, 熱情或力量.
- interrupt: If you interrupt someone who is speaking, you say or do something that causes them to stop. 做某事或說(shuō)話打斷說(shuō)話的人
- extra: You use extra to describe an amount, person, or thing that is added to others of the same kind, or that can be added to others of the same kind. 額外增加相同的東西
- extra bonus
From Harmsworth's View:
The business dropped dramatically this year. And I had fired twenty employers since the firm were not able to afford such 'great expense'[=> a large sum :170130] of salaries. Mr. Woff was a responsible and skilful worker who devoted his precious ten-year time to the development of 'this'[=> the :170130] firm. So I decided to promote him to senior manager and increase his wage. That was a good news ''[=> so] I wanted to tell him 'by myself'[=> in person :170130]. I asked secretary to call him into my office. He looked nervous until I smiled and told him that he would [get promoted and] get an extra thousand pounds each year.
Knowledges
- dramatically 很大地, 很明顯地
- fire 解雇, 開(kāi)除. If an employer fires you, they dismiss you from your job.
- synonym: can(俚語(yǔ)), dismiss, terminate
- antonyms: hire, employ, engage
- devote energy/time to sth/doing sth
- be promoted (from A) to B. 一般用于被動(dòng). 他的同義詞 advance, elevate, raise, upgrade 基本如此
- 本句改成: I decided to let him be my senior manager 會(huì)更地道些么?
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wage和salary的區(qū)別: wage主要是對(duì)體力勞動(dòng)的報(bào)酬力细，salary則主要是對(duì)腦力勞動(dòng)的報(bào)酬. - call (in): 召來(lái)阐斜，叫來(lái)
The government then called in troops to deal with the disturbances.政府于是調(diào)來(lái)軍隊(duì)對(duì)付騷亂。
At school she was always being called into the headteacher's office.在學(xué)校時(shí)羔巢，她總是被叫到校長(zhǎng)辦公室去。
170130
- 親自地 in person 而非 by myself(單獨(dú)地)
From Sacretary's View:
Mr. Woff was the twenty first worker who was been call[=> called :170130] into the "boss's"[=> boss' :170130] office. The twenty workers before him were been fired. I thought his destiny might be the same as them[,] for the bussiness of our firm this year was terrible bad. It seemed that we could not afford to pay such huge salaries. Ten minutes later, Mr. Woff came off[=> out] with smiles. he told me that, to my surprise, he got a raise.
- The twenty workers before him 好像可以改成 the previous twenty workers
- come out (of the house/office). off 是下來(lái)的意思
Knowledges
- afford to do sth/afford to sth (時(shí)間,金錢(qián),精力上)負(fù)擔(dān)得起
Few people are able to afford cars like that.很少人買得起那樣的車躲舌。
She couldn't afford the time off work to see him.她工作太忙震肮，抽不出時(shí)間去看他。
- look up from n (book/desk/computer) 視線從n離開(kāi)
- sth look up 好轉(zhuǎn)
Things could be looking up in the computer industry. 計(jì)算機(jī)行業(yè)的情況可能會(huì)好轉(zhuǎn)胰坟。
- sb look up sth(a fact or a piece of information) 查驗(yàn)
> Many people have to look up the meaning of this word in the dictionary. 這個(gè)詞的意思很多人都要查字典才知道因篇。
Remembers
170130
- such + noun phrase 用于名詞詞組前強(qiáng)調(diào)某事的 程度
- such large salaries
- such simple english
- fire 解雇, 開(kāi)除. If an employer fires you, they dismiss you from your job.
- synonym: can(俚語(yǔ)), dismiss, terminate
- antonyms: hire, employ, engage
(作文時(shí)間: 2016年12月28日, 耗時(shí): 100分鐘)
30天后修改意見(jiàn)
修正了一些表達(dá)錯(cuò)誤, 很明顯的感受是一看就知道錯(cuò)了. 說(shuō)明1.5個(gè)月的寫(xiě)寫(xiě)寫(xiě)還是有用的.
(修改時(shí)間: 2017-01-30, 耗時(shí): 15 分鐘)
