课文
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!
译：
秘书告诉我说哈姆斯沃斯先生要见我。我走进他的办公室，感到非常紧张。我进去的时候，他连头也没抬。待我坐下后，他说生意非常不景气。他还告诉我，公司支付不起这么庞大的工资开支，有20个人已经离去。我知道这次该轮到我了。
“哈姆斯沃斯先生，”我无力地说。
“不要打断我的话，”他说。
然后他微笑了一下告诉我说，我每年将得到1,000 英镑的额外收入。
词
nervous：**adj.紧张的，担心的**
feel nervous「感觉神经紧张的」
I feel very nervous before exams.「我在考试前感到非常紧张」
be nervous「处于紧张的状态」
He had never spoken in public, so he was very nervous.「他从未在公共场合讲过话，因此他非常紧张」
adj.神经质的
She is a nervous woman. Do you see that nervous smile on her face?「她是个神经质的女人，你看见她脸上那种神经质的微笑了吗？」
nerve「n.神经」
与nervous混淆的一个词是irritable「易怒的，急躁的」：
Our teacher is an irritable old lady. She gets angry easily.「我们的老师是位脾气暴躁的老太太，她很容易生气」
**v.负担得起，花得起**
can/could/be able to + afford + sth./to do sth.「能够负担得起…/做…」
We can/can’t afford a car this year.「我们今年买得起/买不起小汽车」
Students cannot afford the books.「学生们不能负担得起书本」
Nowadays people can afford to travel abroad.「现今人们能负担得起出国旅游」
I can’t afford to be ill again.「我不能再病了」
v.提供，给予
Joe afforded us a room for the night.「那天晚上乔为我们提供了一个房间过夜」
inter-表互相
internet「n.因特网，相互的网」
interview「v./n.面试，相互的看」
international「adj.国际的，相互的国家」
interaction「n.相互作用，相互行动」
句子
课文句子
The secretary told me that Mr. Harmsworth would see me.「秘书告诉我说哈姆斯沃斯先生要见我」
would这里不是单纯的表示过去将来时，而是表示「想…，要…」：
What would you like have?「你想要吃（喝）些什么？」
John wouldn’t lent me his bicycle.「约翰不愿意把他的自行车借给我」
I knew that my turn had come.「我知道这次该轮到我了」
turn这里意为「n.轮流，轮班，一次机会」：
I have already asked two questions. Now it’s your turn.「我已经问了两个问题，该轮到你了」
When his turn came, he couldn’t speak any word.「轮到他时，他却一个字也说不出来」