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.
Dont interrupt, he said.
Then he smiled and told me I would receive an extra thousand pounds a year!
New words and expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ)
secretary n. 秘書
nervous adj. 精神緊張的
afford v. 負(fù)擔(dān)得起
weak adj. 弱的
interrupt v. 插話,打斷
秘書告訴我說(shuō)哈姆斯沃斯先生要見我。我走進(jìn)他的辦公室,感到非常緊張。我進(jìn)去的時(shí)候,他連頭也沒抬。待我坐下后,他說(shuō)生意非常不景氣。他還告訴我,公司支付不起這么龐大的工資開支,有20個(gè)人已經(jīng)離去。我知道這次該輪到我了。 “哈姆斯沃斯先生,”我無(wú)力地說(shuō)。 “不要打斷我的話,”他說(shuō)。 然后他微笑了一下告訴我說(shuō),我每年將得到1,000 英鎊的額外收入。