Lesson 15 Good news
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!
ðə ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri toʊld mi ðət ˈmɪstər. Harmsworth wəd si mi.
aɪ fɛlt ˈvɛri ˈnɜrvəs wɛn aɪ wɛnt ˈɪntə ɪz ˈɔfəs.
hi dɪd nɑt lʊk ʌp frəm ɪz dɛsk wɛn aɪ ˈɛntərd.
ˈæftər aɪ həd sæt daʊn, hi sɛd ðət ˈbɪznəs wəz ˈvɛri bæd.
hi toʊld mi ðət ðə fɜrm kəd nɑt əˈfɔrd tə peɪ sʌʧlɑrʤ ˈsæləriz.
ˈtwɛnti ˈpipəl həd ɔlˈrɛdi lɛft. aɪ nu ðət maɪ tɜrn həd kʌm.
ˈmɪstər. Harmsworth,' aɪ sɛd ɪn ə wik vɔɪs. doʊntˌɪntəˈrʌpt,' hi sɛd.
ðɛn hi smaɪld ənd toʊld mi aɪ wəd rəˈsiv ən ˈɛkstrə ˈθaʊzənd paʊndz ə jɪr!
任务配置：
L0+L1+L4
business
1. [U] the activity of making, buying, selling or supplying goods or services for money = commerce, trade
business contacts/ affairs/ interests 商业联系/事务/利益
a business investment
to do business with someone
She has been set up in business as a hairdresser. 她已经开店当理发师。
When he left school, he went into business with his brother. 他毕业后和他哥哥去经商了。
She works in the computer business. 她从事电脑业。
agribusiness： an industry concerned with the production and sale of farm products, especially involving large companies. 农工联合企业；农业综合企业
big business: important business activity that makes a lot of money 大企业；大生意
Organized science had allied itself with big business and government.
Herbal remedies are becoming big business.
show business: 娱乐行业；娱乐界；演艺界
to be in show business 从事演艺事业
show-business people/stars 演艺界人士、明星
That's showbiz! 这就是娱乐界嘛！
2. work that is part of your job. 商务；公事
Is the trip to Rome business or pleasure? 这次去罗马是公干还是游玩？
3. the amount of work done by a company, etc. the rate or quality of this work
营业额；贸易额
Business was bad. 生意不景气。
Business was booming. 生意兴隆。
Her job was to drum up (= increase) business. 她的工作是提高营业额。
4. a commercial organization such as a company, shop/ store or factory 商业机构；企业；公司；商店；工厂
to have/ start/ run a business 拥有，开办，经营企业
business premises 商务场址
They've got a small catering business.
5. something that concerns a particular person or organization. 归某人或某机构管得事；职责
I shall make it my business to find out who is responsible. 我要亲自查出是谁的责任。
6. important matters that need to be dealt with or discussed. 需要处理或讨论的重要事情；要点。
He has some unfinished business to deal with. 他还要处理一些尚未了结的事务。
7. 通常与形容词连用。
a matter, an event or a situation 事情；事件；状况
I found the whole business was very depressing.我觉得整件事情令人沮丧。
The business of the missing tickets hasn't been sorted out. 遗失票这件事还没解决呢。
8. especially NAmE = custom
We're grateful for your business. 感谢关顾本店。
复习音标/f/ /v/
words:
Harmsworth
would weak was when went
very
nervous
voice
receive
练习感悟：
1. 还是那个感觉，很多你觉得掌握的单词，其实根本就不会，这种统统归为生词。
2.今天大概看了看t在不同情况的不同读法。
3.觉得要努力，还不够。
