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新概念英语第二册-Lesson 15
第一部分 WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS
secretary n.秘书
Mr.Harmsworth 哈姆斯沃斯先生
nervous adj.精神紧张的
look up 抬头看
afford v.负担得起
interrupt v.插话,打断
extra 额外
第二部分 TEXT
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!
[U]参考译文[/U]
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.
第三部分 LANGUAGE POINTS
1.He did not look up from his desk when I entered.
look up:抬起头来看
2.He told me that the firm could not afford to pay such large salaries.
cannot afford to do sth.:由于经济等方面原因没有能力做...
collect salary:领薪水
pay salary:支付薪水
3.Twenty people had already left.
had left=had left the company
这里的left意指被解雇了
解雇:fire,lay off
4.I knew that my turn had come.
my turn:轮到我...
It is my turn.轮到我了(口语常用形式)
5.Then he smiled and told me I would receive an extra thousand pounds a year!
an extra thousand pounds=an extra sum of one thousand pounds
第四部分 KEY STRUCTURES AND USAGE

间接引语(陈述句的间接引语)
--间接引语都做宾语从句
--把直接引语改成间接引语时应注意时态的变化:
[U]直接引语句子中,引语动词和引述动词时态可以不必一致;改成间接引语时,引语动词的时态需要发生相应变化
[/U]1、主从一致 : 主句和从句的时态一致
1)主句的动词为一般现在时, 从句为任意时态
2)主句的动词为一般过去时, 从句为相对应的过去时态
(过去时 : 一般过去时, 过去进行时, 过去完成时, 过去将来时)
一般现在时—— 一般过去时
现在进行时—— 过去进行时
现在完成时—— 过去完成时
将来完成时—— 过去将来完成时
一般过去时—— 过去完成时
2、人称变化
主要是第一和第二人称变化, 根据语境来考虑
3、只要属于宾语从句, 引导词that可以省略
请注意下列例句红色部分及括号内直接/间接引语的时态变化
Ex1.'I never work on Sundays,'he said
--->He said he never worked on Sundays.(一般现在时->一般过去时)
Ex2.'I broke that plate,'he said.
--->He said(that)he had broken that plate.(一般过去时->过去完成时)
Ex3.'Mr.Jones will see you,'she said.
--->She said(that)Mr.Jones would see you.(一般将来时->过去将来时)
Ex4.'I have just finished work,'Mr.Jones said.
--->Mr.Jones said(that)he had just finished work.(现在完成时->过去完成时)
Exercises
一、中译英
1、当有人叫他的时候他从报纸上抬起头来
2、他负担不起送他儿子上大学
3、我付不起这个租金
4、已经有20个人被解雇了
5、他最近被解雇了。
6、现在轮到你讲话了。
7、他们轮流值班
8、我们挨个过那个桥。
9、他们轮流来照顾这个婴儿
二、英语中“因祸得福”可以怎么表示?“a lucky dog”又是什么意思?
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