Lesson 15 Good news

·单词

secretary n.    秘书

    ·secret n.    秘密

nervous adj.    精神紧张的

    ·feel nervous    感到紧张

    ·be nervous    处于紧张的状态

    ·nerve n.    神经

    ·irritable adj.    易怒的

afford v.    负担得起（强调能力，常跟can，could，be able to）

    ·can/be ableto + afford + sth./to do sth.

    ·Students can afford the E-books.    学生们买得起（负担得起）电子书.

    ·The firm could not afford to pay such large salaries.    这家公司支付不起这么高的薪水

weak adj.    弱的

    ·strong adj.    强壮的

interrupt v.    插话，打断

    ·Don' t interrupt!    别插话（语气强烈，慎用）

    ·inter-    前缀，在多者，相互之间

        ·internet n.    互联网        interview v./n.    面试/面谈

        ·international adj.    国际的        interaction n.    互动，交流

·本课句型

直接引语 变 间接引语（宾语从句）

    ·他说：“我很帅。”（直接引语）

    ·他说我很帅。    错（去掉双引号变间接引语）

    ·他说他很帅。    对（去掉双引号变间接引语）

    ·He says, 'I am very handsome.'    (直接引语)（英语中不用冒号，直接加单引号）

    ·He says that he is very handsome.    （间接引语）

    ·需要注意时态

    ·He said, 'I am a fool.'

    ·He said that he was a fool.

    ·He said, 'I will go to Italy.'

    ·He said that He would go to Italy. 

    ·He said, 'I went to Italy.'

    ·He said that He had gone to Italy.

·课文

    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!

look up    抬头看 

my trun    轮到我：表示现在是某人负责或有权采取行动的时候。

in a weak voice    用微弱的声音（in 在 ... 内部）

·知识拓展

said 和 told 的用法区别

    ·said    后面直接接事，不能接人

    ·told    后面可以接告诉某人某事

He____me that she____(come) the next day.

    ·told（因为后面是宾语的me）        would come（根据next day 可猜测原来的时态是 will 将来时，所以变为间接引语用一般过去将来时）

He___he___(cannot) understand me.

    ·said（后面的he是引语的主语，所以后面没人只有事情，that被省去了）        could not（他不懂我，可以推测为是一般现在时，所以变为间接引语用一般过去时）

I___you I___(have) never played tennis before.

    ·told（后面是宾语you）        had never played（根据后文的played，可以知道是过去时，站在过去说，所以用过去完成时）

He___that he___(work) all day yesterday.

    ·said（后面是一个事）        had worked/was working（没有唯一的答案，主要看想强调什么，如果我想强调的只是昨天，就可以过去完成时，如果想强调一整天，那就可以用过去进行时）

Why___you___that you___(be) busy?

    ·did（想象一下，一个人刚说完他很忙，你要问你为什么说你忙，这个时候的疑问动词就是过去时，就是询问他之前说过的那句话）        said（后面是事）        were（他说我很忙的时候是现在是，就是I am busy，应为是主系表结构，所以用一般过去式）

不规则变化的动词：

原型    过去式    过去分词    动词ing

·feel    felt    felt