單詞之后，開始今日聽力~

 The secretary told me that Mr. Harmsworth would see me.

秘書告訴我說哈姆斯沃斯先生要見我。

I felt very nervous when I went into his office.

我走進他的辦公室，感到非常緊張。

He did not look up from his desk when I entered.

我進去的時候，他連頭也沒抬。

After I had sat down, he said that business was very bad.

待我坐下后，他說生意非常不景氣。

He told me that the firm could not affordto pay such large salaries. Twenty people had already left.

他還告訴我，公司支付不起這么龐大的工資開支，有20個人已經(jīng)離去。

I knew that my turn had come.

我知道這次該輪到我了。

'Mr.Harmsworth,' I said in a weak voice.

“哈姆斯沃斯先生，”我無力地說。

 'Don't interrupt,' he said.

“不要打斷我的話，”他說。

Then he smiled and told me I would receive an extra thousand pounds a year!

 然后他微笑了一下告訴我說，我每年將得到1,000 英鎊的額外收入。

look up,

抬頭看

could not afford to?,

不可能支付，afford 為“有能力做??”，常和can, could 連用。

I knew that my turn had come

我知道這次該輪到我了。my turn 指上文中有人被公司解雇這件事。