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.

秘書(shū)告訴我，哈姆斯沃斯先生要見(jiàn)我。我進(jìn)他辦公室的時(shí)候，非常緊張。我進(jìn)去的時(shí)候，他都沒(méi)有抬頭。

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.

我坐下后，他說(shuō)生意很差。他告訴我，公司付不起這么龐大的薪水。20個(gè)人已經(jīng)被裁了，我知道輪到我了。

‘Mr. Harmsworth, ’I said in a weak voice.

‘哈姆斯沃斯先生’，我有氣無(wú)力地說(shuō)。

‘Don't interrupt, ’he said.

‘別打斷我’，他說(shuō)。

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

然后他笑著告訴我，我年薪找了1000鎊。