[al:新概念英语（二）] [ar:MP3 同步字幕版（英音）] [ti:Good News] [by:更多学习内容，请到yingyu.chazidian.com搜索“新概念”] [00:13.11]What was the good news? [00:17.94]The secretary told me that [00:57.15]Mr. Harmsworth would see me. [00:24.42]I felt very nervous when I went into his office. [00:29.06]He did not look up from his desk when I entered. [00:33.31]After I had sat down, [00:35.68]he said that business was very bad. [00:40.60]He told me that the firm could not afford to pay such large salaries. [00:48.79]Twenty people had already left. [00:52.31]I knew that my turn had come. [00:57.14]'Mr. Harmsworth,' I said in a weak voice. [01:03.55]'Don't interrupt,' he said. [01:07.62]Then he smiled and told me [01:10.76]I would receive [01:11.87]an extra thousand pounds a year!