[00:00.760]--- Lesson 15 Good news
[00:06.520]--- First listen and then answer the question.
[00:12.440]--- What was the good news?
[00:17.200]The secretary told me that Mr.Harmsworth would see me.
[00:23.640]I felt very nervous when I went into his office.
[00:28.480]He did not look up from his desk when I entered.
[00:32.760]After I had sat down, he said that business was very bad.
[00:39.840]He told me that the firm could not afford to pay such large salaries. Twenty people had already left.
[00:51.680]I knew that my turn had come.
[00:56.360]'Mr.Harmsworth,' I said in a weak voice.^“
[01:02.920]'Don't interrupt,' he said
[01:06.840]Then he smiled and told me I would receive an extra thousand pounds a year!
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