Lesson 31
Success story
成功者的故事
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1What was Frank's first job?
2Yesterday afternoon
3Frank Hawkins was telling me about his experiences as a young man.
4Before he retired,
5Frank was the head of a very large business company,
6but as a boy he used to work in a small shop.
7It was his job to repair bicycles
8 and at that time he used to work fourteen hours a day.
9He saved money for years
10and in 1958 he bought a small workshop of his own.
11In his twenties Frank used to make spare parts for aeroplanes.
12At that time he had two helpers.
13In a few years the small workshop had become a large factory
14which employed seven hundred and twenty-eight people.
15Frank smiled when he remembered his hard early years
16and the long road to success.
17He was still smiling when the door opened and his wife came in.
18She wanted him to repair their grandson's bicycle!
1 听录音，然后回答以下问题。 2 What was Frank's first job? 3 Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins was telling me about his experiences as a young man. Before he retired, Frank was the head of a very large business company, but as a boy he used to work in a small shop. It was his job to repair bicycles and at that time he used to work fourteen hours a day. He saved money for years and in 1958 he bought a small workshop of his own. In his twenties Frank used to make spare parts for aeroplanes. At that time he had two helpers. In a few years the small workshop had become a large factory which employed seven hundred and twenty-eight people. Frank smiled when he remembered his hard early years and the long road to success. He was still smiling when the door opened and his wife came in. She wanted him to repair their grandson's bicycle! 4New words and expressions 生词和短语 5retire v. 退休 6company n. 公司 7bicycle n. 自行车 8save v. 积蓄 9workshop n. 车间 10helper n. 帮手，助手 11employ v. 雇佣 12grandson n. 孙子 13参考译文 14 昨天下午弗兰克.霍金斯向我讲述了他年轻时的经历。在退休前，弗兰克是一家非常大的商业公司的经理，但他小时候却在一家小铺里做工。他那时的工作是修理自行车，并且通常是一天工作14个小时。他靠多年积蓄，于1958年买下了自己的一个小铺子。20多岁的时候，弗兰克曾生产飞机零配件。那时他有两个帮手。几年之后，小铺子已经发展成了一个雇有728人的大工厂。弗兰克回想着他早年的艰难经历和走过的漫长的成功之路，微笑了。他正笑着的时候门开了，他的妻子走了进来。她叫他去修理孙子的自行车。