success story 成功者的故事

【課文】

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!

【課文翻譯】

昨天下午弗蘭克.霍金斯向我講述了他年輕時的經(jīng)歷。在退休前，弗蘭克是一家非常大的商業(yè)公司的經(jīng)理，但他小時候卻在一家小鋪里做工。他那時的工作是修理自行車，并且通常是一天工作14個小時。他靠多年積蓄，于1958年買下了自己的一個小鋪子。20多歲的時候，弗蘭克曾生產(chǎn)飛機零配件。那時他有兩個幫手。幾年之后，小鋪子已經(jīng)發(fā)展成了一個雇有728人的大工廠。弗蘭克回想著他早年的艱難經(jīng)歷和走過的漫長的成功之路，微笑了。他正笑著的時候門開了，他的妻子走了進來。她叫他去修理孫子的自行車。

【生詞和短語】

retire v. 退休

company n. 公司

bicycle n. 自行車

save v. 積蓄

workshop n. 車間

helper n. 幫手，助手

employ v. 雇傭

grandson n. 孫子

【知識點講解】

1 He saved money for years and in 1958 he bought a small workshop of his own.

他靠多年積蓄，于1958年買下了自己的一個小鋪子。

(1)save v. 積蓄，挽救

相關(guān)短語: save one's life 救了某人的生命 save one's face 挽會面子 save money 存錢

He saved my life 他挽救了我的生命。

I have saved up for many years. 我已經(jīng)存了好幾年的錢了。

(2)of one's own

own此處作名詞使用，意為自己的東西;做形容詞時是指自己的, 特有的;動詞時表示擁有的意思。

用one's own還是of one's own由被修飾詞的位置決定，如果被修飾名詞在前邊，用of one's own,如果被修飾名詞在后邊，用one's own。

my own book =The book is of my own

2 Frank was the head of a very large business company, but as a boy he used to work in a small shop.

弗蘭克是一家非常大的商業(yè)公司的經(jīng)理，但他小時候卻在一家小鋪里做工。

used to do 過去常常，但是現(xiàn)在不做

My teacher used to live there. 我的老師過去住在那(現(xiàn)在不住了)。

3 in his twenties

in one's -ies 在某人幾十歲的時候

in my fifties 在我五十多歲的時候

In his fifties,he learned the second language.

在他50多歲的時候，他學習了第二門外語。

in the 1980s 在二十世紀八十年代

I worked/began the job in the 1990s.

我在二十世紀九十年代開始的工作。

4 In a few years the small workshop had become a large factory which employed seven hundred and twenty-eight people.

幾年之后，小鋪子已經(jīng)發(fā)展成了一個雇有728人的大工廠。

①表示在過去某一時刻或動作以前完成了的動作，也可以說過去的時間關(guān)于過去的動作。即“過去的過去”。By nine o’clock last night, we had gotten 200 pictures from the spaceship.

到昨晚9點鐘，我們已經(jīng)收到200 張飛船發(fā)來的圖片。

②表示由過去的某一時刻開始，一直延續(xù)到過去另一時間的動作或狀態(tài)，常和for, since構(gòu)成的時間狀語連用。

He said he had worked in that factory since 1949.

他說自從1949年以來他就在那家工廠工。

③在含有定語從句的主從復合句中，如果敘述的是過去的事，先發(fā)生的動作常用過去完成時。

I returned the book that I had borrowed.

我已歸還了我借的書。

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