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§ Lesson 31 Success story 成功者的故事 更多学习请加入，学习QQ群：192777068 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 grandsons bicycle! 参考译文 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. 【New words and expressions】 生词和短语 ★retire v. 退休He is getting old, He is going to retire. 他越来越老, 他打算退休了 retire=stop working=stop doing this Im going to retire next year. 我明年会退出影坛或歌坛 Im so tired that Im going to retire now. (retire = go to bed) ★company n. 公司 firm 商行 corporation 责任公司 limited corporation 有限责任公司 缩略形式 : Ltd.Co He works in my business. 他在我的公司工作 ★bicycle n. 自行车 ★save v. 积蓄save 挽救save ones lifeHe saved my life 他挽救我的生命save ones face 挽会面子save money 存钱西方人不喜欢提钱, 所以用 save up 表示存钱 I have saved up for many years: 我已经存了好几年的钱 save it for a rainy day: 未雨绸缪, 为将来需要而做好准备 ★workshop n. 车间workhouse 感化院, 强迫劳动的地方 workshop 工作并且可以拿出来卖, 译为 “车间” ★helper n. 帮手, 助手assistant 助理 ★employ v. 雇佣employee: 雇员employer: 雇主trainer 教练trainee 接受训练的人 grandson n. 孙子 更多学习请加入，学习QQ群：192777068 【课文讲解】 He worked in a factory.他曾经在一个车间里工作 He used to work in a small workshop. 他过去在一个车间工作 used to