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Lesson 31 Success story 成功者的故事

Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins was telling me about his experiences as a young man. Frank is now 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 1938 he bought a small work-shop of his own. During the war Frank used to make spare parts for aeroplanes. At that time he had two helpers. By the end of the war, the small work-shop 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 son's bicycle!

• tell sb about sth / tell sb sth(n, wh, that) / tell sth to sb
  • tell me a story
  • tell the history to us
  • tell you what to do
• one's experience as a young man /&/ as a boy 重点学习as的用法
  • as prep. 还是…的时候 If you do something as a child or as a teenager, for example, you do it when you are a child or a teenager.
  • he loved singing as a child.
  • he chased her as a teenager.
• the head of
• bussiness company
• used to
• one's job to do sth
• save money
• spare parts
• at that time
• remember sth 回忆

From Frank's Wife's View:

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。他20几岁时，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。

My husband is the head of a large international business company. I met him in 1957 as he was twenty and I was sixteen. At that time, he worked in a small shop and often worked fourteen hours a day. I married him at 1959 when I was eighteen. A year later, he had bought his own workshop and made spare parts of aeroplane during the war. In a few years, the number of his employers had increased from two to seven hundred and twenty-eight and the workshop had become a large factory. Now we are old and have retired. And he always shares 'the youths'[=> the young] about his experiences as he was young. He tell his hard early years and the long road to success just as a story. And he is still a skillful worker as he is repairing our grandson's bicycle.

Knowledges

• increase from
• retired 退休的;退职的
  • retire from the company / museum
  • retire as chief executive
• youth
  • the youth 年轻人, 不用加s.
    • the youth of today / the country
  • in his youth 年轻的时候
  • eternal youth (= staying young) 永葆青春
• as 作为
  • I meant it as a joke.这话我只是当玩笑讲的。
• skilful [US. skillful] 娴熟的，熟练的
• as 当...的时候
  • as and when(= if and when) 当...的时候
  • We don't own a car -- we just rent one as and when we need it.

From Grandson's View:

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。他20几岁时，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。

My father and mother are busy 'on'[=> with] work and I lived 'at'[=> in] my grandparent's home. It was my grandfather's job to repair bicycles as he was young. So I feel very lucky when my bicycle has something wrong. My grandfather is a soft and patient and he always gives me some help 'in'[=> with] my homework. He often tells me his stories as he was young. He used to be merely a common worker in a small shop. Then he worked hard and saved money for years and bought his own workshop. The workshop had developed to be a large factory with seven hundred and twenty-eight employers when my dad was born. I started studying hard since I knew my grandfather's hard early years and the long road to success. I wish to have my own company in the future.

Knowledges

• busy
  • a. be busy with 忙于
  • v. busy oneself with 忙于
  • a. a busy road/restaurant （地方）热闹的，熙熙攘攘的
• live
  • live with 和谁住
    • live with my grandparents
  • live in 住在哪
    • I'm living in London. 暂时居住
    • I live in London. 永久居住
• 慈祥的 kindly; amiable; loving
• help
  • help with the costs of doing sth
  • help sb doing sth

Remembers

• youth
  • the youth 年轻人, 不用加s.
    • the youth of today / the country
  • in his youth 年轻的时候
  • eternal youth (= staying young) 永葆青春
• live
  • live with 和谁住
    • live with my grandparents
  • live in 住在哪
    • I'm living in London. 暂时居住
    • I live in London. 永久居住

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