新概念 2 L31 Success story 成功者的故事

词汇

  • retire v. 退休 + from
    • He will retire from the army next year.
    • resign v. 辞职
  • company n. 公司
    • 陪伴
      • I enjoy his company.
      • keep sb. company 陪伴某人
    • 公司
      • business 小生意，买卖（可数）；商业（不可数）
      • corporation 企业
  • bicycle
    • bi：两个
    • binocular 望远镜
      • telescope n. 望远镜
    • a bilingual dictionary
  • save vt.
    • 存储
      人 save 钱 for 东西
    • save it for a raining day 未雨绸缪
    • v. 挽救，拯救
      • save one’s life
    • vt. 节省
  • workshop n. 车间
  • hire 短期雇佣；employ 长期雇佣
    • employer 雇主
    • empolyee 雇员
  • grandson

原文

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!
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。

  • experience n. 经验（不可数）
    • 工作经验 work experience
  • used to do 过去常常（现在不做了）
    • He used to smoke.
    • 疑问句：
      • Did he use to work here?
      • There used to be a house by the river. -> Did there use to be a house by the river?
  • of one’s own 属于某人自己的
    • I want to have a car of my own.
  • In one’s twenties 20 多岁
    • In one’s early twenties
    • In one’s late twenties
    • In one’s mid twenties
  • in + 时间段 （将来时）
    • The bus will leave in a few minutes.
    • Jack will be back in a week.
    • She will be here in a momment.
  • in + 时间段 （过去时）：用…时间
    • I learned to drive in 4 years.
    • I brushed my teeth in 4 minutes.
    • I saved money for a house in 2 years.
  • The way/road to …
    • The key to
    • The answer to