新概念英语第二册第31课:Success story
What was Frank s first job
   
Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins was telling me about his experiences as a young man.
   
昨天下午弗兰克.霍金斯向我讲述了他年轻时的经历。
   
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.
   
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。
   
It was his job to repair bicycles and at that time he used to work fourteen hours a day.
   
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。
   
He saved money for years and in 1958 he bought a small workshop of his own.
   
他靠多年积蓄，于1958年买下了自己的一个小铺子。
   
In his twenties Frank used to make spare parts for aeroplanes. At that time he had two helpers.
眼纹
   
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。
   
In a few years the small workshop had become a large factory which employed seven hundred and twenty-eight people.
   
几年之后，小铺子已经开展成了一个雇有728人的大工厂。
济南小吃加盟   
Frank smiled when he remembered his hard early years and the long road to success.
骑马布
   
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。
   
He was still smiling when the door opened and his wife came in. She wanted him to repair their grandson s bicycle!
   
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
   
company
   
n. 公司
共价键的类型
   
bicycle
   
n. 自行车
   
save
   
v. 积蓄
   
workshop
   
n. 车间
防骗技巧   
helper
   
n. 帮手，助手
污水处理技术
   
employ
   
v. 雇佣
   
grandson
   
n. 孙子
   
Lesson 31 自学导读First things first 
课文详注 Further notes on the text
   
1．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. 在退休前，弗兰克是一家非常大的商业公司的经理，但他小时侯却在一家小铺里做工。
   
〔1〕head在此处的意思不是人或动物的“头部〞，而是“首领〞、“头目〞，一般出现在“the head of +名词〞结构中：