Lesson 30 Success story

成功者的故事

successful成功的（-ful: helpful/hopeful）

一、词汇部分

1.retire /rɪ'taɪɚ/ v. 退休
扩展：hire 雇佣/fire 开除

2.company /'kʌmpəni/ n. 公司，陪伴
Three is a company.

3.bicycle /'baɪsɪkl/ n. 自行车
词根：bi- 表示二
词根：cycl- 表示圆圈
扩展：unicycle 独轮车；recycle 回收

4.save /sev/ v. 积蓄
扩展：saving account 储蓄账户
扩展：save one’s life 救别人的命

5.workshop /'wɝkʃɑp/ n. 车间
factory 工厂／plant 工厂

6.helper /'hɛlpɚ/ n. 帮手，助手

7.employ /ɪm'plɔɪ/ v. 雇佣
employer 雇主／employee 雇员

8.grandson /ˈɡrændˌsʌn/ n. 孙子

文章讲解

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 timehe 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!

文章精讲：

1.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.

1）Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins was telling me about his experiences as a young man.
as用法:
介词：as a teacher/father/man
副词：Peter is as smart as Laura.
连词：As he is handsome, nobody likes him.
Experience 用法：
Experience 可数名词表示经历
Experience 不可数名词表示经验
Experienced adj. 有经验的
Peter is an experienced doctor.

2）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.
搭配：used to do sth 过去尝尝做某事
例句: I used to smoke a lot. But one of my friends is a doctor. He told me smoking is very bad for your health. So I quit. 我以前吸烟很多。但是我的有个朋友是一生，他跟我说抽烟对身体非常不好，所以我就戒烟了。

2.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.

1)It 指代后面出现的to do sth
原句等同于：To repair bicycles was his job. It was his job to repair bicycles.

2)In 1958 注意时间介词in

3.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.

1)In one’s + 数字整十复数
In one’s twenties 在某人二十几岁的时候
In one’s thirties 在某人三十几岁的时候
In one’s forties 在某人四十几岁的时候

2)Hundred 百
前面有具体数字 ＋ hundred （不用复数）--five hundred people
hundreds of ---hundreds of people

3)which 引导定语从句

4.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!

1)when 引导时间状语从句

2)his hard early years and the long road to success 并列