新概念英語第二冊 Lesson 31
新概念英語第二冊-Lesson 31
第一部分 WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS
Frank Hawkins 弗蘭克.霍金斯
retire v.退休
company n.公司
save v.積蓄
workshop n.車間
helper n.幫手，助手
employ v.僱傭
grandson n.孫子
from rags to riches 從赤貧到暴富
earn an honest penny 誠實致富
第二部分 TEXT
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!
參考譯文
昨天下午弗蘭克.霍金斯向我講述了他年輕時的經歷. 在退休前, 弗蘭克是一家非常大的商業公司的經理, 但他小時候卻在一家小鋪裏做工. 他那時的工作是修理自行車, 並且通常是一天工作14個小時. 他靠多年積蓄, 於1958年買下了自己的一個小鋪子. 20多歲的時候, 弗蘭克曾生產飛機零配件. 那時他有兩個幫手. 幾年之後, 小鋪子已經發展成了一個僱有728人的大工廠. 弗蘭克回想着他早年的艱難經歷和走過的漫長的成功之路, 微笑了. 他正笑着的時候門開了, 他的妻子走了進來. 她叫他去修理孫子的自行車.
第三部分 LANGUAGE POINTS
1、Frank Hawkins was telling me about his experiences as a young man.
tell sb. about sth.:對某人講某事
as(prep.) a young man:年輕的時候
2、As a boy he used to work in a small shop
as(prep.) a boy:和前面as a young man一樣用法
used to do:過去常常做某事
3、It was his job to repair bicycles
it:形式主語,指代後面不定式短語to repair bicycles
4、He saved money for years
save money：攢錢（=save up）
save one's face 挽回面子
save it for a rainy day: 未雨綢繆, 爲將來需要而做好準備
5、He bought a small workshop of his own.
of one's own:屬於自己的
6、In his twenties Frank used to make spare parts for aeroplanes.
in one's twenties:某人20多歲的時候
in his early thirties:他30歲剛出頭的時候
in his late fifties:在他近60歲的時候
in the 1980s 在二十世紀八十年代
7、Frank smiled when he remembered his hard early years and the long road to success.
remember:recall回憶
road to success:成功之路（注意的用法）
第四部分 KEY STRUCTURES AND USAGE
used to do sth.(過去常常做，而現在不這麼做)
As a boy he used to work in a small shop.
At that time he used to work fourteen hours a day.
In his twenties Frank used to make spare parts for aeroplanes.
過去進行時（表過去正在發生/持續的動作/狀態）
Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins was telling me about his experiences as a young man.
He was still smiling when the door opened and his wife came in.
過去進行時出現在 1.一個故事的背景 2.和另外一件事同時發生
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Exercises
中譯英
1、跟我講講你的工作。
2、我跟你講過我去西藏的那趟旅行了嗎？
3、過去我每天都自己做飯，但現在我經常在外面吃。
4、你們以前是不是經常見面呢？
5、我的願望是成爲一個藝術家
6、跟你談話非常高興。
7、她在爲度假攢錢。
8、我們叫輛出租車吧，這樣可以節省時間
9、你省省力氣吧，他不會聽你的
10、我終於有了一個屬於自己的套間。
11、他們創辦了一個他們自己的公司。
12、這是去頤和園的路。
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