Lesson 31
Success story
成功者的故事
【New words and expressions】 生词和短语
★retire v. 退休
He is getting old. He is going to retire.
retire=stop working=stop doing this
I'm going to retire next year.
我明年会退出影坛或歌坛
I'm so tired that I'm going to retire now.
★company n. 公司
firm 商行
corporation 责任公司
limited corporation 有限责任公司 Ltd.Co
He works in my business.
他在我的公司工作
★bicycle n. 自行车
★save v. 积蓄
save 挽救
save one's life
He saved my life 他挽救我的生命
save one's face 挽会面子
save money 存钱
save up 存钱
I have saved up for many years.
save it for a raining day 未雨绸缪,为将来需要而做好准备
★workshop n. 车间
workhouse 感化院
★helper n. 帮手,助手
assistant 助理
★employ v. 雇佣
employee 雇员
employer 雇主
trainer 教练
trainee 接受训练的人
★grandson n. 孙子
First listen and then answer the question.
听录音,然后回答以下问题。
What was Frank's first job?
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!