新概念英语第二册 Lesson 31
新概念英语第二册-Lesson 31
第一部分 WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS
Frank Hawkins 弗兰克.霍金斯
retire v.退休
company n.公司
save v.积蓄
workshop n.车间
helper n.帮手，助手
employ v.雇佣
grandson n.孙子
from rags to riches 从赤贫到暴富
earn an honest penny 诚实致富
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!
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.
第三部分 LANGUAGE POINTS
1、Frank Hawkins was telling me about his experiences as a young man.
tell sb. about sth.:对某人讲某事
as(prep.) a young man:年轻的时候
2、As a boy he used to work in a small shop
as(prep.) a boy:和前面as a young man一样用法
used to do:过去常常做某事
3、It was his job to repair bicycles
it:形式主语,指代后面不定式短语to repair bicycles
4、He saved money for years
save money：攒钱（=save up）
save one's face 挽回面子
save it for a rainy day: 未雨绸缪, 为将来需要而做好准备
5、He bought a small workshop of his own.
of one's own:属于自己的
6、In his twenties Frank used to make spare parts for aeroplanes.
in one's twenties:某人20多岁的时候
in his early thirties:他30岁刚出头的时候
in his late fifties:在他近60岁的时候
in the 1980s 在二十世纪八十年代
7、Frank smiled when he remembered his hard early years and the long road to success.
remember:recall回忆
road to success:成功之路（注意的用法）
第四部分 KEY STRUCTURES AND USAGE
used to do sth.(过去常常做，而现在不这么做)
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.
过去进行时（表过去正在发生/持续的动作/状态）
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.
过去进行时出现在 1.一个故事的背景 2.和另外一件事同时发生
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Exercises
中译英
1、跟我讲讲你的工作。
2、我跟你讲过我去西藏的那趟旅行了吗？
3、过去我每天都自己做饭，但现在我经常在外面吃。
4、你们以前是不是经常见面呢？
5、我的愿望是成为一个艺术家
6、跟你谈话非常高兴。
7、她在为度假攒钱。
8、我们叫辆出租车吧，这样可以节省时间
9、你省省力气吧，他不会听你的
10、我终于有了一个属于自己的套间。
11、他们创办了一个他们自己的公司。
12、这是去颐和园的路。
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