Lesson 30 Success story

成功者的故事

successful成功的（-ful: helpful/hopeful）

一、詞匯部分

1.retire /rɪ'taɪɚ/ v. 退休
擴展：hire 雇傭/fire 開除

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

3.bicycle /'baɪsɪkl/ n. 自行車
詞根：bi- 表示二
詞根：cycl- 表示圓圈
擴展：unicycle 獨輪車；recycle 回收

4.save /sev/ v. 積蓄
擴展：saving account 儲蓄賬戶
擴展：save one’s life 救別人的命

5.workshop /'wɝkʃɑp/ n. 車間
factory 工廠／plant 工廠

6.helper /'hɛlpɚ/ n. 幫手，助手

7.employ /ɪm'plɔɪ/ v. 雇傭
employer 雇主／employee 雇員

8.grandson /ˈɡrændˌsʌn/ n. 孫子

文章講解

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!

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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:
介詞：as a teacher/father/man
副詞：Peter is as smart as Laura.
連詞：As he is handsome, nobody likes him.
Experience 用法：
Experience 可數名詞表示經歷
Experience 不可數名詞表示經驗
Experienced adj. 有經驗的
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 過去嘗嘗做某事
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. 我以前吸煙很多。但是我的有個朋友是一生，他跟我說抽煙對身體非常不好，所以我就戒煙了。

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 指代后面出現的to do sth
原句等同于：To repair bicycles was his job. It was his job to repair bicycles.

2)In 1958 注意時間介詞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 + 數字整十復數
In one’s twenties 在某人二十幾歲的時候
In one’s thirties 在某人三十幾歲的時候
In one’s forties 在某人四十幾歲的時候

2)Hundred 百
前面有具體數字 ＋ hundred （不用復數）--five hundred people
hundreds of ---hundreds of people

3)which 引導定語從句

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 引導時間狀語從句

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