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Lesson 31 Success story
成功者的故事
1.
Yesterday
afternoon Frank Hawkins was telling me about his
experiences as a young man.
昨天下午弗兰克
.
霍金斯向我讲述了他年轻时的经历
.
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.
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
.
★
retire v.
退休
He is getting
old, He is going to retire.
他越来越老
,
他打算退休了(在中国)
retire=stop working=stop doing
this
(在西方)
I'm
going to retire next year
.
我明年会退出影坛或歌坛
每天晚上可以说
I'm so
tired that I'm going to retire now. (retire = go
to bed)
★
company
n.
公司(跨国公司等大公司)
firm
商行(不是很大,有时好表比较谦虚的说法)
)
corporation
责任公司
limited
corporation
有限责任公司
缩略形式
:
He works in my
business
.
(私人的公司)
他在我的公司工作
★
He worked in a
factory.
他曾经在一个车间里工作(过去时只是表示过去发生的,但不知道现在
的。
从汉语意思来说,可以说他现在已经不再那个车间了;但还有一个概念,比如说我三
年前和他联系了,他
当时在一个车间工作,但已经很久没联系了不知道他现在是不是还在
车间工作)
He used to work in a
small workshop.
他过去在一个车间工作
used to do
过去常常
,
但是现在不做
My teacher
used to live there.
我的老师过去住在那
(
现在不住了
)
He lived
there.
他过去住在那
(
不知道
现在是否住在那
)
She worked as a
teacher
.
work...as...
作为
...
工作
(很多在汉语里看起来一样的句子,但是在英文里表达不一样)
He used to worked as a
teacher
.
I used to study in
this school.
★
as a boy = as
he was a boy
(
as
在这里不能翻译成
作为
)
as
在这儿是当
...
的时候
as a young man
当他年轻的时候
★
a head of
老板(有钱有能力)
boss
(只有钱)
3.
It was his job
to repair bicycles and at that time he used to
work fourteen hours a day.
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
.
4.
He saved money
for years and in 1958 he bought a small workshop
of his own.
他靠多年积蓄
,
于
< br>1958
年买下了自己的一个小铺子
.
★
save v.
积蓄
save
挽救(很熟悉的)
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
西方人不喜欢提钱
,
所以用
save up
表示存钱
I have saved
up for many years:
我已经存了好几年的钱
save
it for a rainy day:
未雨绸缪
,
为将来需要而做好准备
★
workshop n.
车间
workhouse
感化院
,
强迫劳动的地方
workshop
工作并且可以拿出来卖
,
译为
“
车间
”
★
of one's
own
某人自己的
my own
book
(own
起强调作用
,
自己的
)
用
of
one's
own
或
one's
own
由被修饰词的位置决定
,
如果被修饰名词在前边
,
用
of
one's
own,
如果被修饰名词在后边
,
用
one's own
5.
In his
twenties Frank used to make spare parts for
aeroplanes. At that time he had two
helpers. 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
.
★
helper n.
帮手
,
助手
assistant
助理
★
in his twenties, in one's
thirties/forties/fifties/nineties
in
one's -ies
在某人几十岁的时候
in my fifties
在我五十多岁的时候
In his
fifties,he learned the second
language.(
在马克思五十多岁的时候
)
in the 1980s
在二十世纪八十年代
I
worked/(began the job) in the 1990s.
★
at that time=just then=at
that moment
6.
In a few years the small workshop had
become a large factory which employed seven
hundred and twenty-eight people.
几年之后
,
小铺子已经发展成了一个
雇有
728
人的大工厂
.
★
has
become
成长为
★
employ v.
雇佣
<
/p>
加
er
是洋洋得意的人,加
ee
的是比较可怜的
employee:
雇员
employer:
雇主
trainer
教练
trainee
接受训练的人
The
employers
employed a
lot
of
employees.
7.
Frank smiled when he remembered his
hard early years and the long road to success.
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
,
★
hard early
years
早年的艰辛
long road to
success
通往成功的长路
8.
He was still
smiling when the door opened and his wife came in.
She wanted him to repair
their
grandson's
bicycle!
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
.
★
my wife came in
when i was smiling
强调我妻子进来
I was smiling when my wife came in
强调
我微笑
(when
不能放在强调的前面
)
【
Key
structures
】
关键句型
He used to
work fourteen hours a day.
Do you
remember these sentences? (KS7)
你记得过去进行
时和一般过去时吗
?
(参见第
7
课关键句型)
When I was
watering the garden, it began to rain.
As I was getting on the bus, I slipped
and hurt my foot.
Now compare them with
these sentences:
used to do
与过去进行时
,
一般过去时
:
I used to go to work by
bus. Now I go by car
.
我过去常乘公共汽车上班
,
现在开小车去
.