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1.重点单词讲解

讲解词汇：bicycle、company、employ、experience、head、helper、remember、retire、save、success、used to、workshop

2.重要词汇思维导图

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,

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.

He saved money for years and in 1958 he bought a small workshop of his own.

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.

Frank smiled when he remembered his hard early years and the long road to success.

3.重要短语讲解

1.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.

head是“首领、头目”的意思新概念在线英语，“the head of+名词”的意思是“……的老板，头”

John is the head of the family. 一家之主

used to do sth. 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)

work…as… 作为……工作

He used to work as a teacher.

as a boy = as he was a boy （as的意思是“当……的时候”）

2.It was his job to repair bicycles and at that time he used to work fourteen hours a day.

at that time =just then =at that moment 那时

3.He saved money for years and in 1958 he bought a small workshop of his own.

of one’s own 自己的，属于自己的（own为代词）

Do you have a house of your own?

4.In his twenties Frank used to make spare parts for aeroplanes.

in one’s -ies 在某人几十岁的时候

in one’s twenties/thirties/forties/fifties/nineties新概念在线英语核心方法:步步跟新概念2册第31课《Success story》词汇篇，十的倍数的复数形式可用于表达近似的、非确定的数量，与所有格形容词连用时表示大约的年龄。

in my fifties 在我五十多岁的时候

In his fifties, he learned the second language.

in the 1980s 在二十世纪八十年代

I worked /began the job in the 1990s.

5.In a few years the small workshop had become a large factory which employed seven hundred and twenty-eight people.

in a few years 在一些年之后

6.Frank smiled when he remembered his hard early years and the long road to success.

one’s hard early years =early in one’s life 某人的早年艰辛（生活）

the long road to success 通往成功的长路

There is a long way to go. 还有很长的路要走。

remember v. 记得, 回忆起

memory n. 记忆 ；memorize v. 记住

4.优选试题

一、填空题

1.We used to work in the same ___ (车间) before we left the factory.

2.After years of overwork his health broke down and he had to ___ (退休)

3.Most schools are trying to ___ (雇佣) more people with practical experience.

4.I plan to find a good job in a foreign ___ (公司)after I graduate from school.

二、选择题

1.John fell asleep___ he was listening to the music.

A. after B. as soon as C. before D. while

2.–What do you call this in English?

–It’s a stamp. It is used ____ sending letters.

A. by B.for C. to D.with

3.What words can you ___ talk about the picture?

A. look for B. look up C. used to D. use to

4.Granny often tells us ___ water in our daily life.

A. save B. saves C. saving D. to save

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