Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins was telling meabout his experiences as a young man. Before heretired, Frank was the head of a very large businesscompany, but as a boy he used towork in a smallshop. It was his job to repair bicycles and at thattime he used to work fourteen hours a day. He savedmoney for years and in 1958 he bought a smallworkshop of his own. In his twenties Frank used tomake spare parts for aeroplanes. At that time hehad two helpers. In a few years the smallworkshop 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 roadto success. He was still smiling when the door opened and his wife came in. Shewanted him to repair their grandson's bicycle!
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7、In a few years the small workshop had become a large factory which employedseven hundred and twenty-eight people.
幾年過后,小鋪?zhàn)幼兂闪艘粋€(gè)有728人的大型工廠。
語言點(diǎn)1 本句中關(guān)系代詞which引導(dǎo)定語從句,修飾factory。
語言點(diǎn)2 employ v.雇傭
employment n.受雇;工作
unemployment n.失業(yè)
be in employment 有工作
be out of employment 失業(yè)了
look for employment 找工作
8、Frank smiled when he remembered his hard early years and the long road tosuccess.
當(dāng)弗蘭克回想起他早年困難時(shí)期和漫長的成功之路時(shí),他臉上洋溢著微笑。
語言點(diǎn)1 hard early years = hard early times早年困難時(shí)期(雙定語)
語言點(diǎn)2 the long road to success漫長的成功之路
9、He was still smiling when the door opened and his wife came in.
他正笑著,這時(shí)門開了,他的妻子走了進(jìn)來。
語言點(diǎn) 本句中when意為“這時(shí)”;and連接并列句。
10、She wanted him to repair their grandson's bicycle!
她叫他去修理孫子的自行車!
語言點(diǎn) want sb. to do sth.想要某人做某事