一、單詞

success /s?k?ses/ n. 成功;

successful adj. 成功的

successfully adv. 成功地

succeed v. 成功

succeed in sth/doing sth

retire /r??ta??(r)/ v. （令）退職，（使）退休；

retire = stop working =stop doing this

The man who retired last year likes walking with his wife along the river bank on fine afternoons.

I am so tired that I’m going to retire now. （retire = go to bed）

company /?k?mp?ni/ n. 公司；

firm n.商行

corporation n. 責(zé)任公司

limited corporation 有限責(zé)任公司 Ltd. Co

business n. 生意, 公司

He works in my business?

He has worked for this business company for ten years.

When he was still working for that company, he liked walking in the park near his company.

bicycle /?ba?s?k(?)l/ n. 單車，自行車

= bike?

bi-?雙的?cycle 圈?bicycle兩個(gè)圈的，就是自行車

tri- 三個(gè) tricycle 三輪車

recyclable adj. 可循環(huán)利用的

save /se?v/ v. 救助，搭救；積攢，儲(chǔ)蓄；節(jié)省（錢、時(shí)間或其他資源）；保存，保留；

①save money 攢錢

save it for a rainy days 未雨綢繆?

西方人不喜歡提錢，所以用save up 表示存錢

I have saved up for many years.我已經(jīng)存了好幾年的錢。

②save time 節(jié)省時(shí)間

③save the game 保存游戲

save the document 保存文件

savings n. 積蓄

④ save one’s life 挽救某人的生命

The doctor saved the child’s life.

They saved the child from the fire.

save one’s face 挽回面子

workshop /?w??k??p/ n. 車間，工場(chǎng)，作坊；?

They put out the fire in the workshop in the end.

helper /?help?(r)/ n. 助手，幫手?

employ /?m?pl??/ v. 雇用；忙于，從事（be employed in）

①employment n.雇傭，就業(yè)

unemployment n. 失業(yè)

unemployment rate 失業(yè)率

②employee 雇員

employer 雇主

grandson /?ɡr?ns?n/ n. 孫子；外孫

二、原文

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!

三、課文和語(yǔ)法

1、Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins was telling me about his experiences as a young man.

was telling 過去進(jìn)行時(shí)

as a young man = as he was a young man

as 當(dāng)…的時(shí)候

2、Before he retired, Frank was the head of a very large business company.

he retired 一般過去時(shí)

Frank was 一般過去時(shí)

head 首領(lǐng)，頭目

the head of + 名詞 表示….的老板，頭

John is the head of the firm.

3、… but as a boy he used to work in a small shop

①used to do ?過去常常做某事

I used to drink a lot of coffee.

We used to live in the countryside.

People used to be happy when they were young.

② work … as… 作為…工作

He used to work as a teacher

as a boy = as he was a boy?as這里是“當(dāng)…的時(shí)候”

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

①it 是形式主語(yǔ)，to repair bicycles 是真正的主語(yǔ)

= To repair bicycles was his job.

主語(yǔ)太長(zhǎng)的話，最好是放后面，前面用形式主語(yǔ)it來(lái)代替。

主語(yǔ)如果超過一個(gè)句子的一半，最好是往后放，放前面也不是不對(duì)，就是看著句子失衡

通常情況下，推薦使用形式主語(yǔ)，長(zhǎng)的主語(yǔ)往后放

It is my dream to travel around the world.

= To travel around the world is my dream.

It is very important to study English well.

It’s necessary to think about the future.

It’s my honor to be here.

② at that time= just then = at that moment

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

one’s own + n. 某人自己的…?own 既可以是形容詞也可以是代詞

his own workshop?他自己的車間

a small workshop of his own

當(dāng)名詞有多個(gè)修飾成分時(shí)，放在一邊不合適，分開在名詞的兩邊，會(huì)均衡一些

a new car of his own. 他的一輛新車

6、 In his twenties Frank used to make spare parts…

in his twenties 在20多歲的時(shí)候

in your fourties 在你40多歲的時(shí)候

in the 1980s 在二十世紀(jì)八十年代

?I worked the job in 1980s

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

has become 成長(zhǎng)為…

in a few years 在一些年之后

8、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 某人的早年艱辛（生活） hard 表示艱辛的、苦難的，不能用difficult 替換

the long road to success 通過成功的長(zhǎng)路 ?to 通向，朝向

I stood at the entrance to the cave.

There is a long way to go 還有很長(zhǎng)的路要走

remember v.記得，回憶起

memory n.以及

memorize v. 記住

9、used to

1）過去發(fā)生，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)不發(fā)生了

I used to be a student.

This building is now a drug store. It used to be a cinema.

2)否定 didn’t use to do sth

一般疑問：did +主語(yǔ)+ use to do …

下面這種不常用

Used he to smoke?

Yes ,he used?to / No, he used not to

3）used to do 活動(dòng)

I used to live in Beijing.

I used to be a bus driver.

4） used to do 只能用于一般過去時(shí)，表示過去經(jīng)常做而現(xiàn)在不再擁有的習(xí)慣，強(qiáng)調(diào)過去與現(xiàn)在的明確對(duì)比

5) used to do sth vs be used to do sth vs be used for doing sth vs be used to doing sth?vs?be used as sth

used to do sth 過去常做而現(xiàn)在不做的事情

be used to do sth 被用來(lái)做某事， use 表“使用，用途”

The machine is used to detect gold.

be used for doing sth 被用來(lái)做某事

The new machine is used for detecting gold.

be used to doing sth 習(xí)慣于做某事 = be accustomed to doing sth

He is used to reading English in the morning.

be used as sth 被當(dāng)作…來(lái)用

The platform can be used as a port.

四、習(xí)慣用法

It is/was sb’s job to do sth.

In sb’s twenties