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# 31 · 成功者的故事

### 第1段

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!

中文理解：昨天下午，弗兰克·霍金斯跟我讲起年轻时的经历。他退休前是一家大公司的负责人，可小时候却在一家小铺里干活。 他的工作是修自行车，那时每天要干十四个小时。 他攒了好几年的钱，1958年买下了自己的小作坊。二十多岁时，他开始制造飞机零件，当时有两名帮手。 没过几年，小作坊就发展成一家雇有七百二十八人的大工厂。 想起早年的艰苦日子和漫长的成功之路，弗兰克笑了。门开了，妻子走进来时，他脸上还带着笑。 她来是想让他修修孙子的自行车！

* **used to**：过去常常；过去曾是；表示过去常做而现在通常不再做；与 be used to do 被用于做某事不同。

* **at that time**：在那个时候；that指前文提到的时期；区别at the same time同时。

* **saved money**：攒钱；省钱；for接攒钱的目标；on接省钱的支出项目。

* **of his own**：属于他自己的；加强独有或自主拥有的意味，放在名词后。

* **In his twenties**：在他二十多岁时；twenties指20—29岁，不是正好20岁。

* **the long road to success**：通往成功的漫长道路；road是比喻，强调过程漫长，而非真实道路。

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

简单句，主谓宾结构，过去进行时.

#### 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.

并列复合句，but 连接前后两句，前句为复合句，主句为主系表结构，句首是before 引导的时间状语从句；后句为主谓结构.

\[关键句型] used to do 表示过去经常发生的事情.

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

并列句，and 连接前后两句，前句中it 为形式主语，to repair 动词不定式短语为实际主语；后句为简单句，主谓结构.

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

并列句，and 连接前后两句，均为主谓宾结构. 因为一直是在讲述他过去的事情，所以均用了动词的过去式，save 转为saved；buy 转为bought.

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

简单句，主谓宾结构. 仍然是表示过去经常做的事情.

#### At that time he had two helpers.

简单句，主谓宾结构. 本句的have 是实义动词，就是指拥有，不是助动词，因此表示过去的情况，用过去式，have 转为had.

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

复合句，主句主系表结构，后面是which 引导的定语从句，主谓宾结构. 主句中 had become 是had done，过去完成时，这里become-became-become，用的是过去分词.

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

复合句，主句主谓结构，后面是when 引导的时间状语从句，主谓宾结构.

#### He was still smiling when the door opened and his wife came in.

复合句，主句为主谓结构，后面是when 引导的时间状语从句，该从句为并列句，均为主谓结构.

#### She wanted him to repair their grandson's bicycle!

简单句，主谓宾 + 宾补结构.

## 学完这一课

先沿这条线复述《成功者的故事》：成功者回忆少年 → 每天修车十四小时 → 攒钱开办小作坊 → 发展成大工厂 → 回顾艰辛，面带笑容 → 又要修自行车。再借一个结构讲自己的事：用本课同样的对比，说一个自己以前有、如今改变了的习惯。

[Nce · 本册复习台](/new-concept/book-2/review) · [三册选择地图](/new-concept/)

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