Lesson 31 Success story

·单词

success n.    成功

    ·successful adj.    成功的

    ·successfully adv.    成功地

    ·succeed v.    成功，达成

retire v.    退休

    ·年龄到达自然退休

company n.    公司；同伴，伙伴

bicycle n.    自行车

    ·cycle n.    圈

    ·bi-    前缀表示双的，bicycle两个轮子自行车

    ·tri-    前缀表示三个的，tricycle三个轮子三轮车

    ·bicycle v.    骑自行车

    ·recyclable adj.    可循环使用的

save v.    积蓄

    ·save money    攒钱

    ·save money for the rainy days.    未雨绸缪，存钱以备不时之需

    ·save time    节约时间

    ·save the game    存档

workshop n.    车间

helper n.    帮手，助手

employ v.    雇佣

    ·employ ten workers    雇用10名工人

    ·employment n.    雇佣，就业

    ·unemployment n.    失业

    ·unemployment rate    失业率

grandson n.    孙子

·本课句型

·课文

    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!

used to do sth.    表示过去经常做某事，而现在已经停止，不再重复的动作

    ·I used to drink a lot of coffee.

    ·We used to live in the countryside.

    ·People used to be happy when they were young.

of his own    自己的，own，强调属于自己

    ·a small workshop of his own    为什么使用 of，因为workshop前面有形容词 a small 来修饰，英语讲究平衡，所以在后面加 of，如果没有 a small，就可以直接说 his own workshop

in his twenties    20多岁的时候

job    工作，强调职业

work    工作，强调工作的内容

    ·Chinese teacher is my job. teaching students is my work. 

·知识拓展

It was his job to repair bicycles .... = to repair bicycles was his job ...

    ·doing 和 to do 可以当名词来使用，当作主语做单数，所以是 was

    ·为什么要用形式主语 it 呢，因为英语不喜欢头重脚轻，英语喜欢先说东西，再说形容它的话，如这句话，那是他的工作，他的工作是什么呢？去修理自行车。按中文语序来就是: 修理自行车是他的工作，英语就是: 那是他的工作，修理自行车

    ·练习翻译：环游世界是我的梦想

        ·It is my dream to travel around the word.

    ·练习翻译：学习英语是很重要的事情

        It is very important thing to study English.    

不规则变化的动词：

原型    过去式    过去分词    动词ing

·become    became    become