新概念2 第31课概要.ppt

Lesson 31  Success story An Inventor with 1,093 Inventions THE FLYER 【New words and expressions】 retire v. 退休 company n. 公司 bicycle n. 自行车 save v. 积蓄 workshop n. 车间 helper n. 帮手，助手 employ v. 雇佣 grandson n. 孙子 ★retire v. 退休 retire =stop working =stop doing this He is getting old, He is going to retire. Im going to retire next year. ★company n. 公司 firm n. 商行 business n. 生意，公司 He works in my business. 他在我的公司工作 ★save vt. 积蓄 ① vt. 挽救，救助，拯救 save ones life The doctor saved the child’s life. They saved the child from the fire. save ones face 挽会面子 ② vt. 积蓄，储蓄 He used to save letters. save money 存钱 He saved (money) for years to buy a car. 西方人不喜欢提钱, 所以用 save up 表示存钱 I have saved up for many years. 我已经存了好几年的钱 Save it for a rainy day. 未雨绸缪, 为将来需要而做好准备 ★workshop n. 车间 workshop n. 车间（工作并且可以拿出来卖） workhouse n. 感化院（强迫劳动的地方） ★helper n. 帮手, 助手 assistant n. 助理 ★employ v. 雇佣 employer n. 雇主 employee n. 雇员 ； trainer n. 教练 ； trainee n. 接受训练的人 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 grandsons bicycle! 【课文讲解】 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. h