新概念英语第二册Lesson+31+Success+story+成功者的故事+讲解讲义.docxVIP

Lesson 31 Success story 成功者的故事 课文 Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins was telling me about his experiences as a young man.?? ?昨天下午弗兰克.霍金斯向我讲述了他年轻时的经历。?? ?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.?? ?在退休前，弗兰克是一家非常大的商业公司的经理，但他小时候却在一家小铺里做工。?? ?It was his job to repair bicycles and at that time he used to work fourteen hours a day.?? ?他那时的工作是修理自行车，并且通常是一天工作14个小时。?? ?He saved money for years and in 1958 he bought a small workshop of his own.?? ?他靠多年积蓄，于1958年买下了自己的一个小铺子。?? ?In his twenties Frank used to make spare parts for aeroplanes.?? ?20多岁的时候，弗兰克曾生产飞机零配件。?? ?At that time he had two helpers.?? ?那时他有两个帮手。?? ?In a few years the small workshop had become a large factory which employed seven hundred and twenty-eight people.?? ?几年之后，小铺子已经发展成了一个雇有728人的大工厂。?? ?Frank smiled when he remembered his hard early years and the long road to success.?? ?弗兰克回想着他早年的艰难经历和走过的漫长的成功之路，微笑了。?? ?He was still smiling when the door opened and his wife came in.?? ?他正笑着的时候门开了，他的妻子走了进来。?? ?She wanted him to repair their grandsons bicycle!?? ?她叫他去修理孙子的自行车。? ?? 课文解释 1.Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins was telling me about? ? his experiences as a young man. ? ? ??昨天下午弗兰克·霍金斯向我讲述了他年轻时的经历。 1)?这句话的时态是过去进行时。这种时态我们在第一册中就已经学习过。过去进行时用来表示过去某个时间正在发生的动作或事情。因此，这句话表明昨天下午(过去的时间)弗兰克正在向“我”讲述他的经历。 ? 2)?短语tell sb. about sth.的意思是“向某人讲述关于某事的一些情况”。例如： Tell me about world events on that day. 给我讲讲那天世界上都发生了什么事。 I wonder if you can?tell?me a little bit about your job as a radio announcer. 我很好奇，你能否讲一点关于你作为电台播音员的事？ ? 3)?experience这个词在指人的工作或某项活动的经验或技能、某人的生活阅历时用作不可数名词；但如指的是某人过去所经历的或做过的事而言，则是可数名词。本句中采用的是后一种含义，所以用的是复数形式: experiences，指弗兰克年轻时所经历的各种各样的事情。 关于experience的详细用法，大家可参看本课“重点词汇”的相关内容。 ? 4)?as在这里用作介词，意思是“作为”。as a young man“作为一个年轻人”，含义上相当于when he was young/a young man，指的是当弗兰克还是个年轻人的时候。 关于as作为介词的用法，大家可同时参看Lesson 17中“重点词汇”的相关介绍。 ? 2.?Before he retired, Frank was the head of a very large? ? ? ? ? ? ?business company, but as a boy he used to work in a? ? ? ?