新概念2课堂笔记Lesson 31—40.docVIP

Lesson 31 Success story 【New words and expressions】（8） 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. 他越来越老, 他打算退休了 Im going to retire next year. 我明年会退出影坛或歌坛 Im so tired that Im going to retire now. (retire = go to bed) ★company n. 公司 firm n. 商行 corporation n. 责任公司 limited corporation 有限责任公司（缩略形式：Ltd.Co） 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 employee n. 雇员 ；employer n. 雇主 trainer n. 教练 ；trainee n. 接受训练的人 【Text】 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! 参考译文 昨天下午弗兰克.霍金斯向我讲述了他年轻时的经历. 在退休前, 弗兰克是一家非常大的商业公司的经理