c新概念.二31.ppt

【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. 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 business n. 生意，公司 He works in my business. ★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 ★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 【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. head是“首领、头目”的意思，“the head of+名词”的意思是“……的老板，头” John is the head of the family. 一家之主 Frank is the head of the firm. 弗兰克是那家公司的总裁。 【课文讲解】 used to do sth. 过去常常, 但是现在不做 My teacher used to live there. He lived there. work…as… 作为……工作 He used to work as a teacher. as a boy = as he was a boy （as的意思是“当……的时候”） as a young man 当他年轻的时候 2、It was his job to repair bicycles and at that time he used to work fourteen hours a day. at that time =just then =at that moment 那时 3、He saved money for years and in 1958 he bought a small workshop of his own. of ones own 自己的，属于自己的 Do you have a house of your own? my own book (own 起强调作用, 自己的) 用of ones own 或 ones own 由被修饰词的位置决定, 如果被修饰名词在前边, 用of ones own, 如果被修饰名词在后边, 用ones own 4、In his twenties Frank used to make spare parts for aeroplanes. in ones -ies 在某人几十岁的时候 in