新概念英语 · 第二册(美音)
Success story
成功者的故事
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,
在退休前,弗兰克是一家非常大的商业公司的经理,
but as a boy he used to work in a small shop.
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。
