Lesson31 Success story

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 work-shop 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 work-shop 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 grandson's bicycle!

[ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ] [ˌæftərˈnun] [fræŋk] [ˈhɔkɪnz] [wʌz] [ˈtɛlɪŋ] [mi] [əˈbaʊt] [hɪz] [ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz] [æz] [ə] [jʌŋ] [mən]. [bɪˈfɔr] [hi] [rɪˈtaɪrd], [fræŋk] [wʌz] [ðə] [hɛd] [ʌv] [ə] [ˈvɛri] [lɑrʤ] [ˈbɪznəs] [ˈkʌmpəni], [bʌt] [æz] [ə] [bɔɪ] [hi] [juzd] [tu] [wɜrk] [ɪn] [ə] [smɔl] [ʃɑp]. [ɪt] [wʌz] [hɪz] [ʤɑb] [tu] [rɪˈpɛr] [ˈbaɪsɪkəlz] [ænd] [æt] [ðæt] [taɪm] [hi] [juzd] [tu] [wɜrk] [ˈfɔrˈtin] [ˈaʊərz] [ə] [deɪ]. [hi] [seɪvd] [ˈmʌni] [fɔr] [jɪrz] [ænd] [ɪn] 1958 [hi] [bɑt] [ə] [smɔl] [wɜrk]-[ʃɑp] [ʌv] [hɪz] [oʊn]. [ɪn] [hɪz] [ˈtwɛntiz], [fræŋk] [juzd] [tu] [meɪk] [spɛr] [pɑrts] [fɔr] aeroplanes. [æt] [ðæt] [taɪm] [hi] [hæd] [tu] [ˈhɛlpərz]. [ɪn] [ə] [fju] [jɪrz], [ðə] [smɔl] [wɜrk]-[ʃɑp] [hæd] [bɪˈkʌm] [ə] [lɑrʤ] [ˈfæktəri] [wɪʧ] [ɛmˈplɔɪd] [ˈsɛvən] [ˈhʌndrəd] [ænd] [ˈtwɛnti]-[eɪt] [ˈpipəl]. [fræŋk] [smaɪld] [wɛn] [hi] [rɪˈmɛmbərd] [hɪz] [hɑrd] [ˈɜrli] [jɪrz] [ænd] [ðə] [lɔŋ] [roʊd] [tu] [səkˈsɛs]. [hi] [wʌz] [stɪl] [ˈsmaɪlɪŋ] [wɛn] [ðə] [dɔr] [ˈoʊpənd] [ænd] [hɪz] [waɪf] [keɪm] [ɪn]. [ʃi] [ˈwɑntəd] [hɪm] [tu] [rɪˈpɛr] [ðɛr] [ˈgrændˌsʌnz] [ˈbaɪsɪkəl]!

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