练习材料:
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!
ˈjɛstədeɪ ˈɑːftəˈnuːn fræŋk ˈhɔːkɪnz wɒz ˈtɛlɪŋ miː əˈbaʊt hɪz ɪksˈpɪərɪənsɪz æz ə jʌŋ mæn. bɪˈfɔː hiː rɪˈtaɪəd, fræŋk wɒz ðə hɛd ɒv ə ˈvɛri lɑːʤ ˈbɪznɪs ˈkʌmpəni, bʌt æz ə bɔɪ hiː juːzd tuː wɜːk ɪn ə smɔːl ʃɒp. ɪt wɒz hɪz ʤɒb tuː rɪˈpeə ˈbaɪsɪklz ænd æt ðæt taɪm hiː juːzd tuː wɜːk ˈfɔːˈtiːn ˈaʊəz ə deɪ. hiː seɪvd ˈmʌni fɔː jɪəz ænd ɪn 1958 hiː bɔːt ə smɔːl wɜːk-ʃɒp ɒv hɪz əʊn. ɪn hɪz ˈtwɛntɪz, fræŋk juːzd tuː meɪk speə pɑːts fɔːr ˈeərəpleɪnz. æt ðæt taɪm hiː hæd tuː ˈhɛlpəz. ɪn ə fjuː jɪəz, ðə smɔːl wɜːk-ʃɒp hæd bɪˈkʌm ə lɑːʤ ˈfæktəri wɪʧ ɪmˈplɔɪd ˈsɛvn ˈhʌndrəd ænd ˈtwɛnti-eɪt ˈpiːpl. fræŋk smaɪld wɛn hiː rɪˈmɛmbəd hɪz hɑːd ˈɜːli jɪəz ænd ðə lɒŋ rəʊd tuː səkˈsɛs. hiː wɒz stɪl ˈsmaɪlɪŋ wɛn ðə dɔːr ˈəʊpənd ænd hɪz waɪf keɪm ɪn. ʃiː ˈwɒntɪd hɪm tuː rɪˈpeə ðeə ˈgrænsʌnz ˈbaɪsɪkl!
任务配置:
L0+L4
知识笔记:
新词:retire 退休;employ 雇用
词组:the head of …的领导,负责人;of one's own 属于某人自己的东西
练习感悟:
起床失败,心情很郁闷,当相对上一次的大反应来说已经平静许多了。今天还是选择在中午补了晨读,但这样的时候对我来说也并不少见。
明天就是期中考了,我会不会早起呢?我不知道,但无论起不起床,都肯定是会完成任务的。毕竟持续行动本来就不能因任何可控的借口而停下来。
这样想想,还是很厌恶军训这种东西的。