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Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins
昨天下午弗兰克.霍金斯
was telling me about his experiences as a young man.
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
他那时的工作是修理自行车
and at that time he used to work fourteen hours a day.
并且通常是一天工作14个小时
He saved money for years
他靠多年积蓄
and in 1958 he bought a small workshop of his own.
于1958年买下了自己的一个小铺子
In his twenties Frank used to make spare parts for aeroplanes.
20多岁的时候 弗兰克曾生产飞机零配件
At that time he had two helpers.
那时他有两个帮手
In a few years the small workshop had become a large factory
几年之后 小铺子已经发展成了
which employed seven hundred and twenty-eight people.
一个雇有728人的大工厂
Frank smiled when he remembered his hard early years
弗兰克回想着他早年的艰难经历
and the long road to success.
和走过的漫长的成功之路 微笑了
He was still smiling when the door opened and his wife came in.
他正笑着的时候门开了 他的妻子走了进来
She wanted him to repair their grandson's bicycle!
她叫他去修理孙子的自行车
