231_Success Story

[carloscn]

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[^1] work in a small shop. It^2 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 workshop of his own[^3]. In his twenties, Frank used to make spare parts^4 for airplanes. At that time he had two helpers. In a few years, the small workshop had become a large factory that 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!

[^1]: 表示 过去经常做，现在已经停止，不再重复的动作。

[^3]: of his own 他自己（这个要放在句尾）

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[carloscn]

语言点： use 使用

• used to 曾经做，现在不做了: They used to work in this factory.
• be used to doing sth 习惯于： I am used to living in the north
• be used to 被用来做某事: Big data is used to solve the problem.

[carloscn]

语言点： a/an/one

表示一，每一， 某一，同一等

• Rome was not built in a day : 一天
• An apple a day keeps the doctor away. ： 注意：用 a day时候 前面必须有数量，否则要用everyday
• I know a John there 某一个
• Birds of a feather flock together 同一，物以类聚人以群分

a和one可以互换，但有区别

• A boy can do it. 随便一个小孩就可以做！ One boy can do it. 一个小孩可以做（强调数量）
• One man's meat is another's poison. 萝卜青菜各有所爱 ，表示对比

[carloscn]

扩展

• Start bare-handed 白手起家
• Start from scratch 白手起家
• A hero is silent about his past glories. 好汉不提当年勇