燕燕的Scalers Talk第八轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day30 2022-12-01

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!

ˈlɛsən31 səkˈsɛs ˈstɔri

ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ ˌæftərˈnun fræŋk ˈhɔkɪnz wʌz ˈtɛlɪŋ mi əˈbaʊt hɪz ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz æz ə jʌŋ mæn. 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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