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文本和翻译
Lesson 31 Success story成功者的故事
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 workshop 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 workshop 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!
参考译文
昨天下午弗兰克.霍金斯向我讲述了他年轻时的经历。在退休前，弗兰克是一家非常大的商业公司的经理，但他小时候却在一家小铺里做工。他那时的工作是修理自行车，并且通常是一天工作14个小时。他靠多年积蓄，于1958年买下了自己的一个小铺子。20多岁的时候，弗兰克曾生产飞机零配件。那时他有两个帮手。几年之后，小铺子已经发展成了一个雇有728人的大工厂。弗兰克回想着他早年的艰难经历和走过的漫长的成功之路，微笑了。他正笑着的时候门开了，他的妻子走了进来。她叫他去修理孙子的自行车。
词汇和短语
retire v. 退休
company n. 公司
bicycle n. 自行车
save v. 积蓄
workshop n. 车间
helper n. 帮手，助手
employ v. 雇佣
grandson n. 孙子
过去进行时出现在1。一个故事的背景
2。和另外一件事同时发生
过去进行时的用法
★表示在过去某一时刻正在发生的动作或该动作与过去的另一动作同时发生。
I was having supper at 7:00 yesterday evening. 昨天晚上7点我正在吃晚饭。
She was playing the piano while I was reading the newspaper. 她弹钢琴时我在看报。
★表示过去一段时间内正在进行的动作。
We were talking about you the whole morning. 我们整个上午都在说你。
★表示故事发生的背景。
It was snowing as the medical team made its way to the front.
那支医疗小组往前线行进时，天正下着雪。
试翻译：
汤姆乘没人注意时溜进了房间。
Tom slipped into the house when no one was looking.
★表示一个新的动作刚刚开始。
过去进行时可用来引出一个新的动作，这种用法颇有点儿像镜头转换。
Five minutes later, he was standing at the door, smoking. 5分钟后，他已站在门口抽着烟。
The baby was crying hard, and suddenly the crying stopped.
这婴儿在大声啼哭，突然，哭声停止了。
点 津 坊
过去进行时还可和when结构遥相呼应，含有意外之意。
I was walking in the street when someone called me. 我正在街上走时突然有人喊我。
We were playing outside when it began to rain. 我们正在外面玩时天突然下起了雨。
★用来陈述原因或用作借口。
She went to the doctor yesterday. She was having a lot of trouble with her heart.
她昨天去看病了。她患了很严重的心脏病。
I haven't finished my homework because I was helping my mother at home all day yesterday.
我作业没做完是因为我昨天一直帮妈妈在家干活。
★与always, constantly等词连用，表示感情色彩。
The girl was always changing her mind. 这女孩老是改变主意。
In the past he was constantly asking me for money. 过去他总是向我要钱。
过去进行时与一般过去时的比较
①一般过时往往表示某一动作已经完成，而过去进行时却表示动作在持续或未完成。
She wrote a letter to her friend last night. 她昨晚给朋友写了封信。 (信写完了)
She was writing a letter to her friend last night. 她昨晚一直在给朋友写信。 (信不一定写完)
②一般过去时表示只做一次动作，而过去进行时却表示动作反复地进行。
She waved to me. 她朝我挥了挥手。
She was waving to me. 她不断地朝我挥手。
The boy jumped up and down. 这男孩跳了一下。
The boy was jumping up and down. 这男孩不停地跳着。
③句中有a moment ago之类的短语一般用一般过去时。
④句中有at this time last Sunday, from 8 to 9 yesterday 之类的状语一般用过去进行时
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本课课文复述提纲：
1.What did Frank Hawkins tell me yesterday afternoon?
2.What did he do before he retired?
3.Where did he work when he was a boy?
4.How long did he work every day?
5.When did he buy a small workshop of his own?
6.How many helpers did he have?
7.How many people did the large factory hire?
