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Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins was telling me about

昨天下午，弗兰克·霍金斯正在给我讲

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his experiences as a young man.

他年轻时的经历。

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Before he retired,

在他退休之前，

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Frank was the head of

弗兰克是一家

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a very large business company, but as a boy he used to work in a small shop.

非常大的商业公司的负责人，但小时候他曾在一家小商店工作。

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It was his job to repair bicycles

他的工作是修理自行车，

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and at that time he used to work fourteen hours a day.

那时候他每天工作十四个小时。

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He saved money for years and

他攒了好几年的钱，

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in 1958 he bought a small workshop of his own.

1958年他买下了一间自己的小作坊。

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In his twenties Frank used to make spare parts for aeroplanes.

二十多岁时，弗兰克曾为飞机制造备件。

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At that time he had two helpers.

那时候他有两个助手。

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In a few years the small workshop had become a large factory

几年之内，这个小作坊就变成了一家大工厂，

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which employed seven hundred and twenty-eight people.

雇佣了七百二十八名工人。

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Frank smiled when he remembered his hard early years and the long road to success.

弗兰克回忆起他艰难的早年和漫长的成功之路时笑了。

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He was still smiling when the door opened and his wife came in.

门开了，他妻子走进来的时候，他还在笑。

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She wanted him to repair their grandson's bicycle!

她想让他修理他们孙子的自行车！