下载后可任意编辑新概念英语第 2 课文新概念英语第 2 课文 新概念英语第 2 册课文 -?17?-? 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?bicycle?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! 32?Shopping?made?easy 购物变得很方便 People?are?not?so?honest?as?they?once?were.?The?temptation?to?steal? is?greater?than?ever?before?--?especially?in?large?shops.?A?detective?recently?watched?a?well-dressed?woman?who?always?went?into?a?large?store?on?Monday?mornings.?One?Monday,?there?were?fewer?people?in?the?shop?than?usual?when?the?woman?came?in,?so?it?was?easier?for?the?detective?to?watch?her.?The?woman?first?bought?a?few?small?articles.?After?a?little?time,?she?chose?one?of?the?most?1下载后可任意编辑expensive?dresses?in?the?shop?and?handed?it?to?an?assistant?who?wrapped?it?up?for?her?as?quickly?as?possible.?Then?the?woman?simply?took?the?parcel?and?walked?out?of?the?shop?without?paying.When?she?was?arrested,?the?detective?found?out?that?the?shop?assistant?was?her?daughter.?The?girl?'gave'?her?mother?a?free?dress?once?a?week!? 33?Out?of?the?darkness? 冲出黑暗 Nearly?a?week?passed?before?the girl?was?able?to?explain?what?had?happened?to?her.?One?afternoon?she?set?out?from?the?coast?in?a?small?boat?and?was?caught?in?a?storm.?Towards?evening,?the?boat?struck?a?rock?an...
