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Lesson 31 Success story 成功者的故事

Summary writing 摘要写作

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Answer these questions in not more than 80  words.

回答下列问题,将答案组成一个段落,不要超过80个单词。

1  What was Frank Hawkins telling the writer about?

2  Where did Frank use to work as a boy?

3  What did he use to do there?

4  When did he buy his own shop?  What did he make in his twenties? (and)

5  Did he employ a lot of people in a few years or not?

6  Who came into the room after a while?

7  What did she want him to repair?

 

Composition 作文

 

Rewrite these sentences using the correct verbs and joining words:

用正确的动词和连词改写以下句子:

Frank (not only)(neither)(repaired)(made)his grandson's bicycle, (but)(also)went for a ride on it(as well)(both). He (said)(told)me later:‘I(make)(do)aeroplanes, (and) (but) I prefer bicycles.’

 

Letter writing 书信写作

 

Which of the following headings is correct?

以下的哪一个信头是正确的?

Mr. Bill Howard,        14 Duke St.,            Duke St. 214,

214 Duke St.,           Perth,                      14th May, 19__,

Perth,                       Western Australia.     Perth,

Western Australia.      14th May,19 _          Western Australia.

 

Key structures 关键句型

 

He used to work fourteen hours a day.

Do you remember these sentences? (KS7)

你记得过去进行时和一般过去时吗?(参见第7课关键句型)

When I was watering the garden, it began to rain.

As I was getting on the bus, I slipped and hurt my foot.

Now compare them with these sentences:

used to do 与过去进行时,一般过去时:

I used to go to work by bus. Now I go by car. 我过去常乘公共汽车上班,现在开小车去。

He used to be a postman a long time ago.  He's a taxi driver now. 很久以前他曾是个邮递员,现在他是个出租车司机。

I have given up smoking.  I used to smoke very heavily. 我已经戒烟了,过去我吸烟很厉害。

I used to collect stamps when I was a boy. 当我还是个小男孩时,我常搜集邮票。

My uncle used to live in New Zealand but he's now living in Australia. 我叔叔过去住在新西兰,但他现在住在澳大利亚。

 

Exercises 练习

 

A  Underline the verbs in the passage which tell us what was happening, what happened and what used to happen.

在课文中挑出所有过去进行时、一般过去时和含有used to do的句子:

B  Give the correct form of the verbs in parentheses. Do not refer to the passage until you finish the exercise:

用正确的时态填空,完成练习后再对照课文核对你的答案:

1  Before he retired, Frank was the head of a very large business company, but as a boy he ____ (work) in a small shop. It ____ (be) his job to repair bicycles and at that time he ____ (work)fourteen hours a day.He ____ (save)money for years and in 1958 he ____ (buy) a small workshop.

2  Frank ____ (smile) when he ____ (remember) his hard early years. He still ____ (smile) when the door ____ (open) and his wife ____ (come) in.

C  What was happening?  What happened? What used to happen?

Give the correct form of the verbs in parentheses:

用正确的动词填空:

While my wife ____(work) in the kitchen, I ____ (sit) in the garden. I ____ (look) at cars which ____ (pass) in the street, when a small car ____ (stop) outside my gate and a man ____ (get)out. I was most surprised to see that the man was Ted Hale. We ____ (be) at the same school years ago. In those days, Ted ____ (come)to our house nearly every day and we often ____ (go)out together. We ____ (be)great friends, but one day we ____ (quarrel) and I never ____ (see) him again. As he ____ (get) out of his car, I ____ (call) my wife and we both ____ (hurry) out to greet an old friend.

 

Special difficulties 难点

 

Words often misused and confused 经常容易混淆和误用的词

a  Experience.

Frank Hawkins was telling me about his experiences. (11.1-2)

This job requires a lot of experience. 这种工作需要有丰富的经验。

He is an experienced worker. 他是一位有经验的工人。

b  Save.

He saved money for years. (1.5)

The young man dived into the river and saved the boy's life. 那位年轻人跳入水中,救了那个男孩的性命。

c  Work and Job.

It was his job to repair bicycles. (1.4)

I've just found a new job. I begin work on Monday. 我找到了一份新的工作,我星期一开始上班。

 

Exercise 练习

 

Choose the correct words in the following sentences:

选择正确的词填空:

1  He is a very(experience)(experienced)doctor.

2  My father enjoys doing (jobs)(works) about the house.

3  I am looking for a new(work)(job).

4  The government is trying to persuade people to(economize) (save) money.

 

Multiple choice questions 多项选择题

 

Comprehension 理解

1  When he was a young man, Frank ____.

a.owned a small shop

b.made spare parts for aeroplanes

c.made spare parts for bicycles

d.worked hard and saved his money

2  Frank has been very successful ____.

a.and he still repairs bicycles for a living

b.but he might occasionally repair a bicycle

c.and he would never repair a bicycle now

d.and he is only interested in aeroplanes

Structure 句型

3  Frank used to work in a small shop. He ______.

a.doesn't anymore          b.still does

c.is now                       d.has never done anything else

4  He used to work fourteen hours a day. He did this ______ day.

a.one                             b.some

c.each                           d.a

5  He had a shop of his own. It was ______ shop.

a.his own                      b.his's

c.his' own                     d.his'

6  In his twenties, 728 people ______ in the shop.

a.were employed            b.employed

c.are employed               d.employ

7  ______ this bicycle? Their grandson's.

a.Who's is                     b.Whoses

c.Who's                        d.Whose is

Vocabulary 词汇

8  Frank is the ______ of a business company.

a.director                       b.headmaster

c.superior                      d.leader

9  He saved money, so he had to ______.

a.spare it                       b.economise

c.keep it                        d.rescue it

10  Spare parts for aeroplanes are made in Frank's ______

a.industry                      b.fabric

c.factory                       d.workhouse

11  He employed over seven hundred people. ______.

a.They worked for him   b.He worked for them

c.They employed him     d.They were in charge

12  He was still smiling when the door opened and his wife ______.

a.went in                       b.entered in

c.entered                       d.entered into

 

Sentence structure 句子结构

 

Rewrite this sentence, then check your answer against the text.

改写下列句子,然后对照课文第11行,核对你的答案。

She asked him if he would repair their grandson's bicycle.

She wanted ______.