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--- Lesson 31 Success story |
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--- First listen and then answer the question. |
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--- What was Frank's first job? |
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Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins was telling me about his experiences as a young man. |
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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. |
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It was his job to repair bicycles and at that time he used to work fourteen hours a day. |
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He saved money for years and in 1958 he bought a small workshop of his own. |
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In his twenties Frank used to make spare parts for aeroplanes. |
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At that time he had two helpers. |
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In a few years the small workshop had become a large factory which employed seven hundred and twenty-eight people. |
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Frank smiled when he remembered his hard early years and the long road to success. |
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He was still smiling when the door opened and his wife came in. |
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She wanted him to repair their grandson's bicycle! |
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