New Concept English II - 31 (12/31/08)

Lesson 31

Success story


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 grandsons bicycle!

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It seems that I was finally able to read the article in a pretty normal speed without losing too much details of the sound. It took two and half hours doing that. Well, I took it as a new year gift to myself.

Happy New Year to All!