爱华网Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins was telling meabout his experiences as a young man. Before he retired, Frank wasthe head of a very large business company, but as a boy he used towork in a small shop. It was his job to repair bicycles and at thattime he used to work fourteen hours a day. He saved money for yearsand in 1958 he bought a small workshop of his own. In his twentiesFrank used to make spare parts for aero planes. At that time he hadtwo helpers. In a few years the small workshop had become a largefactory which employed seven hundred and twenty-eight people. Franksmiled when he remembered his hard early years and thelong road to success. He was still smiling when the door opened andhis wife came in. She wanted him to repair their grandson’sbicycle!
今天我们学了这么一篇有趣的短文。这篇短文讲了这样一个有趣的故事：弗兰克曾经是一个辛苦的修自行车的，每天甚至要干14个小时的活儿。后来他用存下的钱买了一个的车间，那是他只有两个助手。通过自己的努力，弗兰克最终成为了一个雇有728个员工的公司的老板。正当他沉浸在对过去艰难的早年和漫长的成功道路的回忆中时，他妻子却走进来让他去修孙子的自行车！
看到结尾，我忍俊不禁。当年弗兰克还年轻时他就是一个修自行车的，没想到获得成功退休之后，他还是要去干老本行——修自行车！
但这又令人感慨万千。在现在这个社会，不论是什么人，都要学会一些最基本的技能来应对生活。有这么一个故事——
有一个水管工和一个电工是邻居。每次水管工家电路坏了就去请邻居帮忙，电工家水管出了问题也找水管工帮忙。久而久之，水管工学会了电工的活，电工学会了水管工的活，而不去麻烦他人了。
生活是苛刻的，想要面对生活，就得有应对生活的能力。
