原文
Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins was telling me about this 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 an small workshop of his own. In this twenties Frank used to make spare parts for airplanes. 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!
译文
昨天下午弗兰克.霍金斯告诉我他年起时的经历。在他退休之前，弗兰克时一个大型商业公司的领头人，但是在他小时候，他工作在一个小铺子里。他的工作时修理自行车，经常每天要工作14个小时。在1958年，他累计了第一桶金，买了一个属于他自己的小铺子。在20多岁的时候，弗兰克开始生产飞机零配件。那个时候，他有两名助手。在短时间内，这家小铺子变成了一个大工厂，雇佣了728名员工。弗兰克回想着早期艰苦的岁月和漫漫成功之路，笑了起来。他正笑着他的妻子走了进来。她想让他去帮他们的孙子修理自行车。