新視野大學英語-B3-U7-Bill-Gates

Unit7BillGatesWarm-upQuestionsCanyouthinkofanyonewhohaschangedtheworld?ThomasEdison愛迪生AlexanderBell電話之父：貝爾KarlBenz汽車之父：本茨BillGatesMarkZuckerbergSocialNetwork社交網(wǎng)絡Warm-upQuestionsWhatdoyouknowaboutBillGates?Somekeywords.Theworld'srichestpersonFunderofMicrosoftDropoutofHarvardComputerrevolutionCharity:Bill&MelindaGatesFoundationWorkaholic【工作狂

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PartPara.MainIdea11GeneralintroductionaboutBillGates.22-6Gates’personaltraitstoillustratewhyhesucceeded37-11Gate’spersonaldevelopment412ConclusionPassageAnalysis“WhenIwas19,IcaughtsightofthefutureandbasedmycareeronwhatIsaw.Iturnedouttohavebeenright.”“我19歲看到了未來，并將我的所見當做我的事業(yè)的基點，結(jié)果證明我是對的。”1.catchsightof:看見；發(fā)現(xiàn)-Tomcaughtsightofabusslowingdownbeforetheshop.KeyWordsorPhrases“WhenIwas19,IcaughtsightofthefutureandbasedmycareeronwhatIsaw.Iturnedouttohavebeenright.”2.base…on…:基于，以……為根據(jù)-Alicealwaysbasesheropinionsonfacts.-Alice’sopinionsarealwaysbasedonfacts.KeyWordsorPhrases“WhenIwas19,IcaughtsightofthefutureandbasedmycareeronwhatIsaw.Iturnedouttohavebeenright.”3.turnout:生產(chǎn)；結(jié)果是；原來是-Thefactorycanturnout100carsaday.-Itwascloudythismorning,butitturnedoutfine.KeyWordsorPhrases40billion:400億100,000,000,000,000Trillion,billion,million,thousandEg.3,452,700/1,101,101,101Greatmindsthinkalike.英雄所見略同星際迷航（StarTrek）KeyWordsorPhrases4.dominate(over):

vt.vi.支配；占優(yōu)勢-Agreatmancandominate(over)othersbyforceofcharacter.-Thestrongusuallydominate(over)theweak.Hacker黑客Understatehisimpacton…淡化他對……的影響KeyWordsorPhrasesStemfrom：起源于Allmyproblemsstemfromdrink.Attimes:有時；偶爾Atatime/atonetime/atthistime/atthetimeTheliftcanhold13people_______.Itseemedlikeagoodidea______.Wehavenomoreinformationavailable______._______

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在那時，過去；atthistime,現(xiàn)在；atonetime,曾經(jīng)，過去KeyWordsorPhrasesHigh-voltagebrilliance,driveandcompetitiveness才華橫溢、沖勁十足、爭強好勝CEO=ChiefExecutiveOfficer首席執(zhí)行官Everythingandeveryonearoundhimischargedwith10,000voltsofelectricity.(Para.2)5.charge:

n.vt.使充電;控告;對…索費

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-Hechargedmefiftydollarsforthebook.-Alexhadforgottentochargethebattery.KeyWordsorPhrasesTheschedulehekeepsisonehintastowhatheexpectsfromhisemployees.(Para.2)6.asto:關于；就……而論-Astothejourney,wemustdecideassoonaspossible.-Ihavenotyetdecidedastowheretogo.Expectfrom/of：期望e.g.Thewholefamilyexpectsgreatthingsofhim.KeyWordsorPhrasesConservationoftime,energy,andfocusarehishallmarks.Conservationn.節(jié)約；保護Theprojectsaimedatpromotingenergyconservation.Theirmainconcerniswildlifeconservation.Hallmarkn.特征，標記Thehorsefaceishishallmark.KeyWordsorPhrases…gettingthemaximumamountofworkpossibleoutofeveryminute.充分利用每一分鐘，最大限度展開工作Maximumadj./n.最多，最大限度的Theyhopetogetthemaximumprofit.Thebuscancarryamaximum

of60people.Inhighgear全力以赴，高速運轉(zhuǎn)KeyWordsorPhrasesOnthesubjectoftravel:說到，涉及Nowthatwe’reonthesubjectofmoney,doyourememberyouoweme$10?Flycommercialorbycharterjet坐普通民航飛機/包機KeyWordsorPhrases…andintheinterestoftime,henevercheckshisbaggage.(Para.4)7.intheinterest(s)of:為了...的利益-Itisinyourownintereststobehonest.-Intheinterestofsafety,pleasefastenyourseatbelts.Workaholic工作狂KeyWordsorPhrases…h(huán)isincredible“multitasking”ability難以置信的“多任務操作”能力…multipleframesthatsequencedatastreaminginfromtheInternet多重窗口以編排從因特網(wǎng)上

不斷接收的數(shù)據(jù)KeyWordsorPhrasesHebatsoutahundredormoree-mailmessagesaday.Batout:匆匆寫出（俚語）Wewereabletobatoutthreenewitemsinanhour.Hedoesn’taddressanyonebynameorhandouttoomuchpraise…評名字/分發(fā)Iknewhimbynameonly.TheRedCrosshandedoutmedicineandtentstothehomelesspeople.KeyWordsorPhrases…lookingtomakeclearavaguestatement.Vagueadj.不清楚的，模糊的Hewasrathervagueaboutthereasonswhyheneverfinishedschool.KeyWordsorPhrasesYouhadbetterjustadjusttoitbecausethere’snousetryingtobeathim.There/Itisnogood/sense/pointdoingsthItisnousecryingoversplitmilk.Thereisnosensedebatingwithhim.KeyWordsorPhrasesHehasbeendeadlyforcompetitorstryingtoclawtheirwayintothemarket.他一直是那些企圖擠進這個市場的競爭對手的死敵Deadlyadj.致命的Adeadlypoison/weaponClawone’sway:艱難地走到Heclawhiswayforwardinchbyinch.KeyWordsorPhrasesBillGatesWorkaholiccodewriterandcompetitorPaulallen保羅·艾倫DreamyvisionaryKeyWordsorPhrasesMITS位儀表和自動系統(tǒng)公司Altair計算機品牌名AppleCommodore柯摩多爾Tandy坦迪公司EdRobertsFatherofthefirstPC-Altair8800KeyWordsorPhrasesAlthoughMITSsoonfolded,Microsofthadalreadyattractednewcustomers…(Para.9)8.fold:vi.

倒閉；折疊-Thecompanyfoldedthreemonthslater.-Hefoldeduptheletterandputitintotheenvelope.KeyWordsorPhrasesIBM：

國際商用機器公司IBMPC：IBM個人電腦MS-DOS：微軟磁盤操作系統(tǒng)Bundlev.捆綁It'scheapertobuysoftwarebundledwithaPCthanseparately.KeyWordsorPhrasesIthasmushroomedtonearly18,000employeesand$6billioninprofits(Para.11)9.mushroom:vi.迅速增加；采蘑菇-Newhousingestateshavemushroomedontheedgeofthetown.-Thetownmushroomedintoacity.KeyWordsorPhrases…andgivinghismoneyaway(Para.12)10.giveaway:vi.贈送；泄露；分發(fā)-Johngaveallhispossessionsawayandbecameamonk.-Togiveawayisbetterthantopassaway.-Pleasedon’tgivethesecretaway.KeyWordsorPhrasesMicrosoftExplorer微軟瀏覽器DreamWorksSKG：夢工廠HowtotrainyourdragonTextStructureAnalysis

(TheMainIdea)HowBillGatesachievedgreatsuccessandwhy.Why?Personaltraits.How?Personaldevelopment.Part1

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Part2

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Part3(Paras.7-11)

Part4(Para.12)AdescriptionofGates’greatsuccessWhy?Personaltraits.

How?Historyofthedevelopment.PredictionofhisfutureTextStructureAnalysis

(Frameworkofthetext)ReadingandWritingSkills

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AGeneralStatementSupportedbyDetails

Thispassageisathird-personnarrativeaboutBillGates.Twobasicwritingtechniquesareused:general-specificandtimesequence.

AGeneralStatementSupportedbyDetails

Example:Para.5Anothertraitthatmakeshimsounusualishisincredible“multitasking”ability.Atthisdesk,heworksontwocomputers,onewithmultipleframesthatsequencedatastreaminginfromtheInternet,andtheotherhandlingthehundredsofe-mailmessagesandlettershereceives.Hemayevenreviewdatawhileconductingameetingusingavideophone.ReadingandWritingSkills

(ChronologicalOrder)

Sentenceswithtimemarkers:1)

WhenBillGateswasinthesixthgrade….(Para.7)

2)Inearly1975,attheageof19,whileatHarvard...(Para.8)3)In1976,Gatesbeganlicensing…(Para.9)4)In1980,IBMinvitedMicrosofttowrite….Throughoutthe1980s….By1995,…(Para.10)5)TodaytheMicrosoftcampusis….(Para.11)6)Gateshopesto