新视野大学英语-B3-U7-Bill-Gates

Unit7BillGatesWarm-upQuestionsCanyouthinkofanyonewhohaschangedtheworld?ThomasEdison爱迪生AlexanderBell电话之父：贝尔KarlBenz汽车之父：本茨BillGatesMarkZuckerbergSocialNetwork社交网络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岁看到了未来，并将我的所见当做我的事业的基点，结果证明我是对的。”1.catchsightof:看见；发现-Tomcaughtsightofabusslowingdownbeforetheshop.KeyWordsorPhrases“WhenIwas19,IcaughtsightofthefutureandbasedmycareeronwhatIsaw.Iturnedouttohavebeenright.”2.base…on…:基于，以……为根据-Alicealwaysbasesheropinionsonfacts.-Alice’sopinionsarealwaysbasedonfacts.KeyWordsorPhrases“WhenIwas19,IcaughtsightofthefutureandbasedmycareeronwhatIsaw.Iturnedouttohavebeenright.”3.turnout:生产；结果是；原来是-Thefactorycanturnout100carsaday.-Itwascloudythismorning,butitturnedoutfine.KeyWordsorPhrases40billion:400亿100,000,000,000,000Trillion,billion,million,thousandEg.3,452,700/1,101,101,101Greatmindsthinkalike.英雄所见略同星际迷航（StarTrek）KeyWordsorPhrases4.dominate(over):

vt.vi.支配；占优势-Agreatmancandominate(over)othersbyforceofcharacter.-Thestrongusuallydominate(over)theweak.Hacker黑客Understatehisimpacton…淡化他对……的影响KeyWordsorPhrasesStemfrom：起源于Allmyproblemsstemfromdrink.Attimes:有时；偶尔Atatime/atonetime/atthistime/atthetimeTheliftcanhold13people_______.Itseemedlikeagoodidea______.Wehavenomoreinformationavailable______._______

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在那时，过去；atthistime,现在；atonetime,曾经，过去KeyWordsorPhrasesHigh-voltagebrilliance,driveandcompetitiveness才华横溢、冲劲十足、争强好胜CEO=ChiefExecutiveOfficer首席执行官Everythingandeveryonearoundhimischargedwith10,000voltsofelectricity.(Para.2)5.charge:

n.vt.使充电;控告;对…索费

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-Hechargedmefiftydollarsforthebook.-Alexhadforgottentochargethebattery.KeyWordsorPhrasesTheschedulehekeepsisonehintastowhatheexpectsfromhisemployees.(Para.2)6.asto:关于；就……而论-Astothejourney,wemustdecideassoonaspossible.-Ihavenotyetdecidedastowheretogo.Expectfrom/of：期望e.g.Thewholefamilyexpectsgreatthingsofhim.KeyWordsorPhrasesConservationoftime,energy,andfocusarehishallmarks.Conservationn.节约；保护Theprojectsaimedatpromotingenergyconservation.Theirmainconcerniswildlifeconservation.Hallmarkn.特征，标记Thehorsefaceishishallmark.KeyWordsorPhrases…gettingthemaximumamountofworkpossibleoutofeveryminute.充分利用每一分钟，最大限度展开工作Maximumadj./n.最多，最大限度的Theyhopetogetthemaximumprofit.Thebuscancarryamaximum

of60people.Inhighgear全力以赴，高速运转KeyWordsorPhrasesOnthesubjectoftravel:说到，涉及Nowthatwe’reonthesubjectofmoney,doyourememberyouoweme$10?Flycommercialorbycharterjet坐普通民航飞机/包机KeyWordsorPhrases…andintheinterestoftime,henevercheckshisbaggage.(Para.4)7.intheinterest(s)of:为了...的利益-Itisinyourownintereststobehonest.-Intheinterestofsafety,pleasefastenyourseatbelts.Workaholic工作狂KeyWordsorPhrases…hisincredible“multitasking”ability难以置信的“多任务操作”能力…multipleframesthatsequencedatastreaminginfromtheInternet多重窗口以编排从因特网上

不断接收的数据KeyWordsorPhrasesHebatsoutahundredormoree-mailmessagesaday.Batout:匆匆写出（俚语）Wewereabletobatoutthreenewitemsinanhour.Hedoesn’taddressanyonebynameorhandouttoomuchpraise…评名字/分发Iknewhimbynameonly.TheRedCrosshandedoutmedicineandtentstothehomelesspeople.KeyWordsorPhrases…lookingtomakeclearavaguestatement.Vagueadj.不清楚的，模糊的Hewasrathervagueaboutthereasonswhyheneverfinishedschool.KeyWordsorPhrasesYouhadbetterjustadjusttoitbecausethere’snousetryingtobeathim.There/Itisnogood/sense/pointdoingsthItisnousecryingoversplitmilk.Thereisnosensedebatingwithhim.KeyWordsorPhrasesHehasbeendeadlyforcompetitorstryingtoclawtheirwayintothemarket.他一直是那些企图挤进这个市场的竞争对手的死敌Deadlyadj.致命的Adeadlypoison/weaponClawone’sway:艰难地走到Heclawhiswayforwardinchbyinch.KeyWordsorPhrasesBillGatesWorkaholiccodewriterandcompetitorPaulallen保罗·艾伦DreamyvisionaryKeyWordsorPhrasesMITS位仪表和自动系统公司Altair计算机品牌名AppleCommodore柯摩多尔Tandy坦迪公司EdRobertsFatherofthefirstPC-Altair8800KeyWordsorPhrasesAlthoughMITSsoonfolded,Microsofthadalreadyattractednewcustomers…(Para.9)8.fold:vi.

倒闭；折叠-Thecompanyfoldedthreemonthslater.-Hefoldeduptheletterandputitintotheenvelope.KeyWordsorPhrasesIBM：

国际商用机器公司IBMPC：IBM个人电脑MS-DOS：微软磁盘操作系统Bundlev.捆绑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.赠送；泄露；分发-Johngaveallhispossessionsawayandbecameamonk.-Togiveawayisbetterthantopassaway.-Pleasedon’tgivethesecretaway.KeyWordsorPhrasesMicrosoftExplorer微软浏览器DreamWorksSKG：梦工厂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

(WritingSkills)

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