UNIT SEVEN The Richest Man in the World

1. UNIT SEVEN The Richest Man in the World 比尔.盖茨 出生年月：1955.10 籍贯：西雅图 比尔-盖茨是微软公司主席和首席软件设计师。微软公司在个人计算和商业计算软件、服务和互联网技术方面都是全球范围内的领导者。在2002年6月截止的上个财年，微软公司的收入达283.7亿美元，在78个国家和地区开展业务，全球的员工总数超过50,000人。

2. UNIT SEVEN The Richest Man in the World Vocabulary 2. Text 1) Background Information 2) Key phrases 3) Paraphrases 4) Summary 3. Grammar 4. Practical writing

3. Vocabulary

4. vocabulary • afford have enough money to pay for • I really want a new mobile, but I can’t afford one. • How can you afford to dine out every weekend? • annual happening every year • The company has 5,000 employees, with an annual turnover of one billion dollars. • What is the annual rainfall in this area? • approach a method of doing something or dealing with a problem • There are two basic approaches to teaching a foreign language. • He failed to come up with a better approach.

5. vocabulary • conduct direct, manage • John was appointed to conduct the advertising campaign. • The company conducted a survey to find out people’s reaction to its new product. • develop invent or produce a new product • We’ve developed the project from an original idea by Johnson. • We must develop all the natural substances in our country.

6. vocabulary • estimate guess an amount, price or number as exactly as you can • It’s been estimated that the number of car-owners will increase by 10%. • It is difficult to estimate how many illegal guns are in America. • exchange give something to someone in return for something else • They still exchanging gifts at Christmas. • Where can I exchange my dollars for pounds? • fancy like or be attracted to someone; want • Would you fancy a cool drink? • After a hard day at work, I fancy a hot bath.

7. vocabulary • fortune n, 财富, 运气, 好运, 命运 vt. 给...以大宗财富 • We believe that Fortune is on our side.我们相信命运之神是会眷顾我们的 • It is also believed that it will bring good fortune in the coming year. • insert put something inside something else • Please insert your credit card into the slot. • Bill inserted a bookmark into the book. • intention plan, purpose • He has no intention of buying a new car. • He has every intention of going to Paris to study French.

8. vocabulary • manage vi.处理, 应付过去 vt. 管理, 控制, 操纵, 运用, 搞成, 达成 • He managed to avoid an accident. • The horse was difficult to manage. • monitor n.班长, 监听器, 监视器, 监控器 v. 监控 • monitor an examination • We have been monitoring the enemy's radio broadcasts to try to find out their secret plans.“ • output the amount of something that is made; production • The world output of crude oil this year is 10 percent higher than last year. • The car factory had a large output last year.

9. vocabulary • overlook 俯瞰, 耸出, 远眺, 没注意到 • The tower overlooks the sea. • You have overlooked several of the mistakes in this work. • pack put things into cases • We’re going on holiday tomorrow, and I haven’t started packing yet! • Bill packed all his book into boxes. • preference a thing you prefer • We could eat Chinese, Japanese or Indian food—do you have any preference？ • I have a preference for the theatre rather than the cinema.

10. vocabulary • hare 共享, 参与, 一份, 部分, 份额, 参股 • shared her chocolate bar with a friend. • They sell shares in companies at the stock exchange. • virtual of or about interaction in cyberspace, of or about interaction with other people or computer • The virtual reality program made it seem as though U were piloting a plane. • A virtual business is one that exists in cyberspace.

11. vocabulary • wander walk slowly without purpose The children wandered about in the woods. ● Bill wandered the countryside, doing some odd jobs. ● Mary wandered the streets, looking for her dog. ●

12. TEXT

13. Background Information • William (Bill) H. Gates is chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. Microsoft had revenues of US$36.84 billion for the fiscal year ending June 2004, and employs more than 55,000 people in 85 countries and regions. • Born on Oct. 28, 1955, Gates grew up in Seattle with his two sisters. Their father, William H. Gates II, is a Seattle attorney. Their late mother, Mary Gates, was a schoolteacher, University of Washington regent, and chairwoman of United Way International.

14. Gates’ House • Pool building | Exercise facilites | Library | Grand staircase | Theater | Formal dining room | Offices | Reception hall | Multi-purpose room | Guest house | Underground garage | Gatehouse | Boathouse | Activities building | Estuary

15. 在计算机界：in the computer world 成功的秘诀：the key to success 软件巨头：the software tycoon 拥有39%的股份：own 39% of the shares 年经济总产值：the annual economic output 一栋俯瞰华盛顿湖的豪宅 a mansion overlooking Lake Washington 电视屏：TV monitor; screen 智能卡：smart card 个人爱好：personal preferences 屏幕上：on the screen 最亲密的朋友：the most intimate friends 这种冷酷的方式：this cold-blood approach 虚拟约会：virtual date 把 … 塞满：pack something with something Key phrases

16. Paraphrases • Lines 6-8:”He has built … entire wall.” His new mansion has a good view of Lake Washington, and some of the various high-tech gadgets and TV screens in the mansion have even cover one of the walls. • Lines 9-12:”Visitors are given … will play Each card for visitors is programmed with their favorites, so, when they walk from room to room, the pictures they like can be seen on the screens, and the music they choose would also play.

17. Paraphrases • Lines 14-15:”This cold-blooded … love life.” His cold heartedness can be felt in both his interpersonal relationships and his love life. • Lines 15-17: ”When he went … dates.” He usually kept in touch with his ex-girlfriend Ann Winblad, now a very successful businesswoman, on virtual dates.

18. Paraphrases ● Lines 25-28: ”Gates went on … computer.” At Harvard, Gates once succeeded in getting himself in the same class as the girls he liked by playing a smart trick on the college computer with his own software.

19. Summary of Text • Bill Gates is an extremely rich man who prefers modern facilities but he is somewhat strange in his lifestyhe. Even his hove life seems to‹is own aomputer company, Microsoft, even without finishing his study at Harvard Universiti. Gates’ realization that his fortune lay in software has made Microsoft Incredibly successful. As a software tycoon, Bill Gates has the intention that everybody in the world should have an HPC in his pocket.

20. Grammar • 数 词表示确指数字时，ten , hundred , thousand ,million, billion等只用单数形式，不能用复数形式。 There are eight thousand students in this college .The dictionary is worth two hundred dollars . • 但在某些表概数的习语中，如成百上千、成千上万等，基数词要用复数形式。 Thousands of people gathered in the park when the president was goings to give a speech . • 数词常与名词连用构成复合定语，中间要用连字符，而且名词只能够用next week单数形式。 The workers in this factory will have a two-week holiday.She has written a six –hundred –word article .

21. Grammar • 几分之几的英语表示方法：分子用基数，分母用序数。当分子大于一时，分母的序数形式用复数。 One third two fifths He finished the exercise in one third of the time it usually took . • 当表示“A是B的多少倍”时，常用“…times as +形容词/副词原级”+as这一结构。 Our house is three times as big as theirs. • 当表示“A比B…多少倍”时，常用“…times as +形容词/副词比较级+than”这一结构。 Our house is three times bigger than theirs.

22. Grammar • 当表示“增加或减少了多少”时，常用介词by接增加或减少的幅度。 Reduce by 3/4Increase by 6 times The output of cotton went up by 30 percent • 表示“每隔”与“每逢”的方法有两种： 1）every＋基数词＋复数名词； 2）every＋序数词＋单数名词，这两种方法所表示的意义相同。 Every five days = every fifth day The bus runs every ten minutes .

23. Practical Writing Letter of Invitation • 邀请函是日常生活和工作中常见的一种信函，具有简届洁、热情的特点。写邀请函时需注意： • •礼貌，友好地发出邀请。 • •清除地写明邀请的原因、活动的时间以及地点。 • •结尾表示希望别人接受邀请。 • •如果哦要求被邀请人答复，应注明RSVP Sample Reading

24. A sample letter of invitation to a birthday party • 20, Queen’s R.D.,5/F • Hong Kong • 13th May 2000 • Dear Jane , • It’s my birthday next Wednesday, May the eighteenth. Can you come to a party in my house? It starts at three o’clock in the afternoon. • Rebecca and Irene are going to make a birthday cake in my house and they will come in the morning. Can you come early too and help put to the decoration? After the tea party, we are going to exchange presents. Will you bring one along when you come? • I hope you can come. • Love • Mary