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1、少年比尔·盖茨BillGatesinHisBoyhoodAsachild-andasanadultaswell-Billwasuntidy.Ithasbeensaidthatinordertocounteractthis.Marydrewupweeklyclothingplansforhim.OnMondayshemightgotoschoolinblue,onTuesdaysingreen,onWednesdaysinbrown,onThursdaysinblack,andsoon,Weekendmealschedulesmightalsobeplanne
2、dindetail.Everythingtime,atworkorduringhisleisuretime.DinnertablediscussionsintheGate'sfamilyhomewerealwayslivelyandeducational."Itwasarichenvironmentinwhichtolearn,"Billremembered.Bill'scontemporaries,evenattheage,recognizedthathewasexceptional.Everyyear,heandhisfriendswouldgotosu
3、mmercamp.Billespeciallylikedswimmingandothersports.Oneofhissummercampfriendsrecalled,"Hewasneveranerdoragooforthekindofkidyoudidn'twantyourteam.WeallknewBillwassmarterthanus.Evenbackthen,whenhewasnineortenyearsold,hetalkedlikeanadultandcouldexpresshimselfinwaysthatnoneofusunderstoo
4、d."Billwasalsowellaheadofhisclassmatesinmathematicsandscience.HeneededtogotoaschoolthatchallengedhimtoLakeside-anall-boys'schoolforexceptionalstudents.ItwasSeattle'smostexclusiveschoolandwasnotedforitsrigorousacademicdemands,aplacewhere"eventhedumbkidsweresmart."Lakesideallowedstud
5、entstopursuetheirowninterests,towhateverextenttheywished.Theschoolprideditselfonmakingconditionsandfacilitiesavailablethatwouldenableallitsstudentstoreachtheirfullpotential.ItwastheidealenvironmentforsomeonelikeBillGates.In1968,theschoolmadeadecisionthatwouldchangethirteen-year-old
6、BillGates'slife-andthatofmanyofothers,too.Fundswereraised,mainlybyparents,thatenabledtheschooltogainaccesstoacomputer-aProgramDataprocessor(PDP)-throughateletypemachine.TypeinafewinstructionsontheteletypemachineandafewsecondslaterthePDPwouldtypebackitsresponse.BillGateswasimmediate
7、lyhooked-sowashisbestfriendatthetime,KentEvans,andanotherstudent,PaulAllen,whowastwoyearsolderthanBill.Whenevertheyhadfreetime,andsometimeswhentheydidn't,theywoulddashovertothecomputerroomtousethemachine.Thestudentsbecamesosingle-mindedthattheysoonovertooktheirteachersinknowledgeab
8、outcomputingandgotintoalot
