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1、BackgroundReading背景阅读Nowadays,whenpeoplerefertocomputer,BillGatesperhapsisalwaysthefirstpersoncomingintoyourmind.Heisgenerallyregardedastheworld’smosthighlycorporatechief.WilliamH.GatesWilliam(Bill)H.GatesischairmanandchiefsoftwarearchitectofMicrosoftCorporation,theworldwideleaderinsoftwar

2、e,servicesandsolutionsthathelppeopleandbusinessesrealizetheirideas.MicrosoftmadeUS$36.84billionforthefiscalyearendingJune2004,andemployedmorethan55,000peoplein85countriesandregions.BornonOctober28th,1955,GatesgrewupinSeattlewithhistwosisters.Gatesattendedpublicelementaryschoolandtheprivate

3、LakesideSchool.There,hediscoveredhisinterestinsoftwareandbeganprogrammingcomputersattheageof13.In1973,GatesenteredHarvardUniversityasafreshman,wherehelivednearSteveBallmer,nowMicrosoft’schiefexecutiveofficer.WhileatHarvard,GatesdevelopedtheprogramminglanguageBASICforthefirstmicrocomputer—t

4、heMITSAltair.Inhisthirdyearinuniversity,GatesleftHarvardtodevotehisenergiestoMicrosoft,acompanyhehadbegunin1975withhischildhoodfriendPaulAllen.Guidedbyabeliefthatthecomputerwouldbeavaluabletooloneveryofficedeskandineveryhome,theybegandevelopingsoftwareforpersonalcomputers.Gates’ideasandhis

5、visionforpersonalcomputershavebeencentraltothesuccessofMicrosoftandthesoftwareindustry.GateswasmarriedonJanuary1st,1994,toMelindaFrenchGates.Theyhavethreechildren.Gateslikestoread,andenjoysplayinggolfandbridge.词汇导读1fiscalyear财政年度region地区elementaryschool小学freshman大学一年级学生devote…to把……献给childh

6、ood孩童时期industry行业1爱心小词典—computer1keyboard键盘mouse鼠标screen屏幕diskdrive磁盘驱动器floppydisk软盘computerprogram计算机程序software软件hardware硬件11