八年级英语下学期Lesson 90精选.pptVIP

Unit 23 A famous person Lesson 90 Bill Gates Revision Do you know the book Business @ The Speed of Thought? What do you think of the book? Do you know the writer of the book? Are you interested in Bill Gates? Bill Gates and computer Do you know how to use the computer? Do you know about Bill Gates? Pre-read What do you know about Bill Gates? Make notes Name: Bill Gates Date of birth:________________ Favorite subject at school: ____________ Hobbies: __________________ Did at 17: __________________________ In 1973: ____________________________ In 1975: ________________________________ In 1994: _____________________________ In 1999: _____________________________ Additional information: _____________________ Harvard University BASIC language software program In 1975 company Microsoft Business @ the Speed of Thought Watching-Bill Gates Why didn’t Gates finish his studies in Harvard University? Because he left Harvard to work for a company. Post-Reading What can you learn from Bill Gates? Do you want to be a person like Bill Gates? Why or why not? Guess the meaning of new words according to the text: F______ the time that is coming U______ not usual L______ very big U______ a place bigger than colleges with kinds of subjects and parts G______ 高尔夫球 B______ 桥牌 P______ not for all people, just for one __ ___ ___ at last ____ ____ to find out, to solve problems Bill Gates More about Bill Gates 微软中文主页 搜狐BILL GATES 主页 He’s an American computer scientist. He’s very clever. He’s one of the richest men in the world. He wrote the book Business @ the Speed of Thought. October 28,1955 Science, Maths Play with computers Worked out a software program He went to Harvard University He began a company called Microsoft. Bill married Melinda French . Business @ the Speed of Thought. Two children, golf, bridge Seattle scientist old computer software student BASIC Why can Bill Gates become one of the richest