新视野大学英语读写教程III unit7.pptVIP

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Pre-view Text summery Bill Gates “When I was 19, I caught sight of the future and based my career on what I saw. I turned out to have been right.” —Bill Gates Lead-in Pre-reading Text study summary Bill Gates Background Information Microsoft: Microsoft is a company founded by Bill Gates together with his childhood friend Paul Allen in 1975. Paul Allen:At Lakeside School, Paul Allen (14 years old) and friend Bill Gates (12 years old) became early computer enthusiasts. Allen went on to attend Washington State University, though he dropped out after two years to pursue his and Gates’ dream of writing software commercially for the new “personal computers”. IBM :IBM is the best known American computer manufacturer, founded by Thomas J. Watson known as “Big Blue” after the colorof its logo. IBM stands for International Business Machines (国际商用机器公司), the largest computer company in the world today. Q. 1. How much do you know about him? Q. 2. What contributes to Bill Gates’ huge success? Q. 3. What does the author want to tell us about Bill Gates? Pre-reading This passage is a third-person narrative about the richest businessman in the world—Bill Gates. The whole passage is organized according to “General introduction —Detailed illustrations—Conclusion” pattern. Topic-centered Analysis of Text How does the author organize the text? In this introduction the author compares Bill Gates with Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and other great minds who ever changed the world. Introduction I:(Refer to para.1) 句型： Without a doubt, Bill Gates belongs in the same class as Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and other great minds who changed the world. 毫无疑问，他与托马斯·爱迪生、亚历山大· 格雷厄姆·贝尔以及其他改变世界的伟人 属于同一行列。 Without a doubt, sb. / sth. belong in the same class as …，and other … that / who … 毫无疑问，某人／事与······属于同一个行列。 句型 Bill Gates has dominated the personal computin