现代大学英语课后答案（第三册）Lesson Three Michael Dell’s Two-Billion –Dollar Dream.docVIP

Lesson Three Michael Dell’s Two-Billion –Dollar Dream Answers: I. Oral Work II. Vocabulary Test Give synonyms and antonyms of the following to fasten to make fun of company producer 2) Give antonyms (1) insufficient (2) reluctant (3) netting (4) about 2．Choose the right words in their proper forms. 1)（1）mock (2) laughs ， laughs 2) (1) worthy (2) worth III. Grammar Work Would ensure changed was improved was was made was had would change IV. Written Work Answer the question in about 150 words How do you account for Michael Dell’s success when he first started his company? Dell, a multibillionaire and the founder of PC company of the same name transformed a dorm room operation at the University of Texas to one of the world’ Firstly, Michael had the entrepreneurial spirit. At age 12, he traded stamps by advertising in stamp magazines. He offered a national stamp auction through the mail .Four years later; He created a venture for selling newspaper subscriptions through target marketing, and bought a B. MW with the $18,000 he earned. These experiences are of great help. Secondly, success is being efficient. Michael saw an opportunity for bypassing the middleman, who adds little value to the products and sells custom-built PCs directly to end users. Hard work is also important, Dell once credited his own success to the fact that his parents expected their three sons to learn and work hard-and draws a lesson from this. As the reasons mentioned above, he makes the impossible seem natural, and his modest demeanor masks an unimaginable and limitless drive for success. V. Translation 1) The mission was put off before the rocket was launched. 2) Sport is important because it concerns the health of the people of a nation ,and not because it is a profitable business.