课文听力文本 Unit 7 Fame and Fortune.doc

Unit 7 Fame and Fortune Part I? Getting ready Exercise B. Keys: 1. magazine 2. newspaper 3. Microsoft Company 4. successful 5. richest6. 3rd 7. 1955 8. Washington 9. computers 10. 13 11. baseball12. football 13. computer programs 14. perform 15. high 16. computer language 17. Basic 18. valuable 19. office 20. home 21. established 22. 1975 23. three 24. computer software 25. established 26. International 27. Business 28. Machines 29. 198130. personal computer 31. operating system 32 . 129 33. computer companies 34. Windows 35. easier 36. officials 37.38. thousands of millions of dollars 39. 16 000 40. 48 41. 30 42. 100 Tapescript: ? In the past few years, hundreds of magazine and newspaper stories have been written about Bill Gates and his company, the reason the Microsoft Company is extremely successful. It has made Bill Gate one of the richest men in the world. William Gates the 3rd was born in 1955, in a western city of Seattle, Washington. He became interested in computers when he was 13 years old. When most young boys his age were playing baseball or football, young Bill Gates was learning to write computer programs. These programs tell computers how to perform useful tasks. Bill Gate attended Harvard University after high school. At Harvard, he began developing the computer language called Basic. He began to think that the computer would someday become a valuable tool that could be used in every office and home. Bill Gate returned to Seattle where he established the Microsoft Company in 1975. It employed only three workers. Microsoft developed computer software for established American companies, like General Electric and Citibank. Soon Microsoft was working with the International Business Machines Company known as IBM. In 1981, IBM began selling a personal computer that used Microsoft products as part of its operating system. By then, Microsoft ha