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Listening
Lead in
Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks.
Key words and expressions:
believe in , be taken off , adversity
Answers:
1. program; 2. founded; 3. encourages;
4. failure; 5. achievements 6. athletes;
7. giving up; 8. humble; 9. talent;
10. career
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Dialogue Samples
Listen to the dialogue
Key words and expressions:
play a role, timing, aim at, without a doubt,
contribute to, be conscious of, regret,
regain, from a mental aspect
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Reading A: Warm Up
Questions:
1. Who is Bill Gates? What do you know about him?
2. What role do you think school education plays in your life?
3. Do you want to pursue graduate study after you get your BA or BS? Explain.
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Background information about the text:
1. Bill Gates (author) Gates, William Henry, III (1955- ) is an American business executive, who serves as chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft Corporation, the leading computer software company in the United States. Gates co-founded Microsoft in 1975 with high school friend Paul Allen. The company’s success made Gates one of the most influential figures in the computer industry and, eventually, one of the richest people in the world.
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2. Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is a leading American computer software company. Microsoft develops and sells a wide variety of software products to businesses and consumers in more than 50 countries. The company’s Windows operating systems for personal computers are the most widely used operating systems in the world. Microsoft has its headquarters in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft’s other well-known products include Word, a word processor; Excel, a spreadsheet program; Access, a database program; and PowerPoint, a
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program for making business presentations. These programs are sold separately and as part of Office, an integrated software su