1、-1-Section Writing-2-根据表内信息写一篇介绍 Bill Gates(比尔盖茨)的短文,词数:100左右。家庭背景1955 年 10 月 28 日出生于西雅图(Seattle)一个富裕的家庭主要经历13 岁开始 BASIC 语言程序设计17 岁时卖出了第一个软件,收入了 4200 美元1975 年与哈佛同学共创微软1980 年签订协议为 IBM 提供 MS-DOS 操作系统1986 年 3 月,微软股票上市。次年,比尔盖茨一跃成为世界上最年轻的亿万富翁。-3-参考词汇:股票 stock(n.)Bill Gates was born on October 28,1955 in
2、a wealthy family in Seattle.He was a naughty but gifted child.At the age of 13,he began programming in the BASIC language.By the time he was 17,Gates had sold his first program.The deal brought him US$4200.Bill Gates and his Harvard classmate founded Microsoft in 1975.In 1980,Gates made an agreement
3、 to provide operating system MS-DOS for IBM.In March 1986,Microsoft stock went public.The following year,the stock price went up sharply,making him the youngest self-made billionaire in the world.-4-这是一篇典型的人物简历文章,以时间为线索,有条理地将人物的发展展示出来。尤其侧重于微软公司的创办及其发展壮大,突出他的成就成为世界上最年轻的亿万富翁,从而使其形象鲜活地显现出来。(1)By the ti
4、me he was 17,Gates had sold his first program.在本句中,by the time 引导时间状语从句,体现了作者对语言灵活运用的能力。(2)The following year,the stock price went up sharply,making him the youngest self-made billionaire in the world.在本句中,making him the youngest self-made billionaire in the world 作结果状语,说明作者对非谓语动词的掌握非常到位。-5-下面的句子选自短文中,若能作以下调整,表达会更好。句 1:In 1980,Gates made an agreement to provide operating system MS-DOS for IBM.句 2:In 1980,Gates signed an agreement to provide operating system MS-DOS for IBM.在句 2 中,用“signed an agreement”代替了句 1 中的“made an agreement”,表达更加准确严密。
