课文听力文本 Unit 7 Fame and Fortune

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1、Unit7FameandFortunePartI GettingreadyExerciseB.Keys:1.magazine2.newspaper3.MicrosoftCompany4.successful5.richest6.3rd7.19558.Washington9.computers10.1311.baseball12.football13.computerprograms14.perform15.high16.computerlanguage17.Basic18.valuable19.office20.home21.established22.197523.thr

2、ee24.computersoftware25.established26.International27.Business28.Machines29.198130.personalcomputer31.operatingsystem32.12933.computercompanies34.Windows35.easier36.officials37.4000000038.thousandsofmillionsofdollars39.1600040.4841.3042.100Tapescript: Inthepastfewyears,hundredsofmagazinean

3、dnewspaperstorieshavebeenwrittenaboutBillGatesandhiscompany,thereasontheMicrosoftCompanyisextremelysuccessful.IthasmadeBillGateoneoftherichestmenintheworld.WilliamGatesthe3rdwasbornin1955,inawesterncityofSeattle,Washington.Hebecameinterestedincomputerswhenhewas13yearsold.Whenmostyoungboysh

4、isagewereplayingbaseballorfootball,youngBillGateswaslearningtowritecomputerprograms.Theseprogramstellcomputershowtoperformusefultasks.BillGateattendedHarvardUniversityafterhighschool.AtHarvard,hebegandevelopingthecomputerlanguagecalledBasic.Hebegantothinkthatthecomputerwouldsomedaybecomeav

5、aluabletoolthatcouldbeusedineveryofficeandhome.BillGatereturnedtoSeattlewhereheestablishedtheMicrosoftCompanyin1975.Itemployedonlythreeworkers.MicrosoftdevelopedcomputersoftwareforestablishedAmericancompanies,likeGeneralElectricandCitibank.SoonMicrosoftwasworkingwiththeInternationalBusines

6、sMachinesCompanyknownasIBM.In1981,IBMbegansellingapersonalcomputerthatusedMicrosoftproductsaspartofitsoperatingsystem.Bythen,Microsofthad129workers.TodayIBMstillusesMicrosoft'scomputeroperatingsystem.Sodomanyothercomputercompanies.OneofthemostfamousMicrosoftproductsisaprogramcalledWindows.

7、Windowsmakesitmucheasiertouseacomputer.CompanyofficialssayMicrosofthassoldabout40,000,000copiesoftheWindowsprogramaroundtheworld.Microsoftdoesthousandsofmillionsofdollarsinbusinesseachyear.Itnowhasmorethan16,000workersinmorethan48countries.Microsofttodayproduc