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mid-1950s
Opened an 11) economic consulting company Working Experience
In 1987 Began to work in the 12) Federal 14
Government part c
On June 28, 2008, amid cheers and tears 52-year-old Gates said good-bye to his 1) Microsoft employees.
The following is his closing remarks during his 2) farewell event in Redmond:
“My life’s work really is about 3) software and working
with incredible people. I love working with smart people. I love working with Steve. I love working with all the incredible people here. Even the times that were the 4) toughest, in some ways those are the ones that bond you the most — when IBM
decides to attack you, or when some 5) legal ruling isn’t quite right. And you have to do a press conference afterwards. “The work here combines two things that I think are just so special. One is the 6) long-term impact — the impact on the world of what we do — is incredible. We can always go out and see things that remind us of that. See blind people who, using our accessibility, can browse the Internet. You know, their lives are just totally different because of that. So we can say, wow, this is so 7) impactful.
“But I think the second thing, 8) which is that the
day-to-day work is fun and enjoyable, that’s actually what’s made it so easy to want to work hard, to want to always improve
things, to face up to whatever it is that needs to be done better. 9) 22
So it’s a special group of people who put so much into it. “So let me just close by saying you’ve made it so much for me. 10) There won’t be a day of my life that I’m not thinking
about Microsoft, and the great things that it’s doing, and wanting to help. So thank you for making it the center of my life, and so much fun. Thank you.” unit 12
1. The main idea of the passage: Establishing computer labs for the schools in China’s poor rural areas.
2. The main idea of the passage: China is cooperating with India in training software professionals.
3. The main idea of the massage: The computer virus, Code Red
II, is about to attack again. part b bbdbca
2,Listen again and complete the following sentences with the information you’ve got from the recording. Then number the sentences from 1 to 5 to put them in the right order. 4 An emergency call reached an ambulance crew where the student lived.
2 Nathen learned that the message came from a student far away who had trouble breathing and moving.
5 Nathen received the student’s thanks soon after the rescuers came to her help. She was finally safe.
1 Nathen was surfing the Net for fun when he received an 15
urgent message for help.
3 After learning about her home address, Nathen rang up the international operator and asked the operator to put a call through to the student’s country. part c cbba
unit 13
( f ) 2. ( e ) 3. ( d ) part b acdab
Professor Sabbatucci’s Noble Act Time: last Saturday Place: Italy
People: a 58-year-old maths professor and a 35-year-old unemployed father
What happened: While pretending to help the professor change
a tire, a thief stole a suitcase from the latter’s car, but in doing so he dropped his lottery ticket at the scene. It was later picked up by the professor. Next day, the professor learned from TV that the ticket was a winner. To return or keep the prize troubled the professor’s conscience but in the end he decided to return the money to its owner. By advertising in newspapers and on radio, he found the very man, though there were hundreds of people 13
trying to trick him into giving them the cash. Thus 60 million lire were handed over to the owner. This was quite beyond the thief’s expectation. The Professor’s noble act moved him to tears. part c part c bdbd
unit 14
How the Hills Family Won the Copyright to the Song “Happy Birthday to You” Time Event 2
In 1893 Mildred and Patty Hill, two American kindergarten teachers, composed the song “Good Morning to All” to greet their students every morning.
Later The title of the song was known as “Good Morning to You” when it was used for children to greet their teacher.
In 1924 The song appeared in a book of music edited by Robert Coleman. And a second verse “Happy
Birthday to You” was added to it. The writer of the lyrics to the second verse remained unknown. By
mid-1930s
The song appeared repeatedly in movies, radio shows, and Broadway musicals without the permission of the Hill family.
In 1934 Jessica Hill filed a suit and won the copyright to the song “Happy birthday to You” for her elder sisters. She proved in court that “Happy Birthday to You” was actually “Good Morning to All” with different lyrics. From then on
Every time the song was sung publicly, the Hill family gets paid. part b
1. Exercise 1
1. Why does drive-in grocery shopping appeal to customers Because customers don’t need to fight for a parking space,
push a grocery cart around in the market, or stand in line at the check-out.
2. Who is Dave Burnstein
He is the vice-president for the Phone-In Drive-through Market.
3. What are the two proven successful ideas applied to grocery shopping according to Mr. Burnstein
One is the success of drive-through convenience — which has been proven to be successful with banks and fast food; the other is the proven success of catalog shopping.
4. Why have they applied the two proven successful ideas to
grocery shopping
To help customers save time.
5. What are the disadvantages of drive-in grocery shopping Customers can’t stop and check if the goods they have ordered are of good quality or not; and they have to pay a $ service charge on each order. 14
Exercise 2
Drive-in Grocery Shopping Step 1
You make up your grocery list from a 4,000-item catalog. Step 2
You phone in the item numbers of the goods you order. Step 3
The computer makes a print-out of your list. Step 4
Workers in the market find the goods on your list in a warehouse. Step 5
Three hours later, you drive up to the market, and punch your code into a terminal. Step 6
You write a check while workers load your groceries into your car. part c bccd