Unit Seven The Richest Man in the World The Second Two Periods Designed by Lu Yan Who am I?

Unit Seven The Richest Man in the WorldThe Second Two Periods

Designed by Lu Yan

Who am I?

Teaching Procedures

Lead In

Text Study

Group Discussion

Assignments

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Lead In

1. William H. Gates2. The Gates “Ecology House”3. Lenovo Group

4. Topic-related Words and Phrases

William H. Gates

William (Bill) H. Gates is chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

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The Gates “Ecology House”

The big boss of Microsoft does have a nice little pad down on the shores of Lake Washington. Much of the house is built underground into the hill, so the house looks smaller than it actually is. Unfortunately the hidden section underground did not escape the taxman’s view; Bill paid over a million dollars last year on property taxes. It took seven years to build the 40,000-square-foot mansion on a wooded five-acre compound in the moneyed Seattle suburb of Medina.

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Ecology House

A stream flows through the property.The pool room is in the background.

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Lenovo Group

Lenovo Group is a young and dynamic enterprise born amid the tidal wave symbolizing China’s reform and open door policy. It possesses rich market and technical resources, practical experiences obtained in the domain of information industry, and expediencies in enterprise operation and management. Today, many people in China and the Asia-Pacific Region agree that Lenovo is the typical model of a high-tech enterprise of the Chinese people, which is becoming more developed and getting stronger everyday.

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Lenovo Group

The biggest Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group acquired the personal computer unit of the world’s largest information technology giant IBM on December 8, 2004 at a cost of US$1.75 billion.

Lenovo Initiates New Partnership

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Topic-related Words and Phrases

American Dream: the faith held by Americans that a time of prosperity and peace lay ahead, and that a good life and a successful society can be founded on strength of will, courage, and hard work alone.

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In the pursuit of equality and the “American Dream,” American people have authored inspiring compositions and sermons to express their feelings of what their country should be like. Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence is a worthy example of the nation’s struggle for equality. “… We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness …” (Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence, 428)

Declaration of Independence

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Abraham Lincoln On Jan. 1, 1863, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which eventually led to the freeing of all slaves in the USA. “I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States and Commander-in-Chief of the army and navy, do hereby declare that on the first day of January, eighteen-sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state then in rebellion against the United States, shall then become and be forever free … The government of the United States, including the military and naval forces, will recognize and protect the freedom of such persons, and will interfere in no way with any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.”

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American Civil War The American Civil War is not only a struggle over

southern rights, but a struggle for human freedom.

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Questions and AnswersDirections: Skim the paragraphs for answers to the following questions.

He cofounded with Paul Allen the computer software company Microsoft in 1975. He gets his money from his shares in Microsoft and has a personal fortune estimated at £18 billion.

Paragraph 1:

Question: How did Bill Gates become the richest man in the world?

Answer:

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Because visitors’ personal preferences are encoded on the cards, so that, as they wander from room to room, they will find their favorite pictures shown on the screen, and their favorite music played.

Paragraph 2:

Why are smart cards given to visitors?

Answer:

Question:

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Probably both of them enjoyed this kind of virtual dates. Or maybe they are so successful that it is difficult for them to live together. e

Paragraph 3:

Why did Bill Gates enjoy the relationship described as cold-blooded with his ex-girlfriend?Answer:

Question:

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Because he isn’t a dull and unsophisticated computer addict. Actually he is so clever that he was one of the top ten students in the nation when he was in the ninth grade.

Paragraph 4:

Why is the nickname “King of the Nerds” not proper for Bill Gates?Answer:

Question:

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It’s a computer system that can be run by clicking on icons with a mouse.

Paragraph 5:

What is Windows?

Answer:

Question:

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It is his intention that everybody in the world should have a computer in his pocket.

Paragraph 6:

What is Bill Gates’ intention?

Answer:

Question:

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Text Analysis

Main Ideas

Bill Gates — the richest man in the world.Bill Gates’ ingenious inventions of high-tech in his mansion.

Bill Gates’ cold-blooded love life.

Bill Gates’ smartness — successfully founding Microsoft after dropping out of Harvard.

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5The reason for Microsoft’s incredible success.

Bill Gates’ intention.6

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influential a. having or exercising influence 有影响的e.g. Kofi Annan has been an influential

politician.Kofi Annan ― the Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2001

too … to: so much of a particular quality that sth. is not possible …太 以致不能

all too 实在太 /很 , too to 简直太，非常地 , none too 一点也不 , only too 非常，极rather too 稍微…

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afford v. 1) have the financial means for; be able to meet the cost of 买得起；能满足…的开支

e.g.If we could afford it, we’d like to go for our holidays in Point Bonita.

Point Bonita

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2) be able to spare or give up 能提供，能给予e.g.I can’t afford an hour for

lunch.

Extended word:

affordable

3) make available; provide 获得，使获得；提供

e.g. a sport affording good exercise

e.g. a tree that affords ample shade

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go off: 1) be fired; make a sudden loud noise

爆炸；（爆竹、铃等）响e.g. The signal pistol went off with a bang. 2) become worse in quality （食物等）

变坏e.g. This steak has gone off.

3) take place; go 进行情况；发生

e.g. The interview went off very badly.

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• estimate v. form an opinion about; evaluate

评价，估价Extended words: estimative, estimator

Related words:

appraise, evaluate, value, assess

Collocations:estimate at 估计 ,

estimate in 估计…到达 ,

by estimate 照估计 ,

form an estimate of 给…作估计，评价 , make an estimate of 给…作估计

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He has built a mansion overlooking Lake Washington that he’s packed with high-tech gadgetry and TV monitors, some taking up an entire wall.

Paraphrase:

His new mansion has a good view of Lake Washington, and some of the various high-tech gadgets and TV screens in the mansion have even covered one of the walls.

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overlook v. 1) look over or at from a higher place 俯瞰e.g. The lighthouse overlooks

the sea.

2) fail to notice or consider; miss 忽略；没注意e.g.You have overlooked several of the mistakes in this work.

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This cold-blooded approach to human relationships also seems to be true of his love life.

Paraphrase:His cold heartedness can be felt in

both his interpersonal relationships and his love life.

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conduct v. 1) direct, manage or control 指引；管理，控制

e.g. It was our manager who actually conducted the negotiation.

2) lead or guide 领导，引导

e.g.I asked the attendant to conduct him to the door.

3) lead (an orchestra, for example) 指挥（例如交响乐队）e.g.She went to the concert by the

philharmonic orchestra, conducted by Sir Colin Davis.

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Gates went on to Harvard University, where he managed to be in the same class as the girls he fancied by inserting a piece of software into the college computer. Paraphrase:At Harvard, Gates once succeeded in getting himself in the same class as the girls he liked by playing a smart trick on the college computer with his own software.

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fancy v. take a fancy to; like 喜爱；喜欢e.g.I don’t fancy fish today.

Extended words:

fancily, fanciness, fantasy

Collocations:

fancy cakes 花式糕点，fancy diving 花式跳水

fancy cakes

fancy diving

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intention n. an aim that guides action; an objective目标e.g.

He has no intention of marrying yet.

Extended words:

intend, intentional, intentionally

Collocations:by intention 故意 ,

have no intention of 无意做… ,

with the intention of 抱有…目的 ,

打算

e.g.

What is your intention?

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Group Discussion Directions: After reading the passages, discuss the following questions in small groups. A couple of students will represent their groups to report their discussion to the whole class. Students are encouraged to make use of the vocabulary they have learned from the text. The following words and expressions are also for your reference.

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Can richness make you happy? What’s the most important in your life?Re: commercialized society, goods and

services, value system, good education, travel, luxury, satisfy their personal wishes, great source of joy, great source of anxiety“If a man with a fortune cannot make himself easier and freer than those who are not, he gains nothing.” (James Boswell, the famous British biographer)“The larger a man’s roof, the more snow it collects.” (an old Persian proverb)

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1.Recite new words and phrases

2. Complete Part IV

3. Preview “Read more” and finish the exercises

Assignments

Unit Seven The Richest Man in the World