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精听建议：

先完整地把一条新闻听一到三遍，争取掌握大意。然后，一句一句精听，力争每句话都听明白。遇到实在不懂的地方，再听写。

下面的文本材料中空缺部分里面要填的词都很简单，不过是一些值得注意的连读或者典型的美式发音哦，有些语速比较快。试试看，你能不能全部写对？

（参考文本，欢迎指出错误^^）

Lesson67 Bill Gates

Most high school students would be delighted to be accepted by Harvard University， but Harvard had little to offer to young Bill Gates． After several semesters， he 1 and went to work． Finally he made himself the richest man in the world．
2 ， his career started in high school where he discovered the amazing world of computers． He quickly learned the programming language called BASIC． He spent hours finding out what a computer could do． 3 ， he and Paul Allen， a classmate， became local experts on computer programming．
After they graduated from high school， the friends went separate ways． Allen stayed in Seattle and Gates went to Boston to attend Harvard． At Harvard， however， Gates was not a serious student． He spent most of his time in the university computer centre．
The two young men decided to form a small company in 4 ．
They called it Microsoft． They let the computer company license their operating system for $30 per computer． 5 ， they earned $16，000． This was enough to convince Gates to quit Harvard and work full-time．
Microsoft became a public company in 1981． The company grew quickly and Gates became very rich． Gates may have slowed down a little， but he still works hard to stay ahead of computer hardware， creating operating systems for computers that are not yet in the stores．

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中文翻译和词汇注释

比尔盖茨

若能被哈佛录取，大部分的高中学生都会很高兴，但是哈佛却没有给小比尔•盖茨多少。几个学期后，他辍学了，出去工作。最终他使自己成为了世界上最富裕的人。
事实上，他的事业从高中时就开始了，那时他发现了令人着迷的电脑世界。他很快学会了叫做BASIC的编程语言。他花费很多时间去探究计算机能做些什么。不久以后，他和他的一个同班同学保罗•爱伦就开始成为当地电脑编程的专家。
高中毕业后，这对朋友走上了不同的道路。爱伦呆在西雅图而盖茨去了波士顿读哈佛。然而在哈佛，盖茨并不是一个认真的学生。他将绝大多数的时间花在了学校计算机中心里。
1975年这两个年轻人决定开一个小公司。他们将它叫做微软。他们以每台计算机30美元的价格向电脑厂商授权他们的操作系统。第一年他们赚了16 000美元。这足以说服盖茨放弃哈佛的学业去开始全职工作。
1981年微软成为了一家上市公司。公司发展很快，盖茨变的非常富有。盖茨可能已经放慢了脚步，但他仍努力工作以保持领先于电脑硬件的发展，开发市场上还没有的电脑操作系统。

注释:

1.semester [si'mestə]

n. 学期

例句与用法:
This last semester, if it has done nothing else, has given me confidence in myself.
最后这个学期，即使没有给我其他的任何东西，也给了我自信。

2.drop out

退出,退学

例句与用法:
Some old women and men grow bitter with age; the more their teeth drop out, the more biting they get.
有些老太婆与老头子，随着年岁而变得脾气暴戾——牙齿掉得越多，越发咬得入骨。He drop out because of the pressure.
由于校规很严，所以他退学了。

3.career [kə'riə]

n. 生涯,职业,事业

例句与用法:
She experienced a loss of identity after giving up her career to get married.
她放弃职业结婚以后有一种失落感。
He has serious aspirations to a career in politics.
他有从政的雄心壮志。
This career offers a challenge.
这份职业具有挑战性。

4.programming ['prəugræmiŋ]

n. 规画,设计
vbl. 规画,设计

例句与用法:

In computerprogramming, a high level language instruction that places a value in a program specified memory address, location.
在计算机程序设计中，一种高级语言的语句或指令，其功能是将一个值放到程序指定的内存地址单元内。
Aprogramminglanguage used for writing programs that model human thinking.
罗楫程序设计语言用编写模仿人类思维的程序的程序语言

5.operating system

操作系统

例句与用法:
A set of data that completely defines a unit of work for a computer. A job usually includes all necessary computer programs, linkages, files, and instructions to the operating system.
完整地规定了计算机工作单位的一组数据。一个作业一般包括所有必须的计算机程序、连接程序、文件以及操作系统指令。

6.convince [kən'vins]

v. 说服,使...相信

例句与用法:
We utterly failed to convince them.
我们根本说服不了他们。
I try to convince him of the reality of the danger.
我试图使他相信危险的确存在。
Your argument is too weak to convince me.
你的论点太薄弱了，说服不了我。

7.quit [kwit]

v. 离开,辞职,停止

例句与用法:
You must quit smoking. Most important of all, you should start taking exercise.
你必须戒烟，更重要的是，你该开始运动。
You cannot quit smoking too soon.
你愈早戒烟愈好。
He quit in disgrace over the bribe.
他因受贿而不光彩地辞职了。