普通高中课程标准实验教科书 英语必修1 Unit 5 Nelson Mandela-a

      A  FOLLOWER¹ OF BILL CATES
         I have been a friend of Bill Gates for a long time. I knew him when he was a student at Harvard University. We were surprised when he left University to set up his own company "Microsoft" and make his own software². But he was the clever one! He is very good at writing computer languages and almost all computers now use Microsoft software. The program "Word" is used³ from Britain to China! Of course he has made a lot of money and that makes people very jealous⁴ (妒忌的). They want to stop his success. Even the government is against him and has tried to break his company into two parts. They say that he is unfair to other people who want to sell similar software. Because he fits his new software free in every new computer, the government says he is stopping other companies from selling their programs. This is not fair. Everyone should be able to do what they can to make their company bigger. Bill Gates has only done what he can to stop other competitors(竞争对手). He is very rich, but he is generous⁶. He has given millions of dollars to help the education and health of many children around the world. You could not meet a better man than Bill Gates.

 A COMPETITOR⁵ OF BILL GATES

        Bill Gates has been very successful and become very rich. He is very generous but how has he got his money? He has done this by making sure that no one else will be able to compete⁷ with (竞争) his software. His software is not the best but it is used most widely in the world. When he sees what is needed, he makes a program and produces it quicker than anybody else. That way he gets a large part of the software market. Then he works⁸ on improving the software later. He tries hard to stop others making better software. In 1995 the government tried to make things fairer for people like me. The government wanted to make Microsoft into two companies so that neither of them was so strong nor so rich. This meant that they could not stop somebody else making new software. I always wonder how he could get so rich so quickly. Has he done it by fair means⁹? Or has he done it by being¹⁰ a computer bully¹¹ (霸) ?

1 follower   

n.跟随者；随员；门徒；信徒

参考例句：

• He is a faithful follower of his home football team.他是他家乡足球队的忠实拥护者。
• Alexander is a pious follower of the faith.亚历山大是个虔诚的信徒。

2 software   

n.软件，程序设计

参考例句：

• He bought a new software package.他买了一个新的软件包。
• I wish I knew how the software is installed.我真希望我知道这个软件是如何安装的。

3 used   

adj.用旧了的，旧的；习惯于…；过去惯/经常

参考例句：

• I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
• He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。

4 jealous   

adj.妒忌的，猜忌的；精心守护的

参考例句：

• He was jealous when he discovered that she loved someone else.当他发现她爱别人的时候，他吃醋了。
• An honorable Chinese citizen should be jealous of his own rights.一名光荣的中国公民应当珍惜自己的公民权利。

5 competitor   

n.竞争者；对手；比赛者

参考例句：

• The first prize was awarded to the youngest competitor.一等奖授给了最年轻的比赛者。
• After defeat of the new competitor,the prices can rise again.新的竞争者被击败之后，价格就会重新上升。

6 generous   

adj.慷慨的，大方的，慷慨给予的

参考例句：

• She was kind and generous.她心地善良，宽容大量。
• She was generous with her money.她很乐于仗义疏财。

7 compete   

vi.竞争；比赛

参考例句：

• They knew they could not compete against business from the U.S. 他们知道他们无法与美国在商业上进行竞争。
• I compete with you for that position.我和你竞争那个职位。

8 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。

9 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

10 being   

n.存在；生存；生命存在，生命，人， 本质；art.在，有，是

参考例句：

• Can you explain to me the purpose of being?你能对我解释一下存在的目的吗？
• What is the purpose of our being?我们生存的目的是什么？

11 bully   

n.恃强欺弱者，小流氓；vt.威胁，欺侮

参考例句：

• A bully is always a coward.暴汉常是懦夫。
• The boy gave the bully a pelt on the back with a pebble.那男孩用石子掷击小流氓的背脊。