托福写作素材之比尔•盖茨

 　　托福写作论证过程中我们往往需要举例说明一些问题，但又苦于没有合适的素材，尤其是关于有说服力的名人事例，在此为大家提供一些很实用的托福写作模板素材。本文是关于托福写作中可以利用到的比尔盖茨名人事例材料。

　　Bill Gates　When Bill Gates made his decision to drop out from Harvard, he did not care too much of the result. Gates entered Harvard in 1973, and dropped out two years later when he and Allen started the engine¹ of Microsoft. Many people did not understand why Gates gave up such a good opportunity² to study in the world’s No.1 University. However, with size comes power, Microsoft dominates³ the PC market with its operating systems, such as MS-DOS and Windows. Now, Microsoft becomes the biggest software⁴ company in the world and Bill Gates becomes the richest man in the world.

1 engine   

n.引擎，发动机，机车，机械；vt.安装发动机于

参考例句：

• The engine started up suddenly.发动机突然发动起来了。
• The engine will not fire.这发动机发动不起来。

2 opportunity   

n.机会；时机

参考例句：

• It's a pity that Mike passed up such a good opportunity.迈克错过了这么好的一个机会,真是可惜。
• I love the country,but I have less opportunity of seeing it.我热爱乡村,但我几乎没有机会见到它。

3 dominates   

v.控制( dominate的第三人称单数 )；在…中占首要地位；在…中具有最重要（或明显）的特色；在…中拥有最重要的位置

参考例句：

• The spire of the tower dominates the foreground. 塔尖在前景中占了主要地位。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The company dominates this segment of the market. 这家公司控制着这一部分市场。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 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。