WriterWriter ：： Ravi Kumar PaluriRavi Kumar PaluriPresentersPresenters ：： Vicky Vicky && JoannaJoanna

InstructorInstructor ：： Alice ChenAlice Chen

Writer ： Ravi Kumar Paluri Presenters ： Vicky & Joanna Instructor ： Alice Chen

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If you are intelligent and know how to apply your intelligence, you can achieve anything.

Think about it (Part Ⅰ) With your group, answer these questions.With your group, answer these questions.I want to be a successful person like…? Why?I want to be a successful person like…? Why?

Wang Yung-ching Jay Chou

Ma Ying-jeou Chien-Ming Wang

I am a rich man !!

I am brilliant singer !!

I am very powerful !!

I am a proud of Taiwan !!

Bill Gates – A story of Success

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Question & Word review (PartⅢ)

Look again “Bill Gates –A story of success”and answer the questions.

1.When was Bill Gates born ? On October 28,1955.2.In what year did “Programmers Group” form ? In late 1968.3.Who does Bill Gates often discuss with ? His friend Paul Allen. 4.What was Bill Gates and his friend interested in ? They were interested in computer.5.What doesn’t Bill Gates believe? He doesn’t believe in mere luck or God’s grace.

Vocabulary1.intelligent (a.) able to learn, understand, and use information well,smart ex ： If you are intelligent and know how to apply

your intelligece,you can achieve anything.2.ambitious (a.) wanting success ex ： Bill was ambitious,intelligent and competitive.3. attain (v.) to achieve, reach ex ： These qualities helped him to attain top position in the profession he chose.

Vocabulary4.remain (v.)to continue to be a certain way ex ： Gates and his friend remained in close

contact even though they were away from school.5.grace (n.)kindnessex ： He doesn’t believe in mere luck or God’s

grace.6.stomp (n.)to step down strongly with the foot ex ： He will continue to stomp out the

competition until he dies.

Read these texts. Think about the synonym in the italia wordBill believes that if you are intelligent and know how to apply your intelligence, you can achieve anything. From childhood Bill was ambitious, intelligent and competitive. These qualities helped him to attain top position in the profession he chose. Bill’s parents came to know their son's intelligence and decided to enroll him in a private school. It was a very important decision in Bill Gate's life where he was first introduced to a computer. Bill Gates and his friends were very much interested in computer and formed "Programmers Group" in late 1968.

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