- •The english language. Outstanding People in science and technology
- •Содержание
- •Введение
- •1.1 Words and word combination to be remembered:
- •1.2. Read and translate the text:
- •1.3 After you have read
- •I. Choose the right variant:
- •II. Complete these sentences taken from the text:
- •III. Make up 5 general and 5 special questions to the text.
- •V. What information have you learnt from the text? What information was not new for you?
- •VI. Give the summary of the text.
- •2.1. Word and word combinations to be remembered:
- •2.2. Read and translate the text:
- •2.3. After you have read:
- •I. Say what is true and what is false. Correct the false statements:
- •II. Fill in the blanks with words from the text:
- •III. Make up 5 general and 5 special questions to the text.
- •IV. Give the negative and question form of the following sentences:
- •V. What information have you learnt from the text? What information was not new for you?
- •VI. Answer the following questions:
- •VII. Give the summary of the text.
- •3.2. Words and word combinations to be remembered:
- •3.3. Read and translate the text:
- •3.4. After you have read:
- •I. Make up a sentence of two parts:
- •II. Say what is true and what is false. Correct the false statements:
- •III. Give negative and question form of the following sentences:
- •V. What information have you learnt from the text? What information was not new for you?
- •VI. Give the summary of the text.
- •4.2. Words and word combinations to be remembered:
- •4.3. Read and translate the text:
- •4.4. After you have read
- •I. Say what is true and what is false. Correct the false statements:
- •II. Fill in the blanks with words from the text:
- •5.3. Read and translate the text:
- •5.4. After you have read
- •I. Say what is true and what is false. Correct the false statements.
- •II. Complete these sentences taken from the text:
- •IV. What information have you learnt from the text? What information was not new for you?
- •V. Give the summary of the text.
- •6.1. Words and word combinations to be remembered:
- •Read and translate the text:
- •6.3. After you have read:
- •I. Make up a sentence of two parts:
- •II. Complete these sentences taken from the text:
- •III. Fill in the gaps with the necessary prepositions.
- •7.2. Read and translate the text:
- •7.3. After you have read
- •I. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Fill in the blanks with words from the text:
- •III. Put the verb in brackets into the correct form:
- •8.2 Read and translate the text:
- •8.3. After you have read
- •Say what is true and what is false. Correct the false statements:
- •Fill in the blanks with words from the text:
- •III. What information have you learnt from the text? What information was not new for you?
- •IV.Give the summary of the text.
- •9.2. Words and words combinations to be remembered:
- •9.3. Read and translate the text:
- •9.4. After you have read
- •I. Say what is true and what is false. Correct the false statements:
- •II.Fill in the blanks with words from the text:
- •IV. Give the negative and question form of the following sentences:
- •V. What information have you learnt from the text? What information was not new for you?
- •VI.Give the summary of the text.
- •10.2. Words and Word combinations to be remembered:
- •10.2. Read and translate the text:
- •10.3. After you have read
- •Make up a sentence of two parts:
- •II. Fill in the blanks with words from the text:
- •III. Give the negative and question - form of the sentences:
- •IV. Fill in the gaps with the necessary prepositions:
- •V. What information have you learnt from the text?
- •VI.Give the summary of the text.
- •11.1. Words and word combinations to be remembered:
- •11.2. Read and translate the text:
- •11.3. After you have read:
- •I. Say what is true and what is false. Correct the false statements:
- •II. Fill in the blanks with words from the text:
- •III. Put the verb in brackets into the correct form:
- •IV. Make up 5 general and 5 special questions to the text.
- •V. What information have you learnt from the text? What information was not new for you?
- •VI. Give the summary of the text.
- •12.2. Read and translate the text:
- •12.3. After you have read
- •I. Make up a sentence of two parts:
- •Fill in the blanks with words from the text:
- •13.2. Read and translate the text:
- •13.3. After you have read
- •Give the negative and question - form of the sentences:
- •III. Say what is true and what is false. Correct the false statements:
- •IV. Fill in the blanks with words from the text:
- •V. What information have you learnt from the text? What information was not new for you?
- •VI. Give the summary of the text
- •14.2. Words and words combinations to be remembered
- •14.3. Read and translate the text:
- •14.4. After you have read
- •I. Make up a sentence of two parts:
- •II.Fill in the blanks with words from the text:
- •III.Make up 5 general and 5 special questions to the text.
- •IV.Give the negative and question - form of the following sentences:
- •VI. What information have you learnt from the text? What information was not new for you?
- •VII.Give the summary of the text.
- •15.3. Read and translate the text:
- •15.4. After you have read:
- •I. Choose the right variant:
- •II.Make up a sentence of two parts:
- •Тематический справочник
- •Литература
- •The English Language. Outstanding people
- •In Science and Technology
- •302030, Г. Орел, ул. Московская, 65.
7.2. Read and translate the text:
William (Bill) H. Gates is chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing.
Microsoft employs more than 39.000 people in 60 countries.
Born on October 28, 1955, Gates and his two sisters grew up in Seattle. Their father, William H. Gates II, is a Seattle attorney. Their late mother, Mary Gates, was a schoolteacher, University of Washington regent and chairwoman of United Way International Gates attended public elementary school and the private Lakeside School. There, he discovered his interest in software and began programming computers at age 13.
In 1973 Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman, where he lived down the hall from Steve Ballmer, now Microsoft's president and chief executive officer.
While at Harvard, Gates developed a version of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer - the MITS Altair.
In his junior year Gates left Harvard to devote his energies to Microsoft, a company he had begun in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen.
Guided by a belief that the computer would be a valuable tool on every office desktop and in every home, they began developing software for personal computers. Gates' foresight and his vision for personal computing have been central to the success of Microsoft and the software industry. Under Gates' leadership, Microsoft's mission has been to continually advance and improve software technology, and to make it easier, more cost-effective and more enjoyable for people to use computers. The company is committed to a long-term view, reflected in its large investment on research and development.
In 1999 Gates wrote Business @the Speed of Thought, a book that shows how computer technology can solve business problems in fundamentally new ways.
The book was published in 25 languages and is available in more than 60 countries. Business @ the Speed of Thought has received wide critical acclaim, and was listed on the best-seller lists of the New York Times, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal and Amazon.com.
Gates' previous book, The Road Ahead, published in 1995, held the No. 1 spot on the New York Times' bestseller list for seven weeks.
Gates has donated the proceeds of both books to non-profit organizations that support the use of technology in education and skills development.
In addition to his love of computers and software, Gates is interested in biotechnology. He is an investor in a number of biotechnology companies. Gates also founded Corbis, which is developing one of the world's largest resources of visual information - a comprehensive digital archive of art and photography from public and private collections around the globe.
Gates is an avid reader, and enjoys playing golf and bridge.
7.3. After you have read
I. Answer the following questions:
What is Bill Gates?
When was Bill Gates born?
What do you know about his family?
How old was Bill Gates when he began programming computers?
What books did he write?
What does Gates' book "Business @ the Speed of Thought" show?
Whom has Gates donate the proceeds of Ins both books to?
What is Gates interested in?
What are you interested in?