II. Fill in the blanks with words from the text:
Bill Gates is … and chief … Corporation, the worldwide leader in software.
Their father, William H. Gates II, is a Seattle … .
In his … Gates left Harvard to devote his energies to Microsoft, a company he had begun in 1975 with his … Paul Allen.
Gates' … and his vision for personal computing have been central to the … of Microsoft and the software industry.
Gates has donated the … of both books to … organizations that support the use of technology in education and skills development.
In … to his love of computers and software, Gates … in biotechnology.
III. Put the verb in brackets into the correct form:
Bill Gates (to be) chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft Corporation.
Microsoft (to employ) more than 39.000 people in 60 countries.
In 1973 Gates (to enter) Harvard University as a freshman.
Under Gates' leadership, Microsoft's mission (to be – Present Perfect) to continually advance and improve software technology.
In 1999 Gates (to write) Business @the Speed of Thought.
The book (to publish) in 25 languages and (to be) available in more than 60 countries.
Gates (to be) interested in biotechnology.
He (to be) an investor in a number of biotechnology companies.
IV. Find participles and gerund in this text and name its function.
V. What information have you learnt from the text? What information was not new for you?
Begin with the phrases:
As for me I learnt that Bill Gates….
If I am not mistaken …
It was not new for me that …
VI. Give the summary of the text.
Text 8. Grace Hopper (1906 - 1992)
Fig. 10 . Grace Hopper and her invention
Pre-questions:
Do you know the name of Grace Hopper? What is she famous for?
8.1. Words and word combinations to be remembered:
1. track |
дорога, путь |
2. accessible |
доступный |
3. gadget |
устройство (новое), техническая новинка |
4.to disassemble |
разбирать, демонтировать |
5.alarm clock |
будильник |
6.to lead (led, led) |
вести, возглавлять |
7. to earn a B.A. |
получить степень бакалавра гуманитарных наук |
8. to earn a M.A. |
получить степень магистра гуманитарных наук |
9. PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) |
1) доктор философии (учёная степень; примерно соответствует степени кандидата наук в РФ; присваивается магистру как гуманитарных, так и естественных наук 2) доктор философии (человек с такой учёной степенью) |
10.to assist |
помогать, ассистировать |
11.to decide |
решать |
12.the Navy |
Военно-морской флот |
13.to be enrolled in |
быть зачисленным в |
14.to be assign |
быть назначенным на должность |
15.aiming |
прицеливание, наводка |
16.compiler |
компилятор, компилирующая программа |
17.like |
подобный, похожий |
18.further |
дальнейший от far |
19.to invent |
изобретать |
20.to receive |
получать |