1. Book III Unit 7 Section A: Bill Gates Pre-class Tasks

2. Book III Unit 7 1. Learn about the background information about Bill Gates. What do you know about Bill Gates?

3. Book III Unit 7 Partners: Gates and Allen in Microsoft’s offices in 1982 The Staff The early team at Microsoft paused for a group portrait in 1978. Gates is at the bottom left.

4. Book III Unit 7 Bill and Melinda Gates Gates’ 40,000 sq. ft. “ecology house” in Seattle - 7 years to built at estimated cost of $97 million (1998)

5. Book III Unit 7 Bill Gates playing video games at CES (2005) Bill Gates launches Windows Vista and Office 2007 at New York’s Times Square (2007)

6. Book III Unit 7 2. What is the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation? 3. Read the text and then try to comprehend the following questions: 1) Where does Bill Gates’ success come from? 2) What are Gates’ personal traits?

7. Book III Unit 7 4. Find out the meaning and usage of the following words and phrases in the text: Turn out; stem from; at times; as to; expect form; conservation; in high gear; in the interest of; doing sth. There It is no Use Good Sense point

8. Book III Unit 7 5. Watch the video clip of remarks by Bill Gates at Columbia University and answer questions: 1) According to the video clip, which form of the encyclopedia does Bill Gates prefer, the digital form or the traditional form? 2) According to Bill Gates, in what way is the digital form of the encyclopedia far superior to the traditional form?

9. Book III Unit 7