素材-全国-2020_小学英语 英语故事（名人故事）少年比尔•盖茨.doc

3少年比尔·盖茨BillGatesinHisBoyhoodAsachild-andasanadultaswell-Billwasuntidy.Ithasbeensaidthatinordertocounteractthis.Marydrewupweeklyclothingplansforhim.OnMondayshemightgotoschoolinblue,onTuesdaysingreen,onWednesdaysinbrown,onThursdaysinblack,andsoon,Weekendmealschedulesmightalsobeplannedindetail.Everythingtime,atworkorduringhisleisuretime.DinnertablediscussionsintheGate'sfamilyhomewerealwayslivelyandeducational."Itwasarichenvironmentinwhichtolearn,"Billremembered.Bill'scontemporaries,evenattheage,recognizedthathewasexceptional.Everyyear,heandhisfriendswouldgotosummercamp.Billespeciallylikedswimmingandothersports.Oneofhissummercampfriendsrecalled,"Hewasneveranerdoragooforthekindofkidyoudidn'twantyourteam.WeallknewBillwassmarterthanus.Evenbackthen,whenhewasnineortenyearsold,hetalkedlikeanadultandcouldexpresshimselfinwaysthatnoneofusunderstood."Billwasalsowellaheadofhisclassmatesinmathematicsandscience.HeneededtogotoaschoolthatchallengedhimtoLakeside-anall-boys'schoolforexceptionalstudents.ItwasSeattle'smostexclusiveschoolandwasnotedforitsrigorousacademicdemands,aplacewhere"eventhedumbkidsweresmart."Lakesideallowedstudentstopursuetheirowninterests,towhateverextenttheywished.Theschoolprideditselfonmakingconditionsandfacilitiesavailablethatwouldenableallitsstudentstoreachtheirfullpotential.ItwastheidealenvironmentforsomeonelikeBillGates.In1968,theschoolmadeadecisionthatwouldchangethirteen-year-oldBillGates'slife-andthatofmanyofothers,too.Fundswereraised,mainlybyparents,thatenabledtheschooltogainaccesstoacomputer-aProgramDataprocessor(PDP)-throughateletypemachine.TypeinafewinstructionsontheteletypemachineandafewsecondslaterthePDPwouldtypebackitsresponse.BillGateswasimmediatelyhooked-sowashisbestfriendatthetime,KentEvans,andanotherstudent,PaulAllen,whowastwoyearsolderthanBill.Whenevertheyhadfreetime,andsometimeswhentheydidn't,theywoulddashovertothecomputerroomtousethemachine.Thestudentsbecamesosingle-mindedthattheysoonovertooktheirteachersinknowledgeaboutcomputingandgotintoalo