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William Henry Gates

William Henry Gates, byname Bill Gates, was born in 1955 in Seattle, Washington.

Bill Gates is an American computer programmer and chief executive officer of the Microsoft Corporation.

Gates grew interested in computers at the age of 12 and was involved with various programming projects throughout high school. While attending Harvard in 1975, Gates teamed with Paul Allen to develop

a version of the BASIC computer-programming language for the Altair, the first personal computer. As a result of this work on BASIC, Gates decided to drop out of Harvard in 1977 to work at Microsoft full-time. His idea was “a computer on every desk and in every home”.

In the early 1980’s Gates led Microsoft’s evolution from a developer of programming languages to a software company producing operating systems and applications software as well as programming tools. This transition began in 1981 with Microsoft’s introduction of MS-DOS, the operating system for International Business Machines Corporation’s new Personal Computer (IBM PC).

Gates also made Microsoft introduce application software, such as Microsoft Word word-processing software for the IBM PC. This and his other activities created strong position for Microsoft in applications for the graphical used interface.

Much of Gates’s success is founded on his ability to change technical visions into market strategy, and to use creativity mixed with technical developments.

Gates has accumulated great wealth from his holdings of Microsoft stock and is known for his personal and corporate contributions to charity and educational organizations. Gates continues to be personally involved in product development at Microsoft. His willingness to back new technologies such as Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, and workgroup applications has kept Microsoft at the vanguard of computer hardware and software evolution.

Exercises:

1 Read, translate in writing and remember the following word-combinations from the text:

1.1 the chief executive officer of the Microsoft Corporation

1.2 to be involved with various programming projects throughout high school

1.3 evolution from a developer of programming languages to a software company producing operating

systems and applications software

1.4 International Business Machines Corporation’s new Personal Computer (IBM PC)

1.5 Microsoft Word word-processing software for the IBM PC

1.6 to accumulate great wealth from the holdings of Microsoft stock

1.7 workgroup applications

1.8 to keep Microsoft at the vanguard of computer hardware and software evolution

2 Translate the words and word-combinations into English:

2.1 программист

2.2 интересоваться компьютерами

2.3 язык программирования

2.4 объединяться в команду

2.5 бросить учёбу в Гарвардском Университете

2.6 изменение

2.7 нововведение (представление)

2.8 программное обеспечение

2.9 аппаратное обеспечение

2.10 научная и техническая деятельность

2.11 создать твёрдую позицию

2.12 успех

2.13 способность преобразовать техническую проницательность в рыночную стратегию

2.14 соединять творчество с техническими разработками

2.15 личный и общий вклады в благотворительность и образование

2.16 готовность поддерживать новые технологии

2.17 развитие (усовершенствование)

3 Choose the correct variant:

3.1 William Henry Gates is

a) the chief executive officer of the German Corporation;

b) an English scientist;

c) an American computer programmer;

d) a founder of an educational organization.

3.2 Bill Gates

a) was the only founder of Microsoft in 1978;

b) was involved with various educational projects throughout high school;

c) is a man of great ability to change technical visions into market strategy;

d) doesn’t continue to work personally in product development at Microsoft.

3.3 Much of Gates’s success is founded on

a) his personal and corporate contributions to charity and educational organizations;

b) his decision to drop out of Harvard University in 1977;

c) his ability to communicate with very important persons;

d) his ability to use creativity mixed with technical developments.

4 Give all possible associations to the following terms:

4.1 Microsoft

4.2 contribution

4.3 science

5 Distribute the words below into three columns:

chief, corporation, executive, involve, various, develop, attend, language, technical, system,

application, introduce, creativity, success, personal, back, keep, corporate, vanguard, continue,

wealth, great, accumulate, graphical, international, willingness, produce.

6 Fill in the proper prepositions:

6.1 to be interested … computers

6.2 to be … the age of 30

6.3 to team … smb.

6.4 to work … Microsoft

6.5 to be founded … the ability

6.6 to change … market strategy

6.7 contribution … charity

6.8 to keep … the vanguard

6.9 the operating system … IBM PC

6.10 to drop out … Harvard University

6.11 to accumulate wealth … the holdings of Microsoft

7 You have read the article about Bill Gates. Answer the question: Does this article contain any new

information for you?

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