高中英语新课标人教版(广东)高一(1)unit5 workbook

UNIT5 READING TASK

A Follower¹ of Bill Gates

I have been a friend of Bill Gates for a long time.I knew him when he was a student at Harvard University.We were surprised when he left University to set up his own company "Microsoft" and make his own software. But he was the clever one!He is very good at writing computer languages and almost all compoters now use Microsoft software.The program "Word" is used from Britain to China!Of course he has made a lot of money and that makes people very jealous².They want to stop his success.Even the goverment is against him and has tried to break his company into two parts.They say that he is unfair to other people who want to sell similar software.Because he fits his new software free in every new computer,the government says he is stopping other companies from selling their programs.This is not fair.Everyone should be able to do what they canto³ make their company bigger.Bill Gates has only done what he can to stop other competitors⁴.He is very rich,but he is generous⁵.He has given millions of dollars to help the education and health of many children around the world.You could not meet a better man than Bill Gates.

1 follower   

n.跟随者；随员；门徒；信徒

参考例句：

• He is a faithful follower of his home football team.他是他家乡足球队的忠实拥护者。
• Alexander is a pious follower of the faith.亚历山大是个虔诚的信徒。

2 jealous   

adj.妒忌的，猜忌的；精心守护的

参考例句：

• He was jealous when he discovered that she loved someone else.当他发现她爱别人的时候，他吃醋了。
• An honorable Chinese citizen should be jealous of his own rights.一名光荣的中国公民应当珍惜自己的公民权利。

3 canto   

n.长篇诗的章

参考例句：

• It's the fourth canto of Byron's "Childe Harold".这是拜伦长诗《恰尔德·哈罗尔德游记》的第四章。
• The Fifth Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam tells of innumerable universes.《圣典博伽瓦谭》第五篇讲述了有无数宇宙存在。

4 competitors   

竞争者( competitor的名词复数 )； 对手； 参赛者； 竞赛者

参考例句：

• We are now outselling all our competitors. 我们现在比所有竞争对手都卖得多。
• We are lagging far behind our European competitors in using new technology. 我们在使用新技术方面远远落后于我们的欧洲对手。

5 generous   

adj.慷慨的，大方的，慷慨给予的

参考例句：

• She was kind and generous.她心地善良，宽容大量。
• She was generous with her money.她很乐于仗义疏财。