大学英语二第五单元

大学体验英语二（综合教程）

Unit 5Ways to Success

Listen and Talk

Lead in

Success can be reached in different ways by people in different careers.

Bill Gates began at age 13 to computers. His vision for personal computing has been central to the success of Microsoft Corporation, the company he his childhood friend in 1975.

The former CEO of General Electric, Jack Welch, is a business legend. A famous quote by Mr. Welch is, "Change before you have to." He believes in leading by example and 3. ____his employees to do their best everyday.

Michael Jordan said, "I accept , but I can't accept not trying." He is one of the best athletes to ever play team sports. His great smile, athletic , and pleasant personality have made him one of the most famous the world. Michael Jordan spent a lot of time playing basketball as a child but in senior middle school he was taken off the team. Instead of , he worked through adversity and became the greatest basketball player yet.

Celine Dion came from in a rural French Canadian town in Canada. The youngest of fourteen children, her voice is internationally known on such soundtracks as Beauty and the Beast and Titanic.

Ronaldo is Brazil's greatest soccer since Pele. He began his professional the season 90-91, playing for the Social Ramos Club. FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) voted him best player of the year in both 1996 and 2002,he won the Golden Shoe Award of the FIFA World Cup with 8 goals scored.

Key:1. program; 2. founded; 3. encourages; 4. failure; 5. achievements

6. athletes;

7. giving up;

8. humble;

9. talent; 10. career

Passage A: My Advice to Students: Education Counts

the following questions with the information from the passage.

1. Why do many students write to Bill Gates every year?

They want to get his advice about education.

do some parents write to Bill Gates?

They want to get guidance for their children.

3. What does Bill Gates think of dropping out of school?

He discourages it.

university did Bill Gates go to? Did he graduate with a degree?

He went to Harvard but he dropped out in his junior year.

5. Many students choose to work for a while before going to a university. What do you think of this?

If you fall into an obsessive pattern in high school, you are unlikely to change when you go to college, and you may not get grades good enough to go to a good college.

3. Choose the best answer to each question based on the information you obtain from the passage.

1. What does Gates mean by "education counts"?

A) Education teaches us how to count numbers.

B) Education is important to everyone.

C) One learns by getting an education.

D) Education is the only way to success.

2. From the passage we know that __________.

A) many people are interested in the success story of Gates

B) Gates dropped out of college because he didn't do well

C) the smart part-time programmer dropped out of school

D) Gates is going back to Harvard to get a degree

3. Gates tells us that __________.

A) Microsoft Corp. has some successful high school dropouts

B) Microsoft Corp. doesn't care much about school education and diplomas

C) he encouraged the bright part-time programmer to drop out of school

D) it is easier to get a job with a college diploma than without one

4. According to Gates, __________.

A) one learns better in a library

B) one learns better by self-study

C) one learns better by going to school

D) it's bad to have many interests

5. It can be inferred from the passage that __________.

A) good universities usually get smart and capable students

B) one gets specialized knowledge from graduate school

C) one learns broadly at both high school and college

D) it's fine to become deeply interested in one specific area