研究生英语课件---Unit 06 A Semi-Integrated World.ppt

A Semi-Integrated World More together, but still defined by our separateness Contents Background information Introduction to the text Text and language points Exercises Background information Charlie Chaplin actor, director, and producer a tramp (流浪汉) /baggy trousers / a bowler hat/ a stick . The Kid(1921, 孩子), The Gold Rush (1925, 淘金记), City Lights(1931, 城市之光), and Modern Times. He was born in London Charles Chaplin, Sr. / Hannah Hill / music hall entertainers In 1896 when Hannah was no longer able to care for her children, Charlie and his brother Sydney were admitted to Lambeth(伦敦朗伯斯区)Workhouse/ Hanwell School for Orphans and Destitute (贫困的) Children. William (Bill) H. Gates chairman and chief software architect /Microsoft Corporation the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. Born on October 28, 1955, father, William H. Gates II, is a Seattle attorney (律师)/Mary Gates, /a schoolteacher. interest in software and began programming computers at age 13. 1973, Gates entered Harvard University junior year, Gates left Harvard / Microsoft, a company he had begun in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Gates’ foresight and his vision for personal computing Gates is interested in biotechnology, and philanthropy (慈善事业) /endowed a foundation with more than $21 billion /in the areas of global health and learning. Gates was married in 1994, to Melinda French Gates/ two children: a daughter, Jennifer Katharine Gates/a son, Rory John Gates, interest avid reader/ play golf and bridge. Moore’s law: Gordon E. Moore (/????/), the Intel co-founder and chairman emeritus. In 1965, Moore noted that the number of devices on a microchip (and hence the potential power of a computer) was doubling every 18 months, and he projected that trend would continue for 10 years. Thirty years later, that geometric growth (几何增长), now canonized (推崇) as Moore’s law” remains the fundamental economic force driving the c