Bill Gates 彪炳史册

Bill Gates has made many contributions ...ur... throughout the last 25 or 30 years, most of all, of course, the Windows Operating System, which more than 90% of all computers in the world use today. He was a very shrewd¹, ur, business person at a, at an early age, almost as a teenager in fact, and he was one of the few people who could see a hobbyist market, that is, a bunch of nerds sort of playing with computers and chips in your basements and how that could become a potential business.

And one of the interesting things that Microsoft under Bill Gates' leadership, was able to do, is in fact...ur.. take on some of the biggest computer companies, basically IBM...ur.. at.. you know, at a very early stage when IBM wasn't quite sure if the microcomputer² was a toy or a potential business tool and Gates had faith that it was a business tool ,he could see ahead, he has always been a, a fairly strategic³ thinker and uh...that in turn...let him in fact, you know, dominate⁴ the computer industry that IBM would still like to be able to do.

Will Microsoft innovate⁵ ? ------ That's a question that I usually answer by saying, I'm a historian⁶ so I live in the past and there are lots of people who are, sort of more expert in predicting the future, so I think I'll just leave it, leave it at that.

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shrewd : adj. 精明的
hobbyist : n. 沉溺于某种癖好者,嗜某爱好成癖的人
nerd : n. 令人讨厌的人，无足轻重的人

1 shrewd   

adj.机灵的，敏锐的，精明的

参考例句：

• His answer to the journalist is a shrewd one.他回答记者的问题是很机敏的。
• He's too shrewd to be trusted in business matters.他太狡猾，生意上不宜信任。

2 microcomputer   

n.微型计算机，微机

参考例句：

• The main frame is the heart of a microcomputer system.主框架的核心是一个微机系统。
• A microcomputer is a fast and accurate symbol processing system.微型计算机是一种快速、精确的符号处理系统。

3 strategic   

adj.战略（上）的，战略上重要的

参考例句：

• The army moved for strategic reasons.军队作了战略转移。
• The bridge is of strategic importance to us.这座桥对我们至关重要。

4 dominate   

v.支配，统治，高出，俯视，在...中占首地位

参考例句：

• They had the ambition to dominate this small country.他们有控制这个小国的野心。
• The strong usually dominate over the weak.强者常常支配弱者。

5 innovate   

v.革新，变革，创始

参考例句：

• We must innovate in order to make progress.我们必须改革以便取得进步。
• It is necessary to innovate and develop military theories.创新和发展军事理论是必要的。

6 historian   

n.历史学家，编史家

参考例句：

• As a historian,he was most typical of the times in which he lived.作为历史学家，他是他所处时代最有代表性的人物。
• He calls himself a historian,but his books are a mere journalism.他自称为历史学家，但是他的书都是些肤浅的通俗作品。