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his,dormitory,room.,5/81,5,Dells Experiences,Dell began the business manufacturing personal computers with some radical ideas,including maintaining no finished-goods inventories and practically no component inventories,building only to order,and selling and delivering the completed PC units direct to customers(,direct sales,).,6/81,6,Dells Experiences,The company became successful enough that Dell dropped out of college at the age of 19 to run the business full-time.In,1987,PCs Limited changed its name to,Dell Computer Corporation,and in,Dell,Inc.,The company became the most profitable PC manufacturer in the world,with sales of$35,billion,and profits of$2 billion in.,7/81,7,Dells Experiences,On,March 4,Michael Dell stepped down as,CEO,of Dell but stayed as Chairman of the Board,while,Kevin Rollins,then became President and CEO.,Chief Executive Officer,执行总裁,8/81,8,Accolades for Dell,Entrepreneur of the Year from Inc.,(Incorporated),magazine;Man of the Year from,PC Magazine,;Top CEO in American Business from Worth Magazine;CEO of the Year from Financial World and Industry Week magazines.,9/81,9,His fame and life,In the publication of the,Forbes 400,Dell was listed as the 9th richest man in the,United States,and the 18th richest in the world with a net worth of around$16 billion.Dell resides in,Austin,Texas,with his wife Susan and their four children.,Forbes,杂志,10/81,10,Forbes 400,The Forbes 400 is an annual list published by,Forbes,magazine of the,wealthiest,400,people in the,United States,.At the top of the list is,Bill Gates,co-founder of,Microsoft,with a net worth of 48 billion dollars.The 400th wealthiest person in the United States,Norman W Waitt,Jr.,co-founder of Gateway,has a net worth of 750 million dollars.Other prominent names include,Warren Buffett,and,Teresa Heinz Kerry,the wife of Democratic presidential candidate,John Kerry,.Henry Kravis ranked#283 in.,Gateway,网关;网间连接器,11/81,11,The secret of Dell,s success,A.,To be the first:,He is the first one to hit upon a brilliant idea,commonsense though.Success usually belongs to the person who dares to be the first,to be creative and original.,12/81,12,The secret of Dell,s success,B.,Ambitious and highly moltivated:,Even when a teenager he already vows to compete with IBM.It is this goal that that gives him the strength and courage to strive so hard.,IBM,(,International Business Machines),商用机器企业,13/81,13,The secret of Dell,s success,C,His tenacity:,He works hard,and never gives up.His success is the result of his toil and sweat.,14/81,14,The secret of Dell,s success,D.,His thirst for knowledge:,It is true that Dell did not finish school.But that does not mean that he has had no education or that he can succeed without education.He actually studies harder and with a clearer focus.,15/81,15,Text Organization,Para 1-3:A childhood anecdote of Dell.,Para.49:Introduction to Dell,his peculiarities and pre-university success in business.,Para.1028:Dell established his successful business when he was still in college.,Para.29last:Dells present life and his emphasis on the will to success.,16/81,16,Painstaking(P1),Marked by or requiring great pains;very careful and diligent,她在,刻苦,学习汉字。,She is making,painstaking,efforts to learn Chinese.,哈里是个,肯下苦功,学生。,Harry is a,painstaking,student.,辛勤地,工作,be,painstaking,with ones work,17/81,17,Cf.meticulous,painstaking,He had throughout been almost worryingly_ in his business formalities.,The skillful repair of fine lace entails slow and _ work.,“,他一直对他业务手续表现出几乎是担心一样极度细心”,meticulous,对精巧花边熟练修补需要迟缓而极度细心工作。,Painstaking,Meticulous stresses extreme,sometimes exaggerated care for small details:,Meticulous,强调极度，有时是过分对于小细节关心：,Painstaking means extremely careful:,Painstaking,意味着极度细心：,18/81,18,Para 1 put together,_ _ a new bookcase;,_ a friend _ for the night.,_ her views _ during the hearing.,_ _ an idea.,_ _ a new plan.,He _ _ a good word for me.,_ _paying the bills.,_ _an English accent.,The operator _ me _ on the office line.,We had to _ _ _ the inconvenience.,1.,put together,:to construct;create:2.,Put up,:to provide lodgings for 3.,Put across,:to state so as,to be,understood,clearly or accepted readily 4.,Put forth,:to offer for consideration 5.,put forward,:to propose for consideration 6.,put in,:to introduce,as in conversation 7.,Put off,:to delay;postpone 8.,put on,:to assume affectedly 9:,put through,:to make a telephone connection for 10:put up with:to endure without complaint:,19/81,19,A maze of(p1.):confusing intricate network of passages,go through a maze of narrow streets,穿过迂回小街,He turned short into one of the mazes of the wood,转入一座迷宫似林中盘陀地带,be caught up in a maze of thoughts,千思万绪,watch the mazes of the dance,婆娑多姿舞蹈,be in a maze,不知所措,a maze of government regulations,大堆,复杂,政府规章制度,a maze of bureaucratic divisions.,混乱,官僚派系,20/81,20,Para 1 pull,We,pulled in,at midnight.,The train,pulls out,at noon.,After the crash,many Wall Street investors,pulled out,.,The state trooper,pulled,the speeding motorist,over,.,He helped to,pull,me,t,hrough,the difficulty.,The driver,pulled up,at the gate.,pull(someones)leg,a.To leave or depart:.b,To play a joke on;tease or deceive.c,.,To come or bring successfully through trouble or illness d.To bring or come to a halt.e.to arrive at a destination f.To instruct or force(a motorist)to bring his or her vehicle to a stop at a curb or at the side of a road:g.To withdraw,as from a situation or commitment,1,e;2a;3g;4f;5c;6d;7b,21/81,21,To call it a day(P2):,(infml)to decide to stop working because you have done enough or because you are tired,I dont know about you guys,but Im tired and hungry.Lets call it a day.,At around half past five yesterday afternoon,the power suddenly went off.So we had to call it a day.,22/81,22,plunge,(p.2),He ran down the steps to the pool terrace and plunged in.,A soldier plunged a bayonet into his body.,The governments political and economic reforms threaten to plunge the country into chaos.,His sudden plunge into the field of international diplomacy is a major surprise.,Shares have plunged from$17 to$7.,If you have decided to buy shares,now could be the time to,take the plunge,.,(do sth.difficult or risky),23/81,23,tease(p3);ridicule;mock;laugh at,teaseto laugh at sb and make jokes about them either in a friendly way or in order to annoy or embarrass them:,e.g.Dont get upset.Im just teasing.,Ridiculesuggests making unkind fun of sb.Or sth,not necessariy implying malice of hostility.,对某人或某事不客气地嘲弄取笑,不一定怀有恶意或敌意,.,24/81,24,Mock,implies a contemptuous ridiculing esp.by caricaturing another,s peculiarities.,意示以夸大滑稽方式模仿某人言行特征,以轻蔑地嘲弄,.,Laugh at,suggests treating as foolish,worthless of an object of fun.,指视为愚蠢,无价值,笑柄而嘲笑,取笑之,.,25/81,25,Exercises:,1.,When he first put forward the idea,he was _.,2.,Galileo mounted the steps of the tower.By that time there was already a big crowd.They had come to _ the crazy young scholar.,3.,They were just _ you.They meant no harm.,4.,When they heard this,they all burst out _.But this time they were not _ at him,but _ with him.,5.,He was very shy.We used to _ him.,6.,He who _ last _ best.,7.,Many people _the Old Foolish Mans attempt to remove the mountains.,Ridiculed/mocked/laughed at,Mock/ridicule,/laugh at,teasing,laughing,laughing,laughing,tease,laughs,laughs,mocked,26/81,26,Fortune 500,(p4),The 500 richest people in the world listed by Fortune Magazine on annual basis.,27/81,27,Be imbued with(p.5):be filled with an idea,feeling or quality,The Guards officer was imbued with a military sense of duty and loyalty.,Every single word is imbued with a breathless sense of wonder.,一位总统应该充满对国家责任感。,A President should be,imbued,with,a sense of responsibility for the nation.,充满革命精神工作,work,imbued,with,the revolutionary spirit.,28/81,28,Drive(p.5):energy and determination;a strong need or desire;a special effort made by a group of people for a particular purpose,John will be remembered for his drive and enthusiasm.,China still has a long way to go in its modernization drive.,29/81,29,other uses of,“,drive,”,A.,to operate a vehicle:,e.g.when did you learn to drive?,B.,to travel or take somebody somewhere in a car:,e.g.Dad said that he would drive me to school.,C.,to make someone feel of do something bad or unpleasant,e.g.They could do anything when they are driven by despair.,D.,to force someone of something to go somewhere,e.g.Hitler drove millions of Jews into concentration camps.,30/81,30,Get sth.out of the way(p6):to settle or dispose,He went abroad to get the issue of marriage out of the way.,31/81,31,out of the way,1.The house wasnt anything,out of the way.,房子没有什么,奇特,。,Of an unusual character;remarkable.,2.An,outoftheway,cottage.,偏远,农舍,3.said nothing,out of the way,.,不说任何,不妥,之辞;,Improper;,4.To leave before the guest of honor would,be,out of the way.,先于贵宾离席是,不礼貌,。,5.some details to get,out of the way,first.,一些首先要,处理好,细节,32/81,32,Prospect:possibility;sth going to happen;(p8.)chances to success,The prospects for peace in the countrys eight-year civil war are becoming brighter.,They now face the prospect of having to wear a helmet against the poisonous gas.,They turned in a detailed review of the companys prospects.,33/81,33,hefty(P10),Infml.Of considerable size or amount:,a,hefty,serving of mashed potatoes,堆得满满一份土豆泥,received a,hefty,bonus.,得到,大量,奖金,34/81,34,markup(P10),An amount added to a cost price in calculating a selling price,especially an amount that takes into account overhead and profit.,加值：在计算某种出售物价格时计入成本价一个数额，尤指计入了管理费用和利润数额,They have marked up the price since the cost is increased.,The new tax made it necessary to mark up all the goods in the shop.,All our stock has been marked down for the sales.,35/81,35,soup up(P 11),To modify(something)so as to increase its capacity to perform or satisfy,especially to add horsepower or greater speed potential to(an engine or a vehicle):,改进1959年产福特汽车；,souped up the 1959 Ford;,提升旧声音系统效果,souping up old sound systems.,36/81,36,Surplus(p.11):extra,more than is needed,Japans annual trade surplus is in the region of 100 billion dollars.,Germany suffers from a surplus of teachers.,Trade surplus vs.deficit,贸易顺差,vs.,逆差,37/81,37,take on(P 11),1.To acquire(an appearance,for example)as or as if ones own:,The insect can,take on,the color of its,surroundings.,这种昆虫能随环境而,变,色。,2.To undertake or begin to handle:,He is unwilling to,take on,heavy responsibilities.,他,不愿,负担,重担。,38/81,38,With a vengeance(p.13):to a much greater extent than was expected,Once George had left the office,her doubts would return with a vengeance.,December has turned cold with a vengeance.,十二月已经是透骨严寒了,Vengeance:the act of killing,injuring,or harming sb because they have harmed you,He swore vengeance on everyone involved in the murder.,Heavens,vengeance,is slow but sure.,天网恢恢,疏而不漏。,inflict/take/wreak,vengeance,(up)on sb.,对.报,仇,雪恨,39/81,39,Come to/get/be at grips with(P14),1 To attack;to be in close combat,肉搏；猛攻,At the end of the quarrel,they come to grips with each other.,2To confront squarely and attempt to deal decisively with:,他需要,认真对待,此提议.,He had to,come to grips with,the proposition.,40/81,40,magnitude(P14),1.Greatness in size or extent:,The,magnitude,of the flood was impossible to comprehend.,这场水灾,危害性,是无法了解,The auditorium is a building of great.,礼堂是一座巨大建筑。,2.Greatness in significance or influence:,To be shocked by the,magnitude,of the crisis.,被这场危机,严重程度,震惊了,41/81,41,Gross(p.14):,毛利,total;top;net;,So far the films have grossed more than 100 million dollars.,The oil tank is said to have a gross weight of 90,000 tons.,net weight vs.gross weight,42/81,42,Gross:(speech or behavior)rude or unacceptable;(sth)ugly and and lack good taste;,The manager was guilty of gross negligence.,He abused the major in the grossest terms.,They wear really gross holiday outfits.,43/81,43,Launch(p.19):send into the air,space or water,NASAs launch of the space shuttle,Discovery,has been triumphant.,Coastguards launched three lifeboats off the Gulf coast.(,试水,),The police launched an investigation at the wake of the scandal.(,开始,),Ferrari launched its new models for this year.,（公布）,He launched himself into fatherhood with great enthusiasm.(,主动投身于,),44/81,44,Grammar:come September(p.19),subjunctive mood,inverted sentence.,Come you may,things would not change.,Cf.there,here,out,now,then,thus,等副词放在句首时，句子全部倒装。,-,Thus began my second life.,-Now comes your turn.,假如句中主语是,代词,，句子要用陈说句,-,Here she comes.,-Out he rushed.,45/81,45,Fast(P19),1.Dont drive so,fast,.,2.Hold,fast,to this rope,and I will pull you up.,3.,fast,asleep.,46/81,46,frantic(P 21),emotionally uncontrolled or in disordered,anxious activity,made a,frantic,last-minute search for the lost key.,对丢失钥匙做最终担心万分寻找,He had a,frantic,rush to get his work done.,他急急忙忙把工作做完。,Highly excited with strong emotion or frustration;frenzied:,(+,with),The mother was,frantic,with grief at the loss of her child.,母親因失去孩子,悲痛欲絕,。,frantic,with worry.,焦虑得发狂,47/81,47,Frantic vs Panic,Panic:a sudden overpowering fright,An earthquake hit the capital,causing damage to buildings and _ among the population.,A busy night in the restaurant can be _ in the kitchen.,48/81,48,lease(P21),A contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified period in exchange for a specified rent.,The,lease,on this house expires at the end of the year.,这房子租约年底到期。,(Take/Hold)by on lease,租用借,put out to lease,出租,49/81,49,Sketch(p.21):a rough drawing or outline,draft:a preliminary sketch,，,the first version,起草,design,设计,outline,梗概,portray,肖像,painting,水彩画,delineation,描述,describe or define in detail,depiction:show in drawing,painting or writing,graffiti,涂鸦,50/81,50,Keep pace(p.23)with:keep up with,Farmers are angry because the rise in sale fails to keep pace with inflation.,The computer will give students the opportunity to learn,at their own pace,.,按照自己进度,A group of the worlds best waterskiers will be,going through their paces,.,展示技艺,51/81,51,Special;especial;particular;specific;,Special/Especial:different from normal;relating to one particular person or group;make for particular purpose,尤其,;,专门,;,特殊,这两个词都强调所描述事物含有使其与同等或同类事物
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