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1.When Bill Gates made his decision to drop out from Harvard, he did not car
e too much of the result. Gates entered Harvard in 1973, and dropped out two
years later when he and Allen started the engine of Microsoft. Many people
did not understand why Gates gave up such a good opportunity to study in the
world's No.1 University. However, with size comes power, Microsoft dominate
s the PC market with its operating systems, such as MS-DOS and Windows. Now,
Microsoft becomes the biggest software company in the world and Bill Gates
becomes the richest man in the world.
  
2. We can learn from the experience of the great inventor Thomas Alva Edison
that sometimes a series of apparent failures is really a precursor to succe
ss. The voluminous personal papers of Edison reveal that his inventions typi
cally did not spring to life in a flash of inspiration but evolved slowly fr
om previous works.
  
3. Mandela, the South African black political leader and former president, w
as awarded 1993 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to antiracism and antiapar
theid. Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our
time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against
racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the pres
idency of his country. Since his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a
quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela has been at the centre of the most
compelling and inspiring political drama in the world. As president of the
African National Congress and head of South Africa's antiapartheid movement,
he was instrumental in moving the nation toward multiracial government and
majority rule. He is revered everywhere as a vital force in the fight for hu
man rights and racial equality.
  
4. Beethoven, the German Composer, began to lose his hearing in 1801 and was
entirely deaf by 1819. However, this obstacle could not keep him from becom
ing one of the most famous and prolific composers in art history. His music,
including 9 symphonies, 5 piano concertos, several senates and so on, forms
a transition from classical to romantic composition.
  
5. Mr. Lesson was accused of losing 1.3 billon dollars as a result of a risk
y derivative investment with the potential of a 27-billon gain. The collapse
of Barings Bank in 1995 has been one of the most spectacular events in the
banking world in recent years. Banks solvency and liquidity can be significa
ntly threatened if speculative trading in financial derivatives is guided by
a lack of adequate internal and external controls. There is evidence that s
uch reasons are responsible for the failure of Barings in February 1995.
  
6. Philip Morris, the largest tobacco company in the world, has been sued by
government and many other groups for producing products that are harmful to
health. The fines and legal fees that have resulted from the legal attacks
against the company have costed the company substantial amounts of money.
  
7. Bayer, one of the largest pharmaceutic companies in the world, announced
that the company would cease production of one of its major products, becaus
e of the hazardous ingredients it contained. By doing so, the company suffer
s great loss on profitability, but gains strong public support and understan
ding, which can contribute to the long-term success of the company.
  
8. Mitsubishi Motors had concealed significant defects in the break system o
f Pajero, one of the company's major products, before apologized to public.
Hundreds of car accidents were directly caused by the break error. Thus, the
company suffered a great goods return, losing not only the market share but
also the confidence of consumers.
  
9. Toshiba, one of the largest Japanese companies. In 2000, the Company anno
unced that among notebook computers it produced, one model had serious defec
t. Users in North America could choose either replacements with an upgraded
model or full refund. However, no such offer for users in China. Chinese use
rs were outrage at the company's discrimination and refused to use any of To
shiba's notebook computers. What the company lost is not only the temporary
revenue but also the consumer's confidence, which contribute to the long-ter
m success of the company.
  
10. Traditionally, the first firm to commercialise a new technology has bene
fited from unique opportunity to shape product definitions, forcing follower
s to adapt to a standard or invest in an unproven alternative. Today, howeve
r, the largest payoffs may go to companies that lead in developing integrate
d approaches for successful mass production and distribution. For example, S
EGA, producer of Saturn, was the first company to develop home video game ma
chine commercially, but Sony Entertainment INC., producer of Play Station, p
roved to be more successful at forming strategic alliance with other produce
rs and distributors to manufacture and market its hardware and software. Bec
ause consumers had more choices on Play Station's games, they seldom bought
SEGA Saturn. By the end of the 1990's, Play Station dominated the home video
game market while SEGA Saturn was no longer in production.
  
11. The financial crash of October 1987 and the Asia Economic Crisis in 1998
demonstrate that the world's capital markets are more closely integrated th
an ever before and that events in one part of the global village may be tran
smitted to the rest of the village-almost instantaneously.
  
12. Television programs and movies that depict violence among teenagers are
extremely popular. Given how influential these media are, we have good reaso
n to believe that these depictions cause young people to engage in violent b
ehavior. Hence, depictions of violence among teenagers should be prohibited
from movies and television programs, if only in those programs and movies pr
omoted to young audiences.
  
13. Knowledge is power. Francis Bacon
14.Imagination is more important than knowledge. Albert Einstein
  
15. Do not, for one repulse, give up the purpose that you resolved to effect
. William Shakespeare
16.In almost every face and every person, they may discover fine feathers an
d defects, good and bad qualities. Benjamin Franklin
17. No society can make a perpetual constitution, or even a perpetual law. T
homas Jefferson
  
*亚里士多德 (Aristotle 384.BC-322BC)
参考事迹: 学术集大成者，通才和专家集一身的著名学者，柏拉图的学生，亚历山大大
帝的教师，他的著述论及逻辑学，形而上学，伦理学，自然科学（物理学，动物学，植
物学，生理学，医学），政治学和诗学，对西方思想产生了深远影响，在其哲学体系里
，理论服从实地观察和逻辑，以三段论为基础，基本上是理性研究的理论方法，被称为
"百科全书式的学者"，大牛
利用点：可以利用到很多方面，通才与专家，博学与专攻，科学思维对人文思维并不冲
突，不一而足。
*阿基米德（Archimedes 287.BC-212BC）
参考事迹：从小受家庭影响，喜欢数学，十一岁到埃及亚历山大城入学，which是一个文
化中心，科学家云集，文学，数学，天文学，医学都很发达，这段时间阿基米德向很多
数学家学习，奠定了以后的基础。是第一个提出计算圆周率的人。还求出了一系列几何
公式，他的巨大贡献还不在于提出这些公式，而是在于他找到了推算这些公式的科学方
法：穷竭法
轶事：洗澡的时候发现了阿基米德定律，解决了国王交给他测定王冠纯度的任务；在叙
拉古城遭到罗马舰队进攻时候，运用科学知识帮助守城，制造了类似起重机的工具，把
一艘艘军舰吊到半空然后摔在山岩上。当最终城破的时候，阿基米德正在地上做几何题
，看到罗马士兵的时候丝毫不惊慌,说："慢点动手，让偶把这道题做完"，可惜罗马士兵
没有耐性，一剑搞定了阿基米德。
利用点：洗澡发明阿基米德定律可以用用，从小受家庭熏陶可以用用，还有不少大家自
己分析。
*哥白尼 (Copernicus 1473-1543)
参考事迹：提出了"日心说"（也叫哥白尼学说），十八岁进入克拉夫大学学医，受大学
里面的一个著名天文学家的影响，不务正业搞了天文，1499年任罗马大学天文学教授，
在教书和研究中逐渐对以往的天体理论产生了怀疑，下决心搞一套新的科学理论，于是
辞去大学职务，回到波兰，跑到一个偏僻的教堂谋得一个工作，这里闲暇且安静，于是
在这个环境下哥白尼得以安心研究，花了三十年终于创立了日心说，写成《天体运行论
》。不过由于当时强大的教会势力，这部著作迟迟没有面世，直到死前的头一年才问世
。
利用点：GRE写作中上镜率很高，随处可见G友们捧出小哥来做例证。用法多样，不一而
足。
牛顿（Newton 1642-1727）
参考事迹：有一个大牛粉墨登场.. 近代科学力学奠基人，发现著名的万有引力。由于牛
顿前辈的一系列贡献，使得牛顿能够写出他生平最为牛的一本书《自然哲学的教学原理
》, 这本书融合了哥白尼的《天体运行论》，布鲁诺的《论无限性，宇宙和世界》，德
国人开普勒的《新天文学》，伽利略的望远镜观察天体结论，又进一步研究了欧几里得
的几何学，笛卡尔的解析几何，最终发现了力学三定律和万有引力定律。至此，建立了
完整的天体力学理论。但是晚年的牛顿陷入了神学和炼金术的幻想。
轶事：坐在苹果树下看见苹果落地发现万有引力。还有牛顿经常自己说的一句话："我之
所以看得比别人远，是因为我站在巨人的肩膀上。"其中这句话有一个小故事，由于牛顿
的书《自然哲学的教学原理》非常难懂，一个哲学家找牛顿开辅导数目，牛顿就开了一
张，哲学家看了这张书目惊叹不已："光看这个初步书目，就要花费我大半条老命啊！"
看来要站在巨人肩膀上也不是一件容易的事情。 牛顿死的时候对自己一生的评价是非常
耐人寻味的，他说："我好像是在海滨玩耍的孩子，时而捡到几块晶莹的石头，时而捡到
几个美丽的贝壳并为之欢欣。那浩瀚的真理的海洋仍展现在面前。" ( 感动ing )
*华盛顿 ( Washington 1732-1799 )
参考事迹：美国开国元勋。胜利后别人拥戴他当国王，不干，并辞去总司令职务回乡务
农，后来被选上当总统后，干了两届，共八年，坚决拒绝第三次连任，按照他的声望，
完全可以一直连任。为此后美国总统连任不得超过三任做出了范例。美国人民心中的NO
.1
轶事：如果没有记错，樱桃树的故事是华盛顿搞出来的？
参考点：多阿，华盛顿好人阿，革命家不能顾及到自己的利益，否则革命不彻底，当头
的不能老当头，就算牛也要下来。诚实谦虚不图虚名等品质。
*杰菲逊 ( Jefferson 1743-1826 )
参考事迹：美国历史上与华盛顿，林肯齐名的政治家。兴趣广泛，学习了法律，哲学，
历史，文学，数学等各种知识，为起草《独立宣言》起到了决定性的帮助，他最大的贡
献也就是起草了美国的《独立宣言》。1780年被华盛顿任命为第一任国务卿，1800年当
选美国第三届总统，连任两届后效仿华盛顿自动引退。从总统退下来后从事教育事业，
创办了弗吉尼亚大学。
轶事：1787年美国国内爆发谢斯起义，杰菲逊闻讯后说："不时有点小小的叛乱是好事情
，，，自由之树是必须常常用爱国者和暴君的鲜血来浇灌的。"
曾说过："人民是完全可以信赖的，应该让他们听到一切真实和虚伪的东西，然后作出正
确的判断。倘使让我来决定，我们应该是有一个政府而不要报纸呢，还是应该有报纸而
不要政府，我会毫不犹豫选择后者。" （英文对照可以参看我前面总结的名言的一个贴
子）
死之前就为自己立了墓碑，碑文没有提到什么自己当过总统，国务卿等，只是说："这里
安葬着托马斯.杰菲逊，美国《独立宣言》起草人，弗吉尼亚宗教自由法令的作者和弗吉
尼亚大学之父"
利用点：也多。 特别是政府作决定，什么之类的话题。还有博学，和成功的评价之类的
话题。 第一个轶事应该也是一个好题材。
Archimedes阿基米德: Greek mathematician & inventor; known especially for wor
k in mechanics; discovered principle of buoyancy; wrote treatises on volumes
of spheres and cylinders, value of pi, etc.
Galileo 伽利略：Italian astronomer & physicist; discovered law of uniform ac
celeration of falling bodies; discovered that moon shines with reflected lig
ht; denounced for advocating Copernican system; was later tried by Inquisiti
on (1632) and forced to recant
  
Newton 牛顿：Mathematician & physicist; author of Principia (1687), one of t
he seminal works of modern science; laid the foundation of calculus; expande
d human understanding of color and light; formulated three fundamental laws
of mechanics, leading to the law of gravitation.
  
Darwin, Charles Robert1809-1882
British naturalist who revolutionized the study of biology with his theory o
f evolution based on natural selection. His most famous works include  Origi
n of Species (1859) and  The Descent of Man (1871).  When Darwin first decla
red that the wide variety of animal species was due to a process of developm
ent over many millennia, he challenged the traditional Christian belief and
outraged the religious fundamentalists.
  
In the history of the United States, F. D. Franklin, the president who led t
he country out of the Great Depression in the 1930s-40s, was a man who manag
ed to adapt to the changing economic climate without sacrificing his princip
les regarding capitalism.
  
Austrian-born founder of the German Nazi Party and chancellor of the Third R
eich (1933-1945). His fascist philosophy, embodied in  Mein Kampf (1925-1927
), attracted widespread support, and after 1934 he ruled as an absolute dict
ator. Hitler's pursuit of aggressive nationalist policies resulted in the in
vasion of Poland (1939) and the subsequent outbreak of World War II. His reg
ime was infamous for the extermination of millions of people, especially Eur
opean Jews. He committed suicide when the collapse of the Third Reich was im
minent (1945).
  
Thomas Jefferson once said :"The people may safely be trusted to hear everyt
hing true and false, and to form a correct judgment, Were it fall to me to d
ecide whether we should have a government without newspapers of newspapers w
ithout a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. "
these words cogently expressed power and wisdom of the citizens of a nation
in making decisions and strongly suggest people's right in politics.
  
For instance, Edward Teller, the so-called "father of the atom bomb", was fi
rmly committed to America's policy of gaining military superiority over the
Japanese and the Germans; yet at the same time he attempted fervently to dis
suade the US military from employing his technology for destruction, while b
ecoming the most visible advocate for various peaceful and productive applic
ations of atomic energy. Another example is George Washington, who was quote
d as saying that all the world's denizens should abhor war whenever they may
find it. Yet it was the same general who played a key role in the Revolutio
nary War between Britain and USA. A third example was Einstein, who while co
mmitted to' the mathematical soundness of his theories about relativity coul
d not reconcile them with the equally compelling quantum theory which emerge
d later in Einstein's life. In fact, Einstein spent the last twenty years of
his life criticizing his own theories and struggling to determine how to re
concile them with newer theories.
  
A.      Copernicus's heliocentric theory in the 16th century was a direct attack
upon the accepted wisdom of the time, the geocentric view of the universe po
stulated by Aristotle and Ptolemy.
  
B. When Darwin first declared that the wide variety of animal species was du
e to a process of development over many millennia, he challenged the traditi
onal Christian belief and outraged the religious fundamentalists.
  

: 一句是站在巨人的肩膀上的
If I have seen further [than certain other men] it is by standing upon the
shoulders of giants.
: 另外一句是海边捡贝壳的
I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting
myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than or
dinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

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