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Lesson Six This Generation Means Business

Lesson Six This Generation Means Business. By Qiu Huilian. Founder & CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg. Forbes World’s Most Powerful People 2011 1.Barack Obama President of USA 2.Vladimir Putin Prime Minister of Russia 3. Hu Jintao chairman of China

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Lesson Six This Generation Means Business

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  1. Lesson Six This Generation Means Business By Qiu Huilian

  2. Founder & CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg

  3. Forbes World’s Most Powerful People 2011 1.Barack Obama President of USA 2.Vladimir Putin Prime Minister of Russia 3. Hu Jintao chairman of China 4. Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany 5. Bill Gates Co-Chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 6. Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz King of Saudi Arabia 7. Pope Benedict XVI Pope of Roman Catholic Church 8. Ben Bernanke Chairman of the Federal Reserve USA 9. Mark Zuckerberg Founder of facebook 10. David Cameron Prime Minister of UK

  4. Introduction of Mark Zuckerberg • 马克·艾略特·扎克伯格（Mark Elliot Zuckerberg，1984年5月14日~），在美国纽约州白原市长大。作为牙医和心理医生的儿子，扎克伯格从小就受到了良好的教育，从小就是个电脑神童(genius)。 • 在哈佛大学（Harvard University）读书时，他侵入了哈佛大学学生的照片数据库, 他开发(develop)名为Facemash 的程序(program)并建立了一个网站（website），让同学可以在一堆照片中选择最漂亮（most attractive）的人。

  5. Introduction of Mark Zuckerberg • 这个的竞赛进行了一个周末之久，但是到周一早晨，被校方关闭(shut down)，因为哈佛的服务器(server)被灌爆(overwhelmed)，因此不准学生进入这个网站。此外，很多学生也反应，他们的照片在未经授权下(unauthorized) 被使用。 • 这件事件之后不久，Zuckerberg就和两位室友一起，用了一星期(a week)时间写网站程序，建立了一个为哈佛同学提供互相联系（contact）平台的网站，命名为 the Facebook。 • the Facebook在2004年2月推出，即横扫整个哈佛校园,接着风靡（popular）美国和全世界。Zuckerberg干脆从哈佛退学(drop out)，全职营运网站。

  6. Which school did Joe Lampson study at ? Fast Reading Read the text and answer the following questions. Stanford University. What company did he start up? He started up a software company. Did he succeed at last? Yes, he did.

  7. Careful Reading Para One & Two Q1: What surprised Joe Lampson’s father? Six months before graduation, Joe wanted to drop out of Stanford and start up a company. drop out of 退学 start up 创办 Q2: Why couldn’t Joe wait after his graduation？ Because in software being first is everything.

  8. Careful Reading Para Three What problem did Joe want to solve by developing a program? There was no easy way to calculate which supplier offered the best price while meeting all the customer’sneeds. calculate 计算 supplier 供应商 meet the needs of 满足。。。的需求

  9. Careful Reading Para Four Did bank finance Joe’s company? Why? Joe’s confidence, banks would nothis company. Because his company didn’t havemanagers or technicians. In spite of finance experienced In spite of + n: Although + sentence In spite of Joe’s confidence= Although Joe was confident

  10. Careful Reading Para Five Q1: What did Joe do since the bank didn’t finance him? He turned to the great bank of his generation? turn to 求助于 Q2: What is the “great bank of his generation”? A. The biggest bank in America. B. Credit cards. C. A bank in Stanford.

  11. Careful Reading Para Five to Seven Find numbers ! 寻找数字！ HP offered 3 million dollars Orders from Fortune 500 companies flooded in 400 employees & income of 120 million 35 credit cards Half a million in debt

  12. Summary Joe wanted to drop out of school and started up a company Banks would not finance him HP offered him 3 million Joe used 35 credit cards Other fortune 500 companies flooded in Half a million in debt Now his company has an income of 120 million

  13. These young Americans would rather have their own businesses than work in a big company or in a government office.

  14. Discussion What do you think of Joe’s behavior ? I think he was … hard-working confident brave strong-willed perseverant(坚持不懈的 patient

  15. drop out of 退学 start up 创办 calculate 计算 supplier 供应商 meet the needs of 满足…的需求 in spite of 尽管， 不顾 finance 资助 turn to 求助 in debt 负债 flood in 涌入

  16. Post Reading Read the passage again and finish the following exercises . 1.Decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F).  (1) Joe was studying at Stanford University when he decided to drop out.   (2) Joe agreed to wait six months until his graduation. (3) Joe wanted to develop a computer program that could help companies to work out easily which supplier offered the best price while meeting all the customer’s needs.   (4) The engineers tested Joe’s software and found that it was successful.   (5) The Hewlett-Packard company offered $120 million for the right to use the software that Joe had developed. T F T T F

  17. Homework 1.Finish Exercise book Lesson 6 2.Prepare the lesson 7

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