英語美文名人勵(lì)志故事30:少年比爾·蓋茨成長壯大的故事
30. Bill Gates in His Boyhood
30. 少年比爾·蓋茨
As a child---and as an adult as well---Bill was untidy. It has been said that in order to counteract this. Mary drew up weekly clothing plans for him. On Mondays he might go to school in blue, on Tuesdays in green, on Wednesdays in brown, on Thursdays in black, and so on. Weekend meal schedules might also be planned in detail. Everything is arranged in good order. He hates to waste time, at work or during his leisure time.
童年時(shí)期——即使成了大人——比爾也不修邊幅。據(jù)說為了改掉此習(xí)慣，碼麗為他制定了一周著裝計(jì)劃。周一上學(xué)他穿藍(lán)色裝，周二綠色，周三棕色，周四黑色，等等。周末用餐時(shí)間也布置得細(xì)致入微。每件事都要井井有條。比爾·蓋茨討反浪費(fèi)時(shí)間，無論是在工作中還是在閑暇時(shí)。
Dinner table discussions in the Gate's family home were always lively and educational. "It was a rich environment in which to learn," Bill remembered.
在比爾家中的餐桌上討論總是既生動(dòng)又富有教育意義。“那是個(gè)內(nèi)容豐富的學(xué)習(xí)環(huán)境，”比爾回憶道。
Bill's contemporaries, even at the age, recognized that he was exceptional. Every year, he and his friends would go to summer camp. Bill especially liked swimming and other sports. One of his summer camp friends recalled, "He was never a nerd or a goof or the kind of kid you didn't want your team. We all knew Bill was smarter than us. Even back then, when he was nine or ten years old, he talked like an adult and could express himself in ways that none of us understood."
比爾的同代人，即使是在那個(gè)年齡，都能看出他的與眾不同。每年，他和朋友們都要去夏令營。比爾特別喜愛游泳運(yùn)動(dòng)等。他的一住在夏令營的朋友回憶道， “他絕不會(huì)是個(gè)不足掛齒或無足輕重之人。我們都曉得比爾比我們聰穎。甚至在更早的時(shí)候，當(dāng)他九、十歲時(shí)，言談就如同成人一般，他說的話有時(shí)我們感到高深莫測(cè)。”
Bill was also well ahead of his classmates in mathematics and science. He needed to go to a school that challenged him to Lakeside--an all--boys' school for exceptional students. It was Seattle's most exclusive school and was noted for its. rigorous academic demands, a place where "even the dumb kids were smart".
在數(shù)學(xué)和自然方面比爾比同班同學(xué)也更勝一籌。他，需要上一所對(duì)他充滿挑戰(zhàn)的學(xué)校。隨即父母決定送他去湖畔中學(xué)----一所專門招收超常男生的學(xué)校。這是西雅圖一所限制最嚴(yán)的學(xué)校，它以嚴(yán)格的課程要求而著稱，是個(gè)“連啞童都聰明的”地方。
Lakeside allowed students to pursue their own interests, to whatever extent they wished. The school prided itself on making conditions and facilities available that would enable all its students to reach their full potential. It was the ideal environment for someone like Bill Gates.
湖畔中學(xué)九許學(xué)生們按自己的興趣自由發(fā)揮，去通達(dá)他們希望的極至。令校方驕傲的是他們所創(chuàng)造的環(huán)境及設(shè)施使學(xué)生們能充分發(fā)揮各自的潛能。這是像比爾·蓋茨這樣學(xué)生的理想環(huán)境。
