Successful people from home and abroad

山東 李全忠

主題語境：人與社會 篇幅：340詞 建議用時：6分鐘

Confucius

1Confucius is known as one of the most influential figures in Chinese history.Confucius lived during the Spring and Autumn Period.He was a teacher,politician and philosopher.His famous works can be found in the Four Books and Five Classics.The Four Books coverGreat Learning,Doctrine of the Mean,Analects of ConfuciusandMencius.The topics range from government,intellectual inquiry,virtue and morality.The Five Classics includeBook of Poetry,Book of Documents,Book of Rites,Book of ChangesandSpring and Autumn Annals.

Bruce Lee

2Bruce Lee was a famous film and martial arts legend.He was known for his fast fighting tactics,grunts and facial expressions made while fighting,philosophical statements and more.He revolutionized the Western film industry by introducing kung fu.He is considered to be one of the greatest martial artists of all time.After featuring in Hollywood films,he soon gained a global status and was one of the most influential martial artists.Bruce Lee,who was born into a wealthy family,started as a child star.He was not only a martial arts actor,but an instructor.

Aristotle

3Aristotle was a philosopher and scientist born in 384 BCE in ancient Greece and is one of the most influential people in history.This is perhaps because the scope of his writings was very vast and most of the modern sciences and social sciences derived from his works at some stage.Even though many of his postulates and theories have been disproved by modern research,he was responsible for carving out separate disciplines where none existed and giving shape to scientific inquiry and thought.

Bill Gates

4The man who founded Microsoft and helped make personal computing accessible to the masses quickly became the wealthiest man in the world(although that title no longer belongs to him).In addition to pioneering his own computer software,he established the Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation to help alleviate poverty in developing countries.Today the Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation is the largest private foundation in the United States and has been a part of significant healthcare initiatives,including the eradication of polio（小兒麻痹癥）.

Reading Check

Detail 1.What can we know about Bruce Lee?

A.Bruce Lee was successful when he was a child.

B.Bruce Lee was famous for some Chinese movies.

C.Bruce Lee was not only a martial arts actor but a politician.

D.Bruce Lee changed the Western film industry in his own way.

Gist 2.Which of the following can best describe Bill Gates?

A.Outgoing. B.Sensible.

C.Generous. D.Friendly.

Detail 3.Who is one of the most influential people in Chinese history according to the text?

A.Confucius. B.Bruce Lee.

C.Bill Gates. D.Aristotle.

Language Study

Difficult sentence in the text

He was known for his fast fighting tactics,grunts and facial expressions made while fighting,philosophical statements and more.他以快速戰斗的策略、戰斗時的喊叫聲和面部表情、哲學言論等而聞名。

【點石成金】該句中的while fighting是一個省略句，省略了he was。