Sometimes in high school I engaged myself wholly in writing software, but most of the time I stud ied a large variety of subjects 读高中时,我有一段时间醉心于软件编写,但大部分时间里,我的学习兴趣 相当广泛。 5. One parent wrote me that her 15-year-old son"lost himself in the hole of the computer One parent wrote me that her 15-year-od son became completely preocupied by the computer and ignored everything else 有位家长写信说,她15岁的儿子“钻进计算机无底洞里了 6. It's fine to take a deep interest in computers, dance, language or any other discipline, but not if it jeopardizes breadth. (para. 15) It's Ok to be very strongly interested in any subject or activ ity such as computers dance, or language, but not if it makes your interests too narrow 你对计算机、舞蹈、语言或其他任何的科目有深入的兴趣也无可厚非,但太 偏执而舍弃学习广度则不是一件好事了。 7. If you fall into an obsessive pattern in high school, you've got two problems If you fall into a bad habit of having strong but narrow interests in high school, you have two problems(not just one 如果高中阶段兴趣过于集中,你会面临两个问题。 8. Graduate school is one way to get specialized knowledge, although extended college education isn't always a good investment from a purely economic stand point (para. 17 Graduate school is one way to study a particular academic area, but it may not be the wisest way to invest your time and your tuition money 读研究生是获取专业知识的一个途径,不过从纯经济角度来看,大学毕业后 再接受教育不总是明智的投资, Summary of the text It is well known that Bill Gates dropped out of college. Some people even think he never finished high school. In fact he finished three years at Harvard, where he studied a variety of subjects and only took one computer class. His main advice to students is to do much as he did, but to finish college before dropping out unless the opportunity of a lifetime appears. He feels students should not specialize too soon If they do specialize they should also pursue other subjects and make acceptable grades. Above all else he believes students should learn how to learn, so they can learn on their own outside the classroom this in fact is how gates learned most of what he knows about computers, though he apparently feels that most students need a somewhat more structured approach to education than he had3 Sometimes in high school I engaged myself wholly in writing software, but most of the time I studied a large variety of subjects. 读高中时，我有一段时间醉心于软件编写，但大部分时间里，我的学习兴趣 相当广泛。 5. One parent wrote me that her 15-year-old son "lost himself in the hole of the computer." (para. 14) One parent wrote me that her 15-year-od son became completely preocupied by the computer and ignored everything else. 有位家长写信说，她 15 岁的儿子“钻进计算机无底洞里了”。 6. It's fine to take a deep interest in computers, dance, language or any other discipline, but not if it jeopardizes breadth. (para. 15) It's OK to be very strongly interested in any subject or activity such as computers, dance, or language, but not if it makes your interests too narrow. 你对计算机、舞蹈、语言或其他任何的科目有深入的兴趣也无可厚非，但太 偏执而舍弃学习广度则不是一件好事了。 7. If you fall into an obsessive pattern in high school, you've got two problems. (para. 16) If you fall into a bad habit of having strong but narrow interests in high school, you have two problems (not just one). 如果高中阶段兴趣过于集中，你会面临两个问题。 8. Graduate school is one way to get specialized knowledge, although extended college education isn't always a good investment from a purely economic standpoint. (para. 17) Graduate school is one way to study a particular academic area , but it may not be the wisest way to invest your time and your tuition money. 读研究生是获取专业知识的一个途径，不过从纯经济角度来看，大学毕业后 再接受教育不总是明智的投资。 Summary of the Text It is well known that Bill Gates dropped out of college. Some people even think he never finished high school. In fact he finished three years at Harvard, where he studied a variety of subjects and only took one computer class. His main advice to students is to do much as he did, but to finish college before dropping out unless the opportunity of a lifetime appears. He feels students should not specialize too soon. If they do specialize they should also pursue other subjects and make acceptable grades. Above all else he believes students should learn how to learn, so they can learn on their own outside the classroom. This in fact is how Gates learned most of what he knows about computers, though he apparently feels that most students need a somewhat more structured approach to education than he had