学进去

Steve Ballmer is always exciting, as he was this time in front of over 2,000 students from Qinghua University and Beijing University.

Ballmer, president(总裁) of Microsoft Corp. , received a warm welcome at Qinghua University when he gave a talk on the next generation (一代) of the Internet on September 19th. He came to China last week for a two-day visit, during which he slept only four hours and had many meetings with government officials (政府官员) and men of business. After all those business matters, he came to Qinghua and was asked thousands of questions from the excited students.

Ballmer, who joined Microsoft in 1980, is the first business manager hired (聘用) by Bill Gates, a schoolmate of Ballmer at Harvard. Gates first dropped out of school to start Microsoft and Ballmer was still studying, but he also gave up his studies and joined Bill Gates’five year－old Microsoft in 1980.

In his talk to the students, Ballmer described what the Internet will bring to their life. He said there are several hundred Qinghua graduates now working or being trained at Microsoft both in China and in the US.

He also warned the students not to drop out of school and follow the examples of Bill Gates and himself.

A man went to a fast—food restaurant to buy his lunch. “Hi,”a worker said. “May I help you?”

“I’d like a hamburger, large chips, and a Coke,” the man said.

“Anything else? the worker asked. “

“No, ” the man answered. “That’s it.”

“Is that for here or to go?” the worker asked.　

“To go, “the man said.

The worker put the man’s lunch in a bag. The man took out his money and paid for his lunch.

“Thank you,” the worker said. “Have a nice day.”

The man took the bag and walked to a park. He sat down and opened the bag. He was surprised. There was no hamburger in the bag. There were no chips. There was no Coke. There was only money in the bag—a lot of money ! The man counted the money. Two thousand dollars! Why was the money in the bag? Where was the man’s lunch?

The manager of the fast—food restaurant needed to go to the bank. He put two thousand dollars in an envelope(信封). He put the envelope in a bag and put the bag down. The worker gave the manager’s bag to the man by mistake. So the manager had a hamburger, chips and a Coke, and the man had two thousand dollars. What should the man do?

I am sitting in an empty football field after my last high school football game that finished a few hours ago. I’m the mid－field player on my team. But in fact that’s not ___________ now. I was the mid－field player because, as I said, this was my ___________ game. That’s a good way to end a high school football career (生涯), especially if you win, but even though you don’t, it’s ___________ to leave at a high point.

I was eight when I first started playing football. My dad ___________ football, and he used to practice with me at home—passing, catching, running. We used to practice almost every evening ___________ it got too dark. He tried to teach me everything he knew about the ___________. “Just remember: don’t ever ___________. ”“Stay in the game. Don’t lose your concentration (专注).” “Go out there and give 110 percent (百分之……) every time. ” Well, that was along time ago, but I still hear his words ___________ in my ears.

I had a lot on my mind ___________ the game today. I don’t like things to end, I guess, and this was the last game. I was talking to myself and warning myself about what to do and not to do. I didn’t sleep at all ____________, and when the sun came up this morning, I reached the point where ____________ just wanted it all to be over, finished, done. But then when the game started, my mind became ____________. I just lived in this game, this moment. I didn’t hear the crowd, I didn’t feel the cold or the pain, I never felt tired. I just kept my eyes on the ____________, and it was just me and the ball and, inside, a soft, white light ____________ me the way to the goal. It was a beautiful, empty feeling.

It’s all over now, and it’s really getting cold here. It’s starting to snow. The sun’s almost gone, and I can ____________ see the goal. Now it’s dark and I’m sitting here all alone. Well, I guess it’s time to say good-bye and move on.