Talking about his relationship with his parents - his father was a successful lawyer, his mother a teacher who sat on a number of corporate boards - he said: 'They set a very good example of being engaged in giving back.'

盖茨的父亲是一名成功的律师，母亲是一名教师，主持过多次公司董事会。在谈到与父母的关系时，他说：“他们为我树立了回报社会的一个好榜样。”

As a child he devoured books, especially biographies, and considered a future as a lawyer or scientist so he could 'work on hard problems'.

孩童时期，盖茨就对书籍如饥似渴，尤其是传记作品。他立志要成为律师或科学家，去“解决一些难题”。

Computing became an obsession and he would spend five hours a day learning programming, skipping gym classes to further his knowledge.

计算机技术出现后，他便痴迷其中。他每天用5个小时学习编程，为了更深入的学习，他还逃掉体育课。

Gates met Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen at school - the pair managed to rig the school's schedule so Gates could sit near the 'nice girls' in class - and he eventually dropped out of Harvard to set up the company when he was just 19.

盖茨在学校遇见了保罗·艾伦——微软的另一位创始人。他俩成功修改了学校的课程表，这样盖茨便可以和“可爱女生”同班上课。最后他从哈佛大学辍学，年仅19岁就创立了自己的公司。

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