Bill Gates
　　When Bill Gates made his decision to drop out from Harvard, he did not care too much of the result. Gates entered Harvard in 1973, and dropped out two years later when he and Allen started the engine of Microsoft. Many people did not understand why Gates gave up such a good opportunity to study in the world’s No.1 University. However, with size comes power, Microsoft dominates the PC market with its operating systems, such as MS-DOS and Windows. Now, Microsoft becomes the biggest software company in the world and Bill Gates becomes the richest man in the world.

　　We can learn from the experience of the great inventor Thomas Alva Edison that sometimes a series of apparent failures is really a precursor¹ to success. The voluminous personal papers of Edison reveal that his inventions typically did not spring to life in a flash of inspiration but evolved slowly from previous woks².

　　Mother Teresa
　　Mother Teresa, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, dedicated³ the majority of her life to helping⁴ the poorest of the poor in India, thus gaining her the name "Saint of the Gutters⁵." The devotion towards the poor won her respect throughout the world and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. She founded an order of nuns⁶ called the Missionaries⁷ of Charity in Calcutta, India dedicated to serving the poor. Almost 50 years later, the Missionaries of Charity have grown from 12 sisters in India to over 3,000 in 517 missions throughout 100 countries worldwide.
Lady Diana Spencer, Princess of Whales, is remembered and respected by people all over the world more for her beauty, kindness, humanity and charitable activities than for her technical skills.

　　Mandela
　　Mandela, the South African black political leader and former president, was awarded 1993 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to antiracism and antiapartheid. Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication⁸ to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency⁹ of his country. Since his triumphant¹⁰ release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment¹¹, Mandela has been at the centre of the most compelling and inspiring political drama in the world. As president of the African National Congress and head of South Africa"s antiapartheid movement, he was instrumental in moving the nation toward multiracial government and majority rule. He is revered¹² everywhere as a vital force in the fight for human rights and racial equality.

　　Beethoven
　　Beethoven, the German Composer, began to lose his hearing in 1801 and was entirely¹³ deaf by 1819. However, this obstacle could not keep him from becoming one of the most famous and prolific¹⁴ composers in art history. His music, including 9 symphonies, 5 piano concertos¹⁵, several senates and so on, formes a transition from classical to romantic composition.

　　Architecture

　　The Potala Palace is Tibet’s cardinal¹⁶ landmark¹⁷ and a structure that deserves a place as one of the wonders of eastern architecture. The Potala palace was built by Songtsen Gampo, the first king of Tibet, in the 7th century. The roof and many other parts of the Palace were decorated by pure gold, which was contributed by the Buddhist¹⁸ in Tibet. Since its construction, the Potala Palace has been the home of each successive Dalai Lamas, the religious leader of Tibet. This building dedicates not only to religious belief but also to the accommodation place—over a thousand Lamas live in it today. Shaped by the people of Tibet, the Potala Palace has a far-reaching influence on the Tibetan’s religion as well as every day lives.

　　Besides religious impact, buildings represent our intellectual and business behavior. Take Bank of China Tower as an example. It is located at No. 1 Garden Road, central Hong Kong. The tower itself is 315 meters high, and the unique style and spectacular appearance has made it one of the most distinguished¹⁹ buildings in the world. The BOC tower is a masterpiece of the world famous American-Chinese architect Mr. I.M.Pei. The inspiration of the design is derived²⁰ from the elegant poise²¹ of bamboo. Now, the BOC tower is a symbolic²² of strength, vitality²³ and growth, representing also the Bank’s commitment to the rapid development of Hong Kong and to servicing the community. The BOC tower has not only recorded a glorious page in the construction history of Hong Kong but also highlighted the new phases of expansion in Hong Kong.

　　Constructed in the Victory Age, the Big Bell is now the biggest bell in the world and is still one of the important parts of the English lives.

　　Energy

　　OPEC is one of the best examples. OPEC, the Organization of Petroleum²⁴ Exporting Countries, is an international organization of eleven developing countries that are heavily reliant on oil revenues as their main source of income. Since oil revenues are so vital for the economic development of these nations, they aim to bring stability and harmony to the oil market by adjusting their oil output to help ensure a balance between supply and demand. In the long run, the stabilized²⁵ out-put help to cease the problem of over-refining and over utilization²⁶ of oil energy.

　　Nowadays, developed countries already masters the technology of using more efficiency and economical energy resources, such as water and solar energy, while the traditional and wasted energy still dominates in the developing countries. International cooperation enables the technology transfer between developed countries and developing countries and devotes to the benefit of entire human beings. A worldwide leader can speed up the decision-making progress and enhance the solidarity²⁷ among the member countries.

　　Children

　　The immaturity²⁸ of young children may deter²⁹ them from making moral discrimination about harmful actions committed against or others. Many scientific research prove that young children do not take into account the intentions of a person committing accidental or deliberate harm and that it is difficult for young children to differentiate³⁰ between unforeseeable and foreseeable, and thus preventable harm.

　　Television programs and movies that depict³¹ violence among teenagers are extremely popular. Given how influential³² these media are, we have good reason to believe that these depictions cause young people to engage in violent behavior. Hence, depictions of violence among teenagers should be prohibited from movies and television programs, if only in those programs and movies promoted to young audiences.

　　Others

　　It took Columbus, the Italian explorer in the service of Spain who determined³³ that the earth is round, over 3 months to sail from Europe to America. However, we can do so by air within one day.

　　Rabbi Meir, a second-century scholar, admonished³⁴ his disciples³⁵ to look not at the pitcher³⁶ but as its contents because, he stated “Many a new pitcher has been found to be full of old wine.” This was his way of emphasizing the importance of the distinction between form and idea, and of stressing that the integrity of an idea is more important than the form of its expression