【推荐1】Bill Gates was born in 1955. He grew up in Seattle, Washington. When he was young, he was good at science and maths. And he wanted to be a scientist.

Bill started to play with computers when he was 13. At that time, computers were very large machines. Once he was interested in a very old computer. He and some of his friends spent lots of time doing unusual things with it. In the end, they worked out a software program with the old machine. Bill sold it for 4,200 dollars when he was only 17.

In 1973, Bill went to Harvard University. He developed the Basic Language for the first microcomputer. In his third year, he left Harvard. Bill began his company in 1975 with his friend Paul Allen. They thought that the computer would be a very important tool in every office and in every home, so they began developing software for personal computers. They developed the software to make it easier for people to use computers.

In 1999, Bill wrote a book. In the book, he told people how computer technology could solve business problems in new ways. It was one of the best-sellers on The New York Times’ list. Bill Gates has many hobbies. He enjoyed reading very much. He also enjoys playing golf and bridge.

【推荐2】When Carlos Valdez and his wife order from: Papa John's, they aren't just looking for pizza ---they want to started their favorite delivery driver! Derlin Newey started delivering pizza in Roy, Utah, to help pay the bills, seeing as his social security benefits(社会保障金)weren't enough to live on. That's how the 89-year-old man first met the Valdez family. From the moment they heard him say, “Hello, are you looking for some pizza,” Derlin found his way into their hearts!

Ever since that day, whenever they place an order, they ask for Delin personally. It didn't take long for them to begin recording their sweet meetings and share them on TikTok, which is how thousands of other people fell in love with Derlin. Still, his fans couldn't help but wonder why someone at his age was working so hard- question the Valdez family was asking themselves too. They spoke with Derlin, and when they found out he works 30 hours a week to make ends meet, they decided to collect donations to make his life easier. They figured anything would help, but they never expected to raise over $12,000!

In September, the couple decided to switch things up by showing up at Derlin'a door with a couple of gifts. First, they surprised him with a cute cartoon shirt of himself bolding a pizza box. Then they revealed the surprising act of generosity that brought him to tears! They explained that they had rallied their Tik Tok community to support him, and while he's not entirely sure what the platform is, he couldn't be more grateful.

“How do ever say thank: you? I don't know what to say,” he told them. “I don't know what to say, except thank you.” The Valdezs insisted they were just the messengers. It was his fans who made the wonderful gift possible. Plus, the way they see it, they're just repaying Derlin for his kindness.

【推荐3】Queen Victoria was monarch of Great Britain from 1837 until her death in 1901. This period is often called the Victorian Age.

Queen Victoria was a stern and serious woman. One reason she was so serious was that she had suffered a great loss. When she was twenty years old, she married a German prince named Albert. Victoria and Albert were deeply in love, and their marriage was extremely happy. In 1861, after they had been married for twenty one years, Albert died, leaving Queen Victoria heart broken. For the rest of her life, the lonely Victoria mourned his loss. It was customary in those days for a widow to dress in black for a short time after the death of her husband. But Queen Victoria dressed in black for forty years. And for forty years, as another sign of her grief, she wrote her letters on white paper edged in black.

Even before Prince Albert died, Queen Victoria was known as a very serious woman. She had a strong sense of duty and worked very hard at all her tasks. In her diary she wrote, “I love to be employed; I hate to be idle.” She never forgot that she was Britain’s queen and always acted with great dignity(尊严). Victoria had high ideals and moral standards (道德标准) that sometimes made her seem stuffy(古板的).

She was also very sure of herself. She always thought that she was right, and expected everyone to agree with her.

【推荐2】Warren Edward Buffett was born on August 30, 1930. As the second oldest kid in his family, he has two sisters. He showed an amazing talent (天资) for both money and business at a very early age.

At the age of six, Buffett bought six-packs of Coca-Cola from his grandfather’s store for twenty-five cents and resold each of the bottles for five cents. While other children of his age were playing, Buffett was making money. Five years later, Buffett took his first step into the world of high finance (金融).

He bought three shares (股票) of Cities Service Preferred (CSP) at $38 per share for both himself and his sister, Doris. Shortly after buying them, the shares fell to just over $27 per share. Though Buffett felt frightened, he held his shares until they went up to $40. He immediately sold them ---- a mistake he would soon come to regret, because each share of the CSP went up to $ 200. The experience taught him that investing (投资) needed time and a patient wait.

In 1947, Buffett graduated from high school when he was 17 years old. It was never his plan to go to college. He had already made $5,000 by delivering newspapers. His father had other plans and strongly advised his son to attend the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania. Buffett only stayed there for two years, saying that he knew more than his professors. He returned home and went to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Despite working full-time, he managed to graduate in only three years. Buffett approached graduate studies with the same resistance he displayed a few years earlier. He was finally persuaded to apply to Harvard Business School, which refused him because he was too young. Buffett then applied to Columbia University, where he got an experience that would forever change his life from famous investors Ben Graham and David Dodd.

【推荐3】Henry Ford was the first person to build cars which were cheap, strong and fast. He was able to sell millions of models because he could produce them in large numbers at a time: that is, he made a great many cars of exactly the same kind. Ford's father hoped that his son would become a farmer, but the young man did not like the idea and he went to Detroit（底特律）where he worked as a mechanic（机械师）. By the age of 29, in 1892，he had built his first car. However, the car made in this way, the famous “Model T” did not appear until 1908-five years after Ford bad started his great motor car factory. This car showed to be well-known that it remained unchanged for twenty year. Since Ford's time, this way of producing cars in large numbers has become common in industry and has reduced the price of many goods which would otherwise be very expensive.