2. Be a Giver

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Matthew Herper, writer of the Forbes Magazine article, talks in the following video about some of the things he learned about Bill Gates and his charitable work. Watch it and answer the questions.

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Pregunta 1

Gates is mainly interested in fighting world hunger.

Pregunta 2

Gates thinks the number of deaths caused by infectious disease should be reduced significantly.

Pregunta 3

Gates gives more than money to his foundation.

Pregunta 4

Gates thinks his charitable work and his work at Microsoft are totally different.      

Pregunta 5

Gates is focused on numbers more than people.

Pregunta 6

People are not making much money on vaccines currently.

Pregunta 7

Gates is innovative in his charitable work.

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Match the phrases in each column to make complete sentences from the video. Write the number.

You had an unusual

1. clear human need.

We've only                               

02. around for a dozen years.
It obviously isn't the 03. are stronger than you might expect.
It's been 04. opportunity to meet with Bill Gates.
It's a pretty 05. terms of the way they can save the most lives.
He and Melinda both think in 06. eradicated one disease.
A baby in Africa is worth every 07. on vaccines right now.
Well, really it was as simple 08. bit as much as one in the U.S. or Europe.
The similarities

09. first time readers have read about Bill Gates.

Fortunately, people are making money

10. as creating a market.

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Image by Enokson in Flickr. CC.

Truly generous people are often successful in life. Not just at work or in the community, but in their personal lives as well. One striking find in a research report was the beneficence of Nobel laureates. In general, when a scientific paper is published, the author who did the most is listed first. There are exceptions to this, and this can vary from field to field. But Nobel laureates are first authors of numerous publications early in their careers, but quickly begin to give their junior colleagues first authorship. And this happens far before they receive the Nobel Prize… By their forties, Nobel laureates are first authors on only 26 percent of their papers, as compared to their less accomplished contemporaries, who are first authors 56 percent of the time. Nicer people are indeed more creative, more successful, and even more likely to win Nobel prizes.

Source: http://time.com/18659/the-five-paths-to-being-the-best-at-anything/