Pre-class Work II 1. Paraphrase. 1) And when he was 29 now, he has found the power of another idea that has enabled him to grow from a teenager and become a rich and powerful person in computer industry. 2) ... he thought it might be a good idea to finish his high school education as quickly as possible. 3) He believed that the newly married people are the most likely customers. 4) He also knew that it was expensive to keep more products than necessary. So he bought these products of the dealer's at the price they had bought them. 5) Dell put advertisements in the local media and was ready to sell specially designed and made computers at a price which was 15 percent lower than the market price. 6) It was time for him to seriously deal with the size of the computer business he had created. 7) Dell still sold IBM personal computers to which he had added special properties required by people. 2. Learn to use reference books. 1) Find the proper definition of the following in the text. (1) stock: a supply of a particular type of thing that a shop has available to sell (2) firm: a business or company (3) break: a short holiday (4) feature: something important, interesting or typical of a place or thing (5) order: a request for a product to be made for you or delivered to you (6) overhead: money spent regularly on rent, insurance, electricity, and other things that are needed to keep a business operating (7) accounting: the work of accountants or the methods they use (8) edge: sth. that gives you an advantage over others 2) Find the synonyms of the following in a thesaurus. (1) cast: throw, toss, fling, hurl, pitch, chuck, thrust, heave (2) flabbergasted: surprised, shock...
