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The better I got at coding, the more I wanted to do something real --- to write a program that might truly be useful to someone. It was the same urge I had a few years earlier when I'd realize that no matter how cool a picture I could draw of a bridge or a rocket, I could never build one in the real world. This was different. With a computer, I felt like anything I could image, I could create.

十三歲的比爾・蓋茲在編程方面越進步，就越想做一些真正的事情——寫一個或許能對某人真正有用的程式。他回憶道，這種欲望童年的感覺一樣，那時他意識到，無論小時候能畫出多麼有型的橋樑或火箭，都無法在現實世界中建造它們。但這次不同，有了電腦，他覺得任何他能想像的東西，都能創造出來。

meatloaf: meat, onions, etc. that are cut into very small pieces, mixed together and shaped like a loaf of bread and then baked

trivial: not important or serious; not worth considering

toll: the amount of damage or the number of deaths and injuries that are caused in a particular war, disaster, etc.

envision: to imagine what a situation will be like in the future, especially a situation you intend to work towards

airfield: an area of flat ground where military or private planes can take off and land

artillery: DJ[ɑ:ˋtiləri] large, heavy guns which are often moved on wheels

destroyer: a small fast ship used in war, for example to protect larger ships

offensive: attack

gauge: DJ[geidʒ] to measure something accurately using a special instrument

recuperate: to get back your health, strength or energy after being ill, tired, injured, etc.

fighter: a fast military plane designed to attack other aircraft

infantry: ​soldiers who fight on foot

odds: the degree to which something is likely to happen

peel off: to leave a group of vehicles, aircraft, etc. and turn to one side

curfew: a time when children must be home in the evening

wage: to begin and continue a war, a battle, etc.

demote: to move somebody/something to a lower position or rank, often as a punishment

owe: to have to pay somebody for something that you have already received or return money that you have borrowed

brag: to talk too proudly about something you own or something you have done

hardcore: highly committed in one's support for or dedication to something; denoting an extreme or intense example of something

banish: to order somebody to leave a place, especially a country, as a punishment

bypass: to ignore a rule, an official system or somebody in authority, especially in order to get something done quickly

lenient: not as strict as expected when punishing somebody or when making sure that rules are obeyed

summon: to order somebody to come to you

beard: DJ[biəd]

sternly: in a serious way that often shows that you do not approve of somebody/something; in a way that shows you expect somebody to obey you

berate: to criticize or speak angrily to somebody because you do not approve of something they have done

off-limits (to somebody) (of a place) where people are not allowed to go

Bill Gates "Source Code"

Online Dictionaries Used:

hk.dictionary.search.yahoo.com

www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com

www.merriam-webster.com

Translated with the help of AI and edited.