2008年6月21日讯 微软（Microsoft）创办人盖茨接受英国BBC电视节目《Newsnight》访问时表示，将把自己580亿美元（4,524亿港元）财产全数捐给名下慈善基金比尔及梅琳达盖茨基金会（Bill & Miranda Gates Foundation），一分一毫也不会留给自己子女.。
Bill Gates's advice
Rule 1: Life is not fair -- get used to it!
Rule 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.
Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.
Rule 10: Television is NOT real life! In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
比尔·盖茨给青年的11条 告（首发于《时代》杂志） 1．生活是不公平的， 要去适应它。
2．这个世界并不会在意 的自尊，而是要求 在自我感觉良好之前先有所成就。
3．刚从学 走出来时 不可能一个月挣4万美元，更不会成为哪家公司的副总裁，还拥有一部汽车，直到 将这些都挣到手的那一天。
4．如果 认为学 里的老师过于严厉，那么等 有了老板再回头想一想。
5．卖汉 包并不会有损于 的尊严。 的祖父母对卖汉 包有着不同的理解，他们称之为“机遇”。
6．如果 陷入困境，那不是 父母的过错，不要将 理应承担的责任转嫁给他人，而要学着从中吸取教训。
7．在 出生之前， 的父母并不像现在这 乏味。他们变成今天这个 子是 为这些年来一直在为 付账单、给 洗衣服。所以，在对父母喋喋不休之前，还是先去打扫一下 自己的屋子吧。
8． 所在的学 也许已经不再分优等生和劣等生，但生活却并不如此。在某些学 已经没有了“不及 ”的概念，学 会不断地给 机会让 进步，然而现实生活完全不是这 。
9．走出学 后的生活不像在学 一 有学期之分，也没有暑假之说。没有 位老板乐于帮 发现自我， 必须依 自己去完成。
10．电视中的许多场景决不是真实的生活。在现实生活中，人们必须埋头做自己的工作，而非像电视里演的那 天天泡在咖啡馆里。
EUf中国英语学 网 11．善待 所厌恶的人， 为说不定哪一天 就会为这 的一个人工作。