October 1, 2019
Listening comprehension questions:
Vocabulary Strategies:
Stay hungry stay foolish
Steve Jobs is one of the most famous and successful entrepreneurs in our modern times. Do you agree with me? do you know any other successful entrepreneurs? which one?
This is an interesting speech given by Steve Jobs at Stanford University in 2005.
Let's watch the video, download the listening-reading comprehension questions, choose one story and answer the questions about it. Be ready to discuss it in class!
Vocabulary and grammar activity:
Look up these words in a monolingual dictionary:
verbs
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nouns
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adjectives
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drop out
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put out
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tuition
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awful
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drop in
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release
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loss
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well-worn
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find out
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stumble into
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baton
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foolish
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figure out
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clear out
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brick
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lead off
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get fired
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commencement
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work out
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quit
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embarrassment
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turn out
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relent
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subtle
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screw up
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spend
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trap (n)
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button up
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settle
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drown out
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free (v)
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look forward
look backward |
trap (v)
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come back
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dawn on (v)
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Vocabulary Strategies:
1. Use a monolingual dictionary to look up unknown words. https://www.macmillandictionary.com/
2. In your English notebook, write your own dictionary or vocabulary log. Write the definition in English, do not use Spanish translation! Include a sample sentence that illustrates how the word may be used in context. Include:
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Definition in English
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Good night teacher.
ReplyDeleteIt is necessary to answer all the questions about the video, or we just have to answer those about the story you assigned to each group in class?
Thank You.
The idea is to answer all the questions!
DeleteHi, these are my answers.
ReplyDelete1.Steve Jobs is going to tell three stories from his life.What is the first story about?
The first story is about connecting the dots.
2.Why did his mother decide to put him up for adoption?
Because she was a woman a young, and she felt very strongly that he should be adopted by college graduates.
3.Why wasn’t he finally adopted by the lawyer and his wife?
Because they wanted a girl.
4.Why did his mother refuse to sign the adoption papers?
Because his biological mother found out later that his adoptive mother never graduated from college and that his adoptive father never graduated from high school.
5.How long had he been at Reed College before he quit?
He had been at Reed College by six months.
6.Why did he drop out?
Because he wanted to study something that interests him.
7.What did he do as soon as he dropped out?
He went to the classes interested him.
8.
How did he get by?
He slept on the floor in friends´ room and he returned coke bottles for the $0.05 deposits to buy food with.
9.
In what way did the calligraphy class come in useful for him?
When they designed the mac, it was the first computer with beautiful typography, the mac have multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts.
1.
What is the second story about?
The second story is about love and loss.
2.When and where did he start Apple?
He started Apple in his parents´ garage when he was 20 years old.
3.How much was Apple worth ten years later?
Company worth $2 billion.
4.How many employees did it have?
The company had 4000 employees.
5.Why was he fired from Apple?
How did he feel?
Because his visions were very different fro that Apple's president and he felt devastated because the focus of his life was gone.
6.What helped him start again?
It was love for what he had done.
7.What was the first computer animated feature film?
The first computer animated feature film was “Toy story”
8.How did he return to Apple?
He did return to Apple when Apple bought NexT.
9.What is the only way to be truly
satisfied?
The only way to be truly satisfied is doing what you like.
1.What is the third story about?
The third story is about death.
2.What question has he asked himself every morning for the past 33 years?
“If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” ,say he.
3.What is the most important tool that has helped him make the big choices in life?
He thought that one day death would come ,with death everything's disappears, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure.
4.What type of cancer was he diagnosed with?
The type of cancer he diagnosed with was a tumor on his pancreas.
5.How long did the doctors say he should expect to live?
He could live no longer that three to six months.
6.What did his doctor advise him to do?
His doctor advised him to go home and get his affairs in order.
7.Taking into consideration that our time is limited, what does he advise his college audience is the most important thing to do?
He advise “so don't waste it living someone else's life, don't be trapped by dogma, is which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice, and the most important have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what your truly want to become, everything else is secondary”..
8 What was on the back cover of The Whole Earth Catalog final issue?
On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road beneath it were the words “stay hungry, stay foolish”
Hello guys, these are my answers
ReplyDelete1.Steve Jobs is going to tell three stories from his life.What is the first story about?
Steve Jobs talks about connecting the dots, and how everything that happens to us has a meaning in life.
2.Why did his mother decide to put him up for adoption?
Because his biological mother was a young single student, and he would have better opportunities with another family in a better situation.
3.Why wasn’t he finally adopted by the lawyer and his wife?
Because they wanted to adopt a girl.
4.Why did his mother refuse to sign the adoption papers?
Because the future mother did not have a university degree and the future father had not graduated from high school.
5.How long had he been at Reed College before he quit?
After six months he didn't see any purpose to follow in that university.
6.Why did he drop out?
Because he wanted to study something that was really interesting for him.
7.What did he do as soon as he dropped out?
He started taking classes that interested him.
8.How did he get by?
He began to sleep on the floor of his friends' bedrooms and returned to the bottles of coke to buy food. And he walked more than ten kilometers on Sunday nights to eat well once a week at the temple of Hare Krishna.
9. In what way did the calligraphy class come in useful for him?
Ten years later they designed the mac with what he learned in calligraphy classes by essence. It was the first computer with beautiful typography.
1. What is the second story about?
The second story is about love and loss.
2.When and where did he start Apple?
His friend woz and he created apple in his parents' garage at the age of 20.
3.How much was Apple worth ten years later?
Company worth $2 billion.
4.How many employees did it have?
The company had 4000 employees.
5.Why was he fired from Apple?
Because he began to have very different ideas from those of his partner and the board of directors agreed with him. at 30 he was fired and sad for losing what was the center of his life.
6.What helped him start again?
That he continued to love what he did.
7.What was the first computer animated feature film?
The first computer animated feature film was “Toy story”
8.How did he return to Apple?
He did return to Apple when Apple bought NexT.
9.What is the only way to be truly satisfied?
The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you think is a great job.
1.What is the third story about?
The third story is about death.
2.What question has he asked himself every morning for the past 33 years?
“If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today? And if the answer was no, I knew he needed to change something.
3.What is the most important tool that has helped him make the big choices in life?
Remember he was going to die soon.
4.What type of cancer was he diagnosed with?
The type of cancer he diagnosed with was a tumor on his pancreas.
5.How long did the doctors say he should expect to live?
He could live no longer that three to six months.
6.What did his doctor advise him to do?
His doctor advised him to go home and leave all his affairs fixed.
7.Taking into consideration that our time is limited, what does he advise his college audience is the most important thing to do?
Steve Jobs advises graduates that: “Don't waste it living someone else's life, don't be trapped by dogma, is which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice, and the most important have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what your truly want to become, everything else is secondary”…
8 What was on the back cover of The Whole Earth Catalog final issue?
There was a photograph of a road early in the morning, of those that you can find by fingering if you are adventurous. Under it were the words: "stay hungry, stay crazy." It was his last farewell message.
First Story
ReplyDelete1. The first story is about connecting dots
2. Because his mother wanted something better for he, also because she didn’t has a enough education
3. Because this family wanted to adopted a girl
4. Because the couple didn’t have enough education
5. He had been at Reed College for 6 months
6. Because he wanted to went other class more interesting for him
7. He started to went to clases that interested for him
8. He slept in the friends room, he returned coke bottles for the $0.05 deposit to buy food
9. The calligraphy class was useful when he started with the Macintosh because he added beautiful calligraphy in this.
Second Story
1. The second story is about love and loss
2. When he was 20 years old and in his parents garage
3. Apple was worth 2 billion
4. It had 4000 employees
5. Because the vision of the future of the company was differents and the directors sided with the other idea. He was devastating
6. The idea of was a beginner again
7. The first computer animated feature film was toy story
8. He returned to apple because apple buy neXT
9. The way is to do something that you love to do, also try to do this in the best way
Third Story
1. The third story is about death
2. If today were the last day of my life, would I want do what I am about to do today?
3. The most important tool was remember that he will be dead soon.
4. the diagnostic for him was tumor on his pancreas
5. Doctors said that he live than three to six months
6. The doctor advised he to go home and get his affairs in order
7. - don’t waste it living someone else’s life
-don’t be trapped by dogma
-don’t let the noise of other opinion drown out your own inner voice
-have the courage to follow your heart and intuition
8. It was a sentences that said : “Stay hungry. Stay foolish”.
Hi, these are my answers:
ReplyDelete-First Story.
1. This story is about "Connect the dots".
2. Because his mother felt that He should be adopted by college graduates.
3. Because the lawyer and his wife at the last minute really want a girl.
4. His biological mother found that his mother had never graduated from college and his father had never from high school.
5. He had been at Reed College for 18 months.
6. Because he didn´t know what do with his life and the college don´t helped him how figure it.
7. He stoped to take classes that don´t interested him and begin dropping in the ones that looked more interesting.
8. He slept on the floor of his friends rooms, he returned bottles for $0.05 to buy food with it, and he walk 7 miles a week to get free food at Hare Krishna temple.
9. 10 years later, while he was creating the Macintosh computer.
-Second Story.
1. This story is about love and loss.
2. When he was 20 years old, in his parents garage.
3. It become into a $2 billion company.
4. It have over 4000 employees.
5. Because their visions of the future began to diverge and the board of directors decided that he was out. He felt devastated.
6. He still loved what he did, and that gived him one of the most creative periods in his life.
7. The first animated feature film was Toy Story.
8. When Apple bougth his company "NeXT", He returned to Apple.
9. Doing what you really like to do, and loving it.
-Third Story.
1. This story is about death.
2. Something like "If this is your last day, What are you gonna do today?"
3. The tool that helped him was the think of a near death.
4. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
5. They said to him that He will live for three or six months.
6. The doctor advise him that He must put his affairs in order.
7. He said to the audience "Don´t waste your time living someone else´s life".
8. On the back cover was a photograph of an early morning country road and the words "Stay hungry, stay foolish".
FIRST STORY
ReplyDelete1. Is about connecting the dots.
2. Because his mother was a unwed graduate student and she was young them she put him in addoption.
3. Because they wanted a girl.
4. Because his biological mother discoverd that his new mother had never graduated from college and his new father had never graduated from high school.
5. Six months.
6. Because the college was very expensive and he hadn't idea what he wanted to do with his life.
7. He started attending classes that looked for more interesting.
8. He slept on the floor in friends' rooms, he returned coke bottles to deposits for little money for he buy food.
9. His the calligraphy class was very useful for he create the first computer with beautiful typography and proportionally spaced fonts.
SECOND STORY
1. Is about love and loss.
2. He started Apple in his parents' garage when he was 20 years old.
3. Apple worth $2 billions.
4. The company had with over 4000 employees.
5. Because his vision about the future of the company began to diverge with the vision of his partner then they had a falling out and the board of directors sided with his partner. Then he was devastating.
6. His love for what he did. He left the heaviness of being successful and he began again.
7. Toy Story.
8. He return a Apple when this company bought Next.
9. Is do what you truly love and it makes you happy.
THIRD STORY
1. Is about death.
2. "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I'm about to do today?"
3. Remember what he will be dead soon.
4. He was diagnosed with cancer in the pancreas.
5. Three or six months.
6. The doctor told him that he go to house and get affairs in order and prepare to die.
7. He advised them that not waste their time living someone else's life , that they don't let that the others' opinions drown out their own inner voice and they must follow their heart and their intuition.
8. A photograph of an early morning country road, beneath it were the words: "Stay hury. Stay foolish"
FIRST STORY
ReplyDelete1)The first story is about Connecting the dots.
2)His biological mother decided to put him up for adoption because she was a young and unwed gratuated student. She thought that He should be adopted by college graduated.
3)He wasn´t adopted by the lawyer and his wife because at the last minute they decided that they wanted a girl.
4)His mother refuse to sign the adoption papers because She found out that his mother had never graduated from college and his father, had never graduated from high school.
5)He had been at Reed College for six months before he quit.
6)He drop out from Reed College because He had no idea what He wanted to do in his life.
7)He stopped taking the required lessons and began to drop in the ones that He looked more interesting.
8)He returned the coke bootles to get money, and every sunday night He walked to Hare Krishna temple to get good meal.
9)Ten years later, when They were designing the first Macintosh Computer, He remembered the typography that He learned at caligraphy lessons and put them on the machine.
SECOND STORY
1)The second story is about love and loss.
2)He started Apple when He was 20 and in His parent´s garage.
3)Apple was worth 2 Billion dollars in 10 years.
4)The company had 4000 employees.
5)He get fired from Apple Because He had a discussion with the person that He had put in charge of the company.
He felt that He had left the previous generation of entrepeneurs down, that He dropped the baton.
6)He sarted again because He still loved what He was doing.
7)The first computer animated feature film was Toy Story.
8)He returned to Apple because the company bought Next, a company that He had created.
9)The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what we really love.
THIRD STORY
1)The third story is about death.
2)The question is: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?".
3)The most important tool that has helped Him make the big choices in life is remember that He will be dead soon.
4)He was diagnosed with a incurable cancer.
5)He should expect to live no longer than three to six months.
6)The doctor advise Him to go home and get his affairs in order.
7)"Don't waste your time living someone else´s life, don't be traped by dogma, don't let the noise of others opinions drown out your own inner voice, and most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition"
8)On the back cover of The Whole Earth Catalog final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, beneath it were the words: "STAY HUNGRY, STAY FOOLISH".
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ReplyDeleteHiiiii guys!
ReplyDeletefIRST STORY
1. The first story is about "connecting dots"
2. She felt very strongly that you had to be adopted by university graduates
3. They wanted a girl
4. His biological mother discovered that his mother had never graduated from college and that his father had never graduated from high school.
5.He left Reed College after the first 6 months
6. Because the university was expensive and didn't know what to do with his life, and he was spending his parents' savings.
7. He started attending more interesting classes for him.
8. He had no bedroom, so he slept on the floor of his friends' rooms, he returned bottles of coca cola to the stores to obtain coins and buy food. and he walked through the town seven miles every Sunday night to buy a good meal.
9.For 10 years later, he designed the first Macintosh computer.
SECOND STORY
1. The second story is about love and loss
2. Apple started in his parents' garage. When he was 20 years old
3.10 years later Apple worth 2 billion
4.They had 4 thousand employees
5. Because Apple grew up so he trusted someone to run the company and for differences. The administration allied with the other person and they fired him. It was devastating for him
6. The world's first computer animated feature film called Toy Story.
7. He returned to Apple when the company bought NeXT
8.The only way to be satisfied is to do what we really want
THIRD STOY
1.The third story it's about death
2.He wonders "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I'm about to do today?"
3.Remembering that he will be dead soon is the most important tool he found to make the big decisions in life.
4. Doctors detected a tumor in his pancreas. An incurable cancer
5. The doctors told him that he should expect to live no more than three months.
6. The doctor advised me to go out of a house and put my affairs in order.
7. He advice "Your time is limited, so don't waste it. Living someone else's life, don't get caught up in the dogma that lives with the results of others 'thoughts. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to follow Your heart and your intuition. "
8. On the back cover of The Whole Earth Catalog at the end was a photograph of a country road early in the morning, the guy you could find hitchhiking if you're so adventurous Under it were the words: "Stay hungry. Stay FOOLISH '
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ReplyDeleteHi everyone these are my answers.
ReplyDelete1- The first story is about connecting the dots
2- She felt that the best for her son is parents graduates for some college.
3- Becauste the lawyer and his wife wanted a girl.
4- Because they dont was college gradatued
5- He had been at Reed College for 6 months
6- Because he want to study something interesting for him.
7- He satarted to attending at the interesting class.
8- He slept on the floor of his friends, and he started to recollect a bottles to later sell it.
9- To create the first computer “Mac”.
Second part.
1- The second story is about love and loss
2- Apple started when Steve had 20 years, and he between his friend Woz used to work in the garage of his parents.
3- Company worth $2 billion.
4- The company had 4000 employees.
5- Because their visions of the future began tu diverge and eventually they had a falling out.
6- He sataerted again, because he still love his work.
7- The first computer film is Toy Story
8- He return to Apple because the company bought NeXT.
9- The most importat is to do the thing that you like to do.
Third Part.
1- The third history is abouth death.
2- The question is “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?”
3- Remember that he could to die soon.
4- He was diagnosed with cáncer.
5- The doctor said him, three or six months of live.
6- He said to go home and leave everything in order
7- “Don't waste it living someone else's life, don't be trapped by dogma, is which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice, and the most important have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what your truly want to become, everything else is secondary”
8- On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road beneath it were the words “stay hungry, stay foolish"
1.Steve Jobs is going to tell three stories from his life. What is the first story about?
ReplyDeleteIs about his adoption
2.Why did his mother decide to put him up for adoption?
Because she was a young single woman
3.Why wasn’t he finally adopted by the lawyer and his wife?
Because they wanted to adopt a girl
4.Why did his mother refuse to sign the adoption papers?
Because the biological mother felt that steve should be adopted by colleges graduate
5.How long had he been at Reed College before he quit?
After six months he did not see value of the collage.
6.Why did he drop out?
He did not see value of the college
7.What did he do as soon as he dropped out?
He started to go to other interesting classes for him
8.How did he get by?
He began to sleep on the floor of his friends' bedrooms and returned to the bottles of coke to buy food.
9.In what way did the calligraphy class come in useful for him?
Calligraphy classes allowed him to create the first computer with different letters
10.Why is it important to believe that the dots will connect in the future?
Because in a moment of our life the dots will be connect for do
1.What is the second story about?
Is about love and loss
2.When and where did he start Apple?
He started apple in his parents’ garage when he was twenty.
3.How much was Apple worth ten years later?
2 billions
4.How many employees did it have?
Over four thousand employed
5.Why was he fired from Apple? How did he feel?
they hired a "talent person" because the factory was growing , but after one year had differences with Steve, board of directors sided with the new guy, Steve was out and he felt devastated
6.What helped him start again?
He was still love and he decided to start again.
7.What was the first computer animated feature film?
Toy story by Pixar, one of the new company created by Steve.
8.How did he return to Apple?
Apple bought NexT and Steve was back again.
9.What is the only way to be truly satisfied?
The only way is doing the things that you love
1.What is the third story about?
Is about death
2.What question has he asked himself every morning for the past 33 years?
” if today were the last day in my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?”
3.What is the most important tool that has helped him make the big choices in life?
Remembering if he will dead soon is the most important tool for help to make big choices.
4.What type of cancer was he diagnosed with?
Tumor on his pancreas
5.How long did the doctors say he should expect to live?
Hiss expect life was three to six months
6.What did his doctor advise him to do?
The doctor told him go home and gets his affairs in order
7.Taking into consideration that our time is limited, what does he advise his college audience is the most important thing to do?
Don't waste the time living someone else's life. Follow your heart and intuition.
8.What was on the back cover of The Whole Earth Catalog final issue?
There was a farewell message: stay hungry, stay foolish.