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Steve

Steve Jobs
Jobs is
is going
going to
to tell
tell three
three stories
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from his
his life.
life.
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the
first
story
about?
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his mother
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ANSWER
ANSWER KEY
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Steve
What
Steve Jobs
Jobs is
is going
going to
to tell
tell three
three stories
stories from
from his
his life.
life.
What is
is the
the second
second story
story
What
is
the
first
story
about?
about?
What is the first story about?
about?
It
It
It is
is about
about connecting
connecting the
the dots.
dots.
It is
is about
about love
love and
and loss.
loss.
Why
did
his
mother
decide
to
put
him
up
for
adoption?
When
Why did his mother decide to put him up for adoption?
When and
and where
where did
did he
he start
start
Because
Apple?
Because she
she was
was aa young,
young, unmarried
unmarried college
college graduate
graduate
Apple?
student.
He
student.
He and
and his
his partner
partner started
started
Why
Apple
Why wasnt
wasnt he
he finally
finally adopted
adopted by
by the
the lawyer
lawyer and
and his
his
Apple in
in his
his parents'
parents' garage
garage
wife?
when
he
was
20
.
wife?
when he was 20.
They
How
They decided
decided at
at the
the last
last minute
minute that
that they
they wanted
wanted aa
How much
much was
was Apple
Apple worth
worth
girl.
ten
years
later?
girl.
ten years later?
Why
$2
Why did
did his
his mother
mother refuse
refuse to
to sign
sign the
the adoption
adoption papers?
papers?
$2 billion.
billion.
Because
the
adoptive
parents
were
not
How
Because the adoptive parents were not college
college
How many
many employees
employees did
did it
it
graduates.
have?
graduates.
have?
How
Over
How long
long had
had he
he been
been at
at Reed
Reed College
College before
before he
he quit?
quit?
Over 4000.
4000.
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Why
He had
had been
been at
at Reed
Reed College
College for
for 66 months
months before
before he
he
Why was
was he
he fired
fired from
from Apple?
Apple?
quit
.
How
quit.
How did
did he
he feel?
feel?
Why
He
Why did
did he
he drop
drop out?
out?
He fell
fell out
out with
with the
the person
person
He
he
He felt
felt he
he was
was wasting
wasting his
his parents
parents savings
savings (as
(as he
he
he ran
ran the
the company
company with,
with,
had
and
the
Board
of
Directors
had no
no idea
idea what
what he
he wanted
wanted to
to do
do with
with his
his life).
life).
and the Board of Directors
What
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did he
he do
do as
as soon
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as he
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sided with
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this person.
person.
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began
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in
on
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Steve
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Steve was
was devastated.
devastated.
interesting.
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interesting.
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helped him
him start
start again?
again?
How
The
How did
did he
he get
get by?
by?
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fact that
that he
he still
still loved
loved
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slept on
on the
the floor
floor in
in friends'
friends' rooms,
rooms, he
he bought
bought food
food
what
he
did.
what he did.
with
with the
the money
money he
he received
received from
from returning
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coke
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was the
the first
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bottles,
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at aa Hare
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feature film?
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what way
way did
did the
the calligraphy
calligraphy class
class come
come in
in useful
useful for
for
How
How did
did he
he return
return to
to Apple?
Apple?
him?
him?
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returned
to
Apple
He returned to Apple when
when
He
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applied this
this knowledge
knowledge to
to the
the typography
typography of
of the
the
Apple
Apple bought
bought his
his company
company
first
first Macintosh
Macintosh computer,
computer, which
which he
he designed
designed ten
ten
NeXT.
NeXT.
years
years later.
later.
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is the
the only
only way
way to
to be
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it important
important to
to believe
believe that
that the
the dots
dots will
will connect
connect
truly
satisfied?
truly
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is
third
What
is the
the
third story
story about?
about?
in
future?
in the
the
future?
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way to
to be
be truly
truly
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is
about
death.
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is
about
death.
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it
will
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you
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the confidence
confidence to
to follow
follow
satisfied
is
to
love
what
you
satisfied
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what
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ANSWER
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Steve Jobs
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be dead
dead soon.
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type of
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was he
he diagnosed
diagnosed with?
with?
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his wife
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at the last
last minute
minute that
that they
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to
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..
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longer
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six
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parents
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he would
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go to
to college,
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did his
his doctor
doctor advise
advise him
him to do?
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biological
mother
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signed (not
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sign) the
the final
final adoption
adoption papers.
papers.
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go
in
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home and
and get
get his
his affairs
affairs
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order
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start) Pixar.
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Apple hadnt
hadnt bought
bought (not
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buy) NeXT,
NeXT, he
he wouldnt
wouldnt have
have returned
returned (not
(not return)
return) to
to
Apple.
Apple.
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None
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of this
this might
might have
have happened
happened (happen)
(happen) ifif he
he hadnt
hadnt followed
followed (not
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follow) his
his

Here are the links to the video and the transcript:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtbJM9ksxo8 (English subtitles part 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLl59Q2GuC0 (English subtitles part 2)
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html (the text)

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