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प्रश्न
Go through all the three stories. Identify some qualities of Steve Jobs and complete the web chart.
उत्तर
Steve jobs
1) self-confidence
2) determination
3) courage
4) intuition
5) curiosity
6) intelligence
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संबंधित प्रश्न
You are quite familiar with computers, especially personal computers. Form pairs and make a list of famous computer manufacturing companies. One is given to you.
(a) Apple (b) _________ (c) _________ (d) _________.
Rearrange the incidents in the life of Steve Jobs in chronological order.
(a) Steve Jobs started Next.
(b) Jobs underwent surgery.
(c) Jobs learned about serif and sans serif typefaces.
(d) Jobs returned to Apple Inc.
(e) Jobs married Laurene.
(f) Jobs was diagnosed with cancer.
(g) Jobs dropped out of Reed College.
Read the third story again. Complete the flow-chart given below.
Read the lesson. Refer to a dictionary and match the words in column ‘A’ with their meanings in column ‘B’.
| No | ‘A’ | ‘B’ | |
| (a) | diagnosis | (i) | the power believed to control events |
| (b) | devastating | (ii) | complete list of items especially in a special order and description. |
| (c) | intuition | (iii) | act of identifying the nature of a problem or illness. |
| (d) | calligraphy | (iv) | power of understanding situations or people’s feelings before hand. |
| (e) | destiny | (v) | causing great destruction |
| (f) | catalogue | (vi) | beautiful handwriting did with a special pen or brush. |
Say HOW?
Jobs reacted later on, after the shock of being fired from Apple.
Say HOW?
Jobs was cured of rare cancer.
Say HOW?
Jobs acquired the famous words ‘Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish’
Besides those given at the end of the talk by Steve Jobs, pick out other pieces of advice that Jobs gives in his speech.
(a) _______________________________________________________
(b) _______________________________________________________
(c) _______________________________________________________
Read the following passage and do the given activities:
A1. State whether the following statements are 'True' or 'False': (2)
- Steve Jobs was diagnosed with cancer.
- We should be trapped by dogma.
- Have the courage to follow our heart and intuition.
- Our time is unlimited.
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About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is the doctor’s code for ‘prepare to die’. I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy. It turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I’m fine now. This was the closest I’ve been to facing death, and I hope it’s the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you: Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. 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. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalogue. In the final issue, on the back cover they put a photograph of an early morning country road. Beneath it were the words: Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish. It was their farewell message as they signed off. I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you. Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish. |
A2. Complete the following web. (2)
A3. Fill in the blanks using the phrases given in the brackets: (2)
[Signed off, drown out, turned out, trapped by]
- We should not be ______ superstitions.
- The movie ______ to be a disappointment.
- ______ with a very important message for all of us.
- We should not let the opinion of others ______.
A4. Do as directed. (2)
- It was their farewell message. [Add a question tag]
- I lived with that diagnosis all day. [Underline the verb and state its tense]
A5. Personal Response: (2)
What is your opinion regarding the farewell message 'Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish'?
Read the following passage and do the given activities:
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My second story is about love and loss. I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz (Steve Wozniak) and I started Apple when I was 20. In 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company. And then I got fired. It was devastating. But something slowly began to dawn on me - I still loved what I did. And so I decided to start over. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life. During the next five years, I started a company Next, another company named Pixar, and I fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar is now the world’s most successful animation studio, Apple bought Next. I returned to Apple and the technology we developed at Next is at the heart of Apple’s current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. |
(A1) Name the following with reference to the passage: (2)
| Activity | Name | |
| i. | The company started by the narrator and Woz. | |
| ii. | The second company started by the narrator. | |
| iii. | An amazing woman the narrator fell in love with | |
| iv. | World’s most successful animation studio. |
(A2) Complete the following web diagram: (2)
(A3) Fill in the blanks choosing the correct phrases in their proper form from the bracket. (2)
(to get fired, devastating, begin to dawn on)
- On committing persistent mistakes the employee ______ from his post.
- When the teacher explained the solution of the problems in Maths, it ______ the students that the problems were easy.
(A4) Do as Directed: (2)
- Identify the tense of the underlined verb:
If you haven’t found yet, keep looking - I found what I loved to do early in life.
(Identify the main and subordinate clause.)
(A5) Personal Response: (2)
‘Failure is the key to success.’ Explain in your own words.
