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प्रश्न
Say HOW?
You can connect dots.
उत्तर
We can't connect dots by looking forward we can only connect them looking backward. We have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in our destiny.
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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) _________.
Complete the web by filling the various benefits of computers.
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 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. |
Go through all the three stories. Identify some qualities of Steve Jobs and complete the web chart.
Complete the following table.
‘The Three Stories in the Life of Steve Jobs’
| About | Setbacks | Reactions | Achievements and benefits | |
| First story | ||||
| Second story | ||||
| Third story |
Say HOW?
The calligraphy classes helped Steve Jobs after 10 years.
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 activities.
A1. Complete the following statements with the help of the passage:
- The heaviness of being successful was replaced ______.
- The technology we developed at Next ______.
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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 had 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, a company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar is now the world’s most successful animation studio, bought Apple 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. |
A2. The writer Steve Jobs gives the readers some advice for life, list at least two of the important advices given by him in the passage:
- ______
- ______
A3. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words given below:
(devastating, renaissance, current, creative)
- The invention of the internet has brought about a ______ in communication.
- We should read the newspaper to keep ourselves updated on the ______ affairs.
- The earthquake had a ______ effect on the life of the people.
- The Art teacher is very ______, she always comes up with new ideas.
A4. Do as directed:
- Pixar is the world’s most successful animation studio.
(Rewrite the sentence in Positive degree) - Don’t lose faith.
(Rewrite as an Assertive sentence)
A5. What does the second story of Jobs convey to you?
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.
