Steve Jobs

Interesting, food for thought speech of the late Steve Jobs, founder of Apple and Pixar, about various issues related to motivation, life, love and death. Watch the first 5 minutes and answer the questions:

This one is subtitled in English


STEVE JOBS STUDENT A

What do you know about the founder of Apple, who died recently?



Say whether these statements are True or False, Then watch the video and check your answers:

1. He had a degree on Electronic Engineering

2. He continued studying once he finished his degree

3. He was given for adoption

Continue watching the video and complete this information:

1. The first people who were going to adopt him were a …………………….. and his wife, who changed their mind when they found out that he was …………………….

2. His present parents were ungraduated, his mother never went to …………………. And his father didn’t finish ……………………………..

Now answer these questions briefly:

1. Why did Jobs give up going to regular college classes?

2. How did he feel when he decided to give up college?

3. Which classes did he go to?

4. How did he get money to buy food?

5. Where did he go for his meal on Sundays?

6. What does “connecting the dots” mean? How long did it take him to do that?





STEVE JOBS STUDENT B

What do you know about the founder of Apple, who died recently?



Say whether these statements are True or False, Then watch the video and check your answers:

1. He quit college after 6 months

2. He was adopted

3. His biological mother was a single parent

Continue watching the video and complete this information:

1. One of the requirements to be chosen as possible adopting parents was to ……………………………………….

2. His biological mother accepted to give him on adopting once his adopting parents promised to ………………………………………….

Now answer these questions briefly:

1. Did he know what he wanted to learn and do?

2. Looking back now, what does he think about this decision?

3. Where did he sleep?

4. How long did he have to walk to get a proper meal on Sundays?

5. What did he learn at college?

6. What does “connecting the dots” mean? How long did it take him to do that?

Nelson Mandela

Watch this video and answer these questions. Then read the newspaper article about Nelson Mandela

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqoYmx_L-Xs

1. When and where was he born?




2. What did his father do?



3. What kind of education did he have?



4. Who gave him the name “Nelson”?



5. What happened to him when his father died?



6. Why did he run away from home?



7. What did he come face to face with?



8. What 2 languages did he have?

A deep ……………………language, from his …………………… background

The language of the ………………………….., a completely contemporary language



9. What did the African National Congress want to establish?





10. What did the ANC adopt as a policy?





11. What campaign did the ANC launch in 1952?





12. What did Nelson do?



13. What did the National Party government do?





14. What did Mandela and Oliver Tambo set up? What for?





15. What kind of firm was it? What kind of clients did they have? Who did they defend their clients against?

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16. When was Mandela arrested? What was he charged with?





17. When did he marry his second wife, Winny?





18. What did the S African government do in 1960?





19. What happened during a peaceful demonstration?

………………….. people were killed, …………………… were wounded



20 What did Mandela realise?





21. What was Mandela charged with while he was in prison?



22. Why did he stand trial but refuse to defend himself? What happened?



23. Where is Robben Island?



24. When was the ANC declared legal and Mandela released?



25. When did he win the Nobel Peace prize?



24. What happened in 1994?

KEY






1. When and where was he born?

July 18th 1918 in a small S African village



2. What did his father do?

He was a tribal chief



3. What kind of education did he have?

British



4. Who gave him the name “Nelson”?

His teacher



5. What happened to him when his father died?

He went to live with the leader of the Fendu people, who educated him for leadership and sent him to the finest schools



6. Why did he run away from home?

In order to avoid a pre arranged marriage



7. What did he come face to face with?

The brutal reality of racially divided S Africa



8. What 2 languages did he have?

A deep ……historical……language, from his tribal background

The language of the law, a completely contemporary language



9. What did the African National Congress want to establish?

A democratic government



10. What did the ANC adopt as official policy?

Non violent civil disobedience



11. What campaign did the ANC launch in 1952?

A campaign for the defiance of unjust laws



12. What did Nelson do?

He travelled S Africa and supported that effort



13. What did the National Party government do?

They took steps to restrain Nelson’s movements, banning him to attend any gatherings and confining him to Johannesburg



14. What did Mandela and Oliver Tambo set up? What for?

A law firm specialised in serving the black population.



15. What kind of firm was it? What kind of clients did they have? Who did they defend their clients against?

*Low price, accessible.

*Black clients

*Defending them against apartheid laws



16. When was Mandela arrested? What was he charged with?

In 1956. Treason



17. When did he marry his second wife, Winny?

In 1958



18. What did the S African government do in 1960?

Outlaw the ANC



19. What happened during a peaceful demonstration?

67 people were killed, 180 were wounded



20 What did Mandela realise?

That non-violent resistance was not enough



21. What was Mandela charged with while he was in prison?

Sabotage and conspiracy to overthrow the government



22. Why did he stand trial but refuse to defend himself? What happened?

So as not to legitimise the state’s case. He was sentenced to life imprisonment



23. Where is Robben Island?

A desolate rock island 7 miles of the coast of Cape Town



24. When was the ANC declared legal and Mandela released?

In 1990



25. When did he win the Nobel Peace prize?

In 1993



24. What happened in 1994?

Black people were allowed to vote for the first time in 300 years. Mandela was elected president in a landslide.