UNIT 1 JOBS/CAREERS/VOCATION
How your decisions can change your life?
Internship
Listening Exercise
Today we will be working on an interesting speech given by Steve Jobs at Stanford University.
1. Watch the first part of the video ('39) and answer these questions:
- Where did Steve Jobs complete his college education?
- What was his occupation?
- He said his speech was about...
2. 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 strategy: Put the words and their definitions on individual cards. Include a sample sentence that illustrates how the word may be used in context.
3. Watch the whole video and answer more questions.
First story: Connecting dots
What did his biological mother want for him?
Who ended up adopting him?
What happened when he started college?
Steve Jobs decided to drop out of college, why did he say it was the best decision he has ever made?
What did he have to do when he was in college?
How did the calligraphy class have an impact in his career?
What did he want to say when speaking about connecting points?
Second story: Love and Lost
How old was he when he started Apple?
Why was he fired from his own company?
What did he do after being fired from Apple?
What did he say about work?
Third story: death
What did he think of death?
Discussion: Personal opinion
1. Have you ever made important decisions that have changed your life? which one?
2. How would your life be different if you had never dropped in the university?
3. If you had the chance to study a different language, which language would you study?
4. If you had the opportunity to drop in on different courses, which courses would you drop in?
(Activity designed by Deisa Gómez and Alejandra Jiménez)
