1. Steve Jobs is going to tell three stories from his life.

What is the
first story about?
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2. Why did his mother decide to put him up for adoption?
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3. Why wasn’t he finally adopted by the lawyer and his wife?
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4. Why did his mother refuse to sign the adoption papers?
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5. How long had he been at Reed College before he quit?
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6. Why did he drop out?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1. What is the second story
…………………………………………………………………………………………………... about?
7. What did he do as soon as he dropped out? ………………………………………………………
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8. How did he get by?
2. When and where did he start
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9. In what way did the calligraphy class come in useful for him?
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……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3. How much was Apple worth ten
10.Why is it important to believe that the dots will connect in the years later?
future?
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…………………………………………………………………………..………………………. 4. How many employees did it
have?
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1. What is the third story about? …
………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 5. Why was he fired from Apple?
2. What question has he asked himself every morning for the past How did he feel?
33 years? ………………………………………………………
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3. What is the most important tool that has helped him make the 6. What helped him start again?
big choices in life? ………………………………………………………
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4. What type of cancer was he diagnosed with?
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7. What was the first computer
5. How long did the doctors say he should expect to live?
animated feature film?
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6. What did his doctor advise him to do? ………………………………………………………
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7. Taking into consideration that our time is limited, what does he
advise his college audience is the most important thing to do?
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8. What was on the back cover of The Whole Earth Catalog final
issue?
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 Third Conditional Sentences
When we are talking about the past, and we want to imagine how a situation could have
been different if things hadn’t happened the way they did, we use 3 rd Conditional
sentences.

The verb in the if-clause (condition) is in the past perfect tense, and the verb in the main clause (consequence
or result) is in the perfect conditional.

If-clause Main clause

the condition (unreal past) the (imaginary) result

If + past perfect perfect conditional

If + had + V3 would
could + have + V3
might
If Steve’s mother hadn’t been a young, she wouldn’t have decided to put
unmarried, college graduate student, him up for adoption.

Now complete the following conditional sentences about Steve Jobs’

life.

1. The lawyer and his wife …………………………………………………………… (adopt) Steve if

they …………………………………………………………… (not decide) at the last minute that
they really wanted a girl.
2. If his adoptive parents …………………………………………………………… (not promise) he
would someday go to college, his biological mother
…………………………………………………………… (not sign) the final adoption papers.
3. If he …………………………………………………………… (not drop out), he
…………………………………………………………… (not drop in) on a calligraphy class.
4. The first Mac …………………………………………………………… (not have) its beautiful
typography if he …………………………………………………………… (not take) that
calligraphy class.
5. Apple …………………………………………………………… (not grow) into a $2 billion
company if they …………………………………………………………… (not work) hard for ten
years.
6. If he …………………………………………………………… (not be) fired from Apple, he
…………………………………………………………… (not start) Pixar.
7. If Apple …………………………………………………………… (not buy) NeXT, he
…………………………………………………………… (not return) to Apple.
8. None of this …………………………………………………………… (happen) if he

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 ANSWER KEY

1. Steve Jobs is going to tell three stories from his life. What is the 1. What is the second story about?
first story about? It is about love and loss.
It is about connecting the dots. 2. When and where did he start
2. Why did his mother decide to put him up for adoption? Apple?
Because she was a young, unmarried college graduate He and his partner started
student. Apple in his parents' garage
3. Why wasn’t he finally adopted by the lawyer and his wife? when he was 20.
They decided at the last minute that they wanted a 3. How much was Apple worth ten
girl. years later?
4. Why did his mother refuse to sign the adoption papers? $2 billion.
Because the adoptive parents were not college 4. How many employees did it
graduates. have?
5. How long had he been at Reed College before he quit? Over 4000.
He had been at Reed College for 6 months before he 5. Why was he fired from Apple?
quit. How did he feel?
6. Why did he drop out? He fell out with the person
He felt he was wasting his parents’ savings (as he he ran the company with,
had no idea what he wanted to do with his life). and the Board of Directors
7. What did he do as soon as he dropped out? sided with this person.
He began dropping in on the classes that looked Steve was devastated.
interesting. 6. What helped him start again?
8. How did he get by? The fact that he still loved
He slept on the floor in friends' rooms, he bought food what he did.
with the money he received from returning coke 7. What was the first computer
bottles, and he had one free meal a week at a Hare
animated feature film?
Krishna temple.
Toy Story.
9. In what way did the calligraphy class come in useful for him?
8. How did he return to Apple?
He applied this knowledge to the typography of the
He returned to Apple when
first Macintosh computer, which he designed ten
Apple bought his company
years later.
NeXT.
9. What is the only way to be truly
satisfied?
1. What is the third story about? The only way to be truly
It is about death.
2. What question has he asked himself every morning for the past
33 years?
“If today were the last day of my life, would I want to
do what I am about to do today?”
3. What is the most important tool that has helped him make the
big choices in life?
Remembering that I'll be dead soon.
4. What type of cancer was he diagnosed with?
He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
5. How long did the doctors say he should expect to live?
No longer than three to six months.
6. What did his doctor advise him to do?
To go home and get his affairs in order.
7. Taking into consideration that our time is limited, what does he
advise his college audience is the most important thing to do?
To have the courage to follow their heart and intuition.
8. What was on the back cover of The Whole Earth Catalog final
issue?
There was a photograph of an early morning country
road and beneath it were the words: "Stay Hungry.
Stay Foolish."

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 ANSWER KEY

Now complete the following conditional sentences about Steve Jobs’

life.

1. The lawyer and his wife would have adopted (adopt) Steve if they hadn’t decided
(not decide) at the last minute that they really wanted a girl.
2. If his adoptive parents hadn’t promised (not promise) he would someday go to
college, his biological mother wouldn’t have signed (not sign) the final adoption
papers.
3. If he hadn’t dropped out (not drop out), he wouldn’t have dropped in (not drop
in) on a calligraphy class.
4. The first Mac wouldn’t have had (not have) its beautiful typography if he hadn’t
taken (not take) that calligraphy class.
5. Apple wouldn’t have grown (not grow) into a $2 billion company if they hadn’t
worked (not work) hard for ten years.
6. If he hadn’t been (not be) fired from Apple, he wouldn’t have started (not start)
Pixar.
7. If Apple hadn’t bought (not buy) NeXT, he wouldn’t have returned (not return) to

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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