When Steve Jobs was born on Febuary24,1955, in San Francisco , California, his unmarried mother decided to put him for adoption(收养)because she wanted a girl. So in the middle of the night, his mother called a lawyer named Paul Jobs and said, “We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?” But his mother told his future parents to promise that they would send Jobs to college. After Steve Jobs graduated from high school, he went to college but only after six months did he decide to drop out because it was so expensive that he had to sleep on the floor in his friends’ rooms.
Jobs and a friend(Steve Wozniak) started a company in a garage on April 1, 1976. He named their company ----Apple in memory of a happy summer he had spent as a fruit garden in Oregon.
After 10 years of hard time and failures, starting from two kids working in a garage, Apple computer eventually grew into a big company with over 4000 employees.
At 30, Jobs , however, was fired from the company he co-founded. But after he had to leave the company, Apple was under heavy pressure from competitor Microsoft and suffered heavy losses. Apple needed Steve Jobs and he was appointed as Apple’ CEO in1997. Under his leadership, Apple returned to profitability(盈利) and introduced new products such as the IPod, the IPhone and the IPad.
Steve Jobs once said, “Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t be discouraged. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find your interest. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking.”
1.Why did Jobs’ mother abandon him? ( within 6 words)
2.What did Jobs do half a year later in college? ( within 5 words)
3.When was Jobs removed from Apple? ( within 2 words)
4.What happened to Apple after Jobs left it? ( within 10 words)
5. What do you think is the most important thing to lead Jobs to success? (1 word )
1.Because she wanted a girl(daughter)./ Because she didn’t want a boy(son).
2.He dropped out./He left the university./He gave up college life.
3.At 30./ In 1985.
4.(It was)under heavy pressure and suffered heavy losses.
5.Interest.
【解析】本文描写了苹果创始人斯蒂芬·乔布斯的生平以及他创立苹果公司的事迹,告诉我们,只要专注于我们所热爱的事物就有可能获得成功。
1. unmarried mother decided to put him for adoption(收养)because she wanted a girl她那未婚先孕的母亲决定抛弃他因为她想要一个女孩。要求在6个词之内作答,调整原句,增删词语,符合题意即可。
2. After Steve Jobs graduated from high school, he went to college but only after six months did he decide to drop out 在乔布斯从中学毕业之后,他上了半年大学就退学了。要求在5个词之内作答,调整原句,增删词语,符合题意即可。
3.
4. after he had to leave the company, Apple was under heavy pressure from competitor Microsoft and suffered heavy losses. 在他不得不离开公司之后,苹果遭受竞争对手微软的巨大压力,遭受了巨大的损失。要求在10个词之内作答,调整原句,增删词语,符合题意即可。
5. convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find your interest. 我确信推动我前行的唯一的事物就是我热爱我所做的。你要找到你的兴趣之所在。所以答案是interest。
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