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? v=UF8uR6Z6KLc
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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? …………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2. When and where did he start
8. How did he get by? Apple?
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9. In what way did the calligraphy class come in useful for him? 3. How much was Apple worth ten
………………………………………………………………………………………………………… years later?
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10.Why is it important to believe that the dots will connect in the 4. How many employees did it
future? have?
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…………………………………………………………………………..………………………. 5. Why was he fired from Apple?
How did he feel?
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1. What is the third story about? …………………………………………………………
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2. What question has he asked himself every morning for the past 6. What helped him start again?
33 years? …………………………………………………………
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………………………………..………………………………………………………………………. 7. What was the first computer
3. What is the most important tool that has helped him make the animated feature film?
big choices in life? …………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 8. How did he return to Apple?
4. What type of cancer was he diagnosed with? …………………………………………………………
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5. How long did the doctors say he should expect to live? 9. What is the only way to be truly
..……………………………………………………………………………………………………. satisfied?
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 3rd 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 him
unmarried, college graduate student, 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
…………………………………………………………… (not follow) his heart and intuition.

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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 Apple
student. in his parents' garage when he
3. Why wasn’t he finally adopted by the lawyer and his wife? was 20.
They decided at the last minute that they wanted a girl. 3. How much was Apple worth ten
4. Why did his mother refuse to sign the adoption papers? years later?
Because the adoptive parents were not college graduates. $2 billion.
5. How long had he been at Reed College before he quit? 4. How many employees did it have?
He had been at Reed College for 6 months before he quit. Over 4000.
6. Why did he drop out? 5. Why was he fired from Apple?
He felt he was wasting his parents’ savings (as he had no How did he feel?
idea what he wanted to do with his life). He fell out with the person he
7. What did he do as soon as he dropped out? ran the company with, and the
He began dropping in on the classes that looked Board of Directors sided with
interesting. this person. Steve was
8. How did he get by? devastated.
He slept on the floor in friends' rooms, he bought food with the 6. What helped him start again?
money he received from returning coke bottles, and he had The fact that he still loved what
one free meal a week at a Hare Krishna temple. he did.
9. In what way did the calligraphy class come in useful for him? 7. What was the first computer
He applied this knowledge to the typography of the first animated feature film?
Macintosh computer, which he designed ten years later. Toy Story.
10.Why is it important to believe that the dots will connect in the 8. How did he return to Apple?
future? He returned to Apple when
Because it will give you the confidence to follow your heart Apple bought his company
even when it leads you off the well-worn path. NeXT.
9. What is the only way to be truly
satisfied?
The only way to be truly
1. What is the third story about? satisfied is to love what you do.
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 Apple.
8. None of this might have happened (happen) if he hadn’t followed (not follow) his heart and
intuition.

Here are the links to the video and the transcript:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd_ptbiPoXM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSoGHhkxMig
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i9kcBHX2Nw
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html (the text)

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