1. Look up these words
verbs
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nouns
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drop out
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button up
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relent
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tuition
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drop in
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drown out
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spend
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loss
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find out
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put out
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settle
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baton
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figure out
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come back
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hitchhike
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brick
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lead off
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stumble into
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release
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pride
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work out
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clear out
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free (v)
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embarrassment
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turn out
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get fired
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trap (v)
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failure
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screw up
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waste
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dawn on (v)
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trap (n)
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adjectives
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awful
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foolish
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2. Watch and listen carefully the following video.
3. Please answer the following questions.
BEFORE WATCHING THE VIDEO
1. What is the speaker's name?
a. Bill Gates
b. Steve Jobs
c. Bill Clinton
2. This speech was given to..
a. a group of executives
b. Stanford University graduates
c. visitors to his company
3. Where did he complete his college education?
a. At Stanford University
b. In Europe
c. He did not finish college
4. What was his occupation?
a. Teacher at Stanford University
b. CEO Apple and Pixar Animation
c. Movie director
5. He says his speech is about...
a. the story of his company
b. the story of his life
c. three stories
AFTER WATCHING THE VIDEO
First story: Connecting dots
6. What did his biological mother want for him?
7. Who ended up adopting him?
8. What happened when he started college?
9. How did the calligraphy class have an impact in his career?
10. What did he want to say when speaking about connecting points?
Second story: Love and loss
11. How old was he when he started Apple?
12. Why was he fired from his own company?
13. What did he do after being fired from Apple?
14. What did he say about work?
Third story: death
15. What did he think of death?
16. Your conclusion...
Adapted from http://www.eslvideo.com/quiz_int3.php?id=2707
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