9. Steve Job’s 2005 commencement address at Stanford U.
Words: 2246
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 6.5
10. (prompt) Summarize the following speech: (quoted)
In this commencement address, the speaker, Steve Jobs, shares
three inspiring stories from his life:
1. "Connecting the Dots": Jobs discusses dropping out of
college after six months but continuing to attend classes that
interested him. He recounts being adopted by parents who were
not college graduates but had promised his biological mother
that he would go to college someday. Jobs emphasizes the
importance of following curiosity and intuition, even when it
doesn't seem to have an immediate practical application.
Looking back, he realizes how the calligraphy class he took in
college influenced the design of the first Macintosh computer,
showcasing the significance of connecting the dots in life's
journey.
(…)
11. 以下の文章から英語学習に必要な単語とその英語定義
と日本語訳を表形式で表してください。
"Connecting the Dots": Jobs discusses dropping out of college
after six months but continuing to attend classes that interested
him. He recounts being adopted by parents who were not college
graduates but had promised his biological mother that he would
go to college someday. Jobs emphasizes the importance of
following curiosity and intuition, even when it doesn't seem to
have an immediate practical application. Looking back, he realizes
how the calligraphy class he took in college influenced the design
of the first Macintosh computer, showcasing the significance of
connecting the dots in life's journey.
15. ABC方式による文法的コロケーション表示
1.辞書表記例
[blame A (for B)] B <事>で A <人>を非難
する、とがめる、責める(...) They blamed her
for having left there. そこを離れたことで彼ら
は彼女を責めた(「ベーシックジーニアス英和
辞典」)
2.高校教科書表記例(Revised Element I)
be against A / strike back at A / far from A
16. ABC方式によるコロケーション提示例
•drop out of college
•attend classes
•recount (doing)
•follow curiosity and intuition
•have a practical application
•take a calligraphy class
(cf. the calligraphy class he took in college)
17. Make a gap filling exercise for the previous passage.
"Connecting the Dots": Jobs _________ dropping out
of college after six months but continuing to
________ classes that interested him. He _________
being adopted by parents who were not college
graduates but had promised his biological mother
that he would go to college someday. Jobs
____________ the importance of following curiosity
and intuition, even when it doesn't seem to have an
immediate practical ____________. (…)
18.
19. Can you show keywords for retelling the passage.
Steve Jobs
"Connecting the Dots"
College dropout
Adopted by non-college graduate parents
Following curiosity and intuition
Calligraphy class influence
Macintosh computer design
Significance of connecting the dots in life's journey