1、L/O/G/O上海交通大上海交通大學學出版社出版社 應用型大學英語系列教材應用型大學英語系列教材Book Application-oriented college English Course2上海交通大上海交通大學學出版社出版社 Language in Use Enhancement of Language Abilities Unit OneTable of Contents Language Skills DevelopmentBackNext3上海交通大上海交通大學學出版社出版社 StarterText: The Story of Steve JobsWorking with word

2、s and phrasesDiscussionPractice: interpretingPractice: translationPractice: writingSurfing the InternetHighlightsTable of ContentsPart 1 Language Skills DevelopmentBackNext4上海交通大上海交通大學學出版社出版社 HighlightsS: Discussion: Bill Gates dropping out of Harvard L: Blessing or baneR: The story of Steve JobsW:

3、The three major structural parts of a paragraphInternet work: Buying a laptop or desktop computer via the InternetPart 1 Language Skills DevelopmentBackNext5上海交通大上海交通大學學出版社出版社 drop out as a junior take the chance to put idea into practicehintBackNext1. StarterA. Discussion: Bill Gates dropping out o

4、f Harvard 1. What do you think of Bill Gates dropping out of Harvard?Bill Gates dropped out as a Harvard junior at the right time when his partner, Paul Allen could take the chance to make a great difference to the world as well as to themselves. Time cost is never found, Bill Cates lost no time put

5、ting his great idea into practice.61. Starter2. Under what circumstances do you think a students dropping out of school is understandable or sensible?A student may understandably drop out when they are helpless with the problem encountered, be it financial, mental, or anything else.It would be sensi

6、ble for a student to drop out when they find that university education cant meet their expectations or needs for their goal in life.BackNext上海交通大上海交通大學學出版社出版社 encounter financial, mental problems . cant meet expectations or needshint7B. Listen to a story and fill in the blanks. Blessing or BaneNear

7、Chinas northern borders lived a man well versed in the practices of Taoism. His horse, for no reason at all, got into the territory of the northern tribes. Everyone (1) him.“Perhaps this will soon (2) ,” said the man.After a few months, his horse came back, leading a fine horse from the north. Every

8、one (3) .“Perhaps this will soon turn out to be (4) ,” said the miserated with 上海交通大上海交通大學學出版社出版社 1. StarterBackNextturn out to be a blessingcongratulated hima cause of misfortune8 Since he was wealthy and kept good horses, his son became fond of riding and eventually broke his thigh bone falling fr

9、om a horse. Everyone commiserated with him.“Perhaps this will soon turn out to be a blessing,” said the man.One year later, the northern tribes started (5) of the border regions. All able-bodied young men took up arms and fought against the invaders, and as a result, around the border nine out of te

10、n men died. This mans son did not join in the fighting because (6) and so both the boy and his father survived.a big invasion 上海交通大上海交通大學學出版社出版社 1. StarterBackNexthe was crippled 9 Mind Mapblessing / n. 幸事，好事bane / n. 災難，禍害versed / a. 精通的，熟練的Taoism / n. 道教，道家學說territory / n. 領土，版圖；領域，地盤commiserate /

11、 vi. 憐憫，同情thigh / n. 大腿 invasion / n. 入侵，侵略cripple / v. 使殘廢，使跛上海交通大上海交通大學學出版社出版社 1. StarterBackNext10 上海交通大上海交通大學學出版社出版社 BackNextText Lead-inWarm Up1.Do you know what to do with your life?2.What do you expect from university?3. Apart from knowledge you learn at university, what skills do you need fo

12、r future success?11 上海交通大上海交通大學學出版社出版社 BackNextText Lead-inText OrganizationPrologue (Para. _)A summary of Steve Jobs short-lived college education .Body (Paras. _)The story of Steve Jobs.Conclusion (Para. _)The moral of Steve Jobs story: have the confidence to follow whatever you trust in even when

13、 off the beaten path.Para. _ The start in his life：adopted by a less educated working-class couple.Para. _His learning experience at Reed College: dropping out and dropping in on courses he was interested in. Para. _Unexpected benefit derived from the calligraphy class ten years later. 12-5653-42122

14、. Text: The Story of Steve Jobs T h i s i s t h e t e x t o f t h e Commencement Address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, at Stanford University, delivered on June 12, 2005.1 I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universitie

15、s in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest Ive ever gotten to a college graduation. I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out? Translation

16、 史蒂夫史蒂夫喬布斯的故事喬布斯的故事本文是蘋果計算機公司和皮克斯動畫工作室的首席執(zhí)行官史蒂夫喬布斯于2005年6月12日在斯坦福大學畢業(yè)典禮上的演講稿。1 今天，我很榮幸能來到這所世界頂尖大學參加你們的畢業(yè)典禮。我大學沒有畢業(yè)。說實話，現(xiàn)在是我最接近大學畢業(yè)的時刻。我在里德學院讀了6個月就退學了，但是作為旁聽生又在那里待了18個月左右，然后才真正離開學校。那么我為什么要退學呢？ be honored (to do sth.): （做某事）感到榮幸e.g. I was honored to have been mentioned in his speech. drop out (of sth.

17、) : 1) 退學，輟學e.g. She dropped out of school to become a waitress. 2) 不再參加，脫離e.g. He has dropped out of active politics. quit: vt. 1) 離開；離校e.g. He got his present job when he quitted/quit the army. 2）停止，戒掉e.g. Quit fooling around! You must quit smoking. Most important of all, you should start taking e

18、xercise. 上海交通大上海交通大學學出版社出版社 BackNextQuestion about Para. 1 13 1. What did Steve Jobs do after he dropped out of Reed College?He stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before he really quit. 上海交通大上海交通大學學出版社出版社 BackNext2. Text: The Story of Steve Jobs 14 2 It started before I was born.

19、 My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife except that when I popped out they deci

20、ded at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. (To be continued.)Translation 這要從我還沒有出生的時候說起。我的生母是個年輕未婚的研究生，因此她決定把我送給別人收養(yǎng)。她覺得我必須由有大學學歷的人收養(yǎng)。于是，她安排好了一切，只要我一出生，就把我交給一位律師和他的妻子收養(yǎng)。但是我出生之后，他們在最后一刻決定他們還是想要一個女孩。 上海交通大上海交通大學學出版社出版社 Meaning: My biological mother was a young college graduate student who

21、gave birth to me as a single woman, so she wants to offer me to someone who would be willing to adopt me. Meaning: All arrangements were made for a lawyer and his wife to take me as their foster child even when I was not actually born yet, but they changed their mind and wanted to adopt a girl rathe

22、r than a boy just at the moment I came into this world. put (sb./sth.) up for: 拿作用；推薦，提名e.g. We decide to put up the family jewels for auction. Harrison put up for the secretaryship. pop out: 冒出來，突然出現(xiàn) e.g. The rabbit popped out as soon as we opened the hutch. An idea suddenly popped out into his hea

23、d. BackNext2. Text: The Story of Steve Jobs 15So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking, “We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?” They said, “Of course.” My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and t

24、hat my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college. This was the start in my life.Translation當時我父母還在候補名單上，一天半夜他們接到一個電話，問他們：“有個新生兒，是意外懷上的，是個男孩，你們要嗎？”他們回答：“當

25、然要。”但是，我的生母隨后發(fā)現(xiàn)我母親大學沒有畢業(yè)，我父親甚至連高中也沒畢業(yè)，因此拒絕在最后幾份領養(yǎng)文件上簽字。直到幾個月后，我父母承諾將來一定讓我上大學，她才同意了。這就是我生命的開始。 上海交通大上海交通大學學出版社出版社 Meaning: At first, my natural mother would not sign her approval of the documents, but after a few months, my foster parents assured her that they would provide me with a university educa

26、tion (after I had grown up), and then my mother softened her stand and finally signed the adoption documents.relent: vi. 1) 終于答應，不再拒絕 e.g. Afterwards she relented and let the children stay up late to watch TV. 2) 減弱，變緩和e.g. The pressure on us to finish this task will not relent. BackNextQuestions ab

27、out Para. 2 2. Text: The Story of Steve Jobs 16 2. What can we learn from Steve Jobs narration about his biological mother?His biological mother was a young college graduate student when she gave birth to Steve Jobs as a single woman. She put up Steve Jobs for adoption, and felt strongly that her so

28、n should be adopted by college graduates and sent to college in the future. 上海交通大上海交通大學學出版社出版社 BackNext2. Text: The Story of Steve Jobs 17 3. What kind of people were Steve Jobs foster parents?His parents were a working-class couple without a college degree. His mother never graduated from college a

29、nd his father never graduated from high school. However, they did send their adopted son to college as they had promised, and this cost them nearly all their savings.上海交通大上海交通大學學出版社出版社 BackNext2. Text: The Story of Steve Jobs 18 3 17年后，我確實上了大學。但是出于無知，我選了一所幾乎與斯坦福一樣昂貴的學校，因此，工薪階層的父母把所有積蓄都花在了我的學費上。6個月過去

30、了，我看不到其中的價值所在。我不知道我的人生定位，也不知道大學將如何幫我找到答案，而我正在這里耗盡父母一生的積蓄。所以我決定退學，并相信一切都會順利。這在當時看來非常可怕，但現(xiàn)在回頭看看，那是我做過的最棒的決定之一。3 And 17 years later I did go to college. But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents savings were being spent on my college tui

31、tion. After six months, I couldnt see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trusted that it would all wo

32、rk out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. (To be continued.)Translation 上海交通大上海交通大學學出版社出版社 Meaning: After studying at Reed College for 6 months, I couldnt see the college education was worth the money my foster parents had paid for me.

33、Meaning: I made up my mind to give up college, believing that everything would be all right for me (or I would not suffer because of making such a decision). scary: a. 引起恐慌的e.g. That movie was too scary. The earthquake last night was so scary. BackNext2. Text: The Story of Steve Jobs work out: 1) 成功

34、地發(fā)展e.g. My first job didnt wok out. The new strategy may not work out well. 2) 鍛煉身體e.g. I work out regularly to keep fit. 19The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didnt interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked far more interesting. It wasnt all roman

35、tic. I didnt have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends rooms. I returned coke bottles for the five-cent deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled in

36、to by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on. Let me give you one example: Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed.

37、Translation從退學的那一刻起，我就不用再上那些不感興趣的必修課，而開始去學那些看上去更有意思的課程。但一切也不全是這么美妙。我沒有自己的宿舍，只有在朋友的房間里打地鋪；我揀可樂瓶子，把退來的5美分押金攢起來去買吃的；而到了每個周日晚上，我都會步行7英里，穿過城鎮(zhèn)去克利須那覺悟會的廟宇飽餐一頓。我喜歡這樣。我依照好奇心和直覺做事，大多事后證明是非常值得的。讓我給你們舉個例子：當當時里德學院開設可能在全國是最好的書法課程。園里的每一張海報、每一個抽屜的每張標簽上都有漂亮的書法。 上海交通大上海交通大學學出版社出版社 Meaning: By acting upon my impulse t

38、o satisfy my keen desire to find out what was going on, I learned by chance and much of what I learned in this way proved to be invaluable as time went by.Note that the minute introduces an adverbial clause of time.Some other nominal phrases that can be used to introduce adverbial clause of time are

39、 the moment, every time, the first time, etc. e.g. The moment he reached the country, he started his search. Each time I call on him, he is busy with his work. stumble into sth.: 無意間涉足某事 e.g. The urge to wider voyages caused men to stumble into New America. But this verb more often than not is used

40、in its literal meaning:stumble: vi. 1) 跌跌撞撞地走，蹣跚而行e.g. A drunk stumbled past us. 2) 絆腳e.g. I stumbled over a tree root. intuition: n. 1) U 直覺力e.g. Nobody told me where to find you. It was sheer intuition. 2) C 憑直覺感知的信息e.g. I had a sudden intuition about the missing jewels. BackNextQuestions about Pa

41、ra. 3 2. Text: The Story of Steve Jobs 20 4. Why did Steve Jobs drop out of Reed College? Because he had no idea what he wanted to do with his life and no idea how college was going to help him figure it out. Besides, the college was so expensive that all of his parents savings were being spent on h

42、is tuition. 上海交通大上海交通大學學出版社出版社 BackNext2. Text: The Story of Steve Jobs 21 5. What did Steve Jobs think about his decision of dropping out? Why?He thought it was one of the best decisions he had ever made as he looked back on his past. After he dropped out, he didnt have to take the required classes

43、 and he had the opportunity to take classes that interested him. Much of what he learned in this way proved priceless later on.上海交通大上海交通大學學出版社出版社 BackNext2. Text: The Story of Steve Jobs 22 6. Why did Steve Jobs say his life as a drop-in in the college was not romantic at all? Because he was living

44、a shabby life during the 18 months: he didnt have a dorm room, so he slept on the floor in friends rooms; he returned coke bottles for the five-cent deposits to buy food with; he would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple.上海交通大上海交通大學學

45、出版社出版社 BackNext2. Text: The Story of Steve Jobs 23fascinating: a. 極有吸引力的，迷人的e.g. The results of the survey made fascinating reading. fascinate: vt. 使（某人）著迷、 神魂顛倒或極感興趣e.g. The children were fascinated by the toys in the shop window. The city fascinates him. 4 Because I had dropped out and didnt have

46、to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and sanserif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle

47、 in a way that science cant capture, and I found it fascinating. Translation 上海交通大上海交通大學學出版社出版社 historical: a. 1) 歷史（上）的e.g. What are the historical sites in this area? The book is based on historical events. 2) 有關歷史研究的，歷史學的 e.g. We have no historical evidence for it. Its a historical fact. artistic

48、ally: ad. 有藝術地，在藝術上e.g. She is artistically aware. The room is luxuriously and artistically furnished. BackNextQuestion about Para. 4 2. Text: The Story of Steve Jobs 因為我已經(jīng)輟學，不用參加正規(guī)的課程，所以我決定去上這門課，學習書法。我了解了襯線和無襯線字體，學會了如何在不同的字母組合間改變間距，知道了如何讓大字體顯得很漂亮。這種科學所無法捕捉的、美妙的、充滿歷史感的微妙藝術，讓我心醉神迷。 24 7. What did Ste

49、ve Jobs learn in the calligraphy class?He learned about serif and sanserif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. 上海交通大上海交通大學學出版社出版社 BackNext2. Text: The Story of Steve Jobs 25proportionally: ad. 按比例地，相配合地e.g. Crim

50、e rate is proportionally much higher in the north of the country. Families with children spend proportionally less per person than families without children. Meaning: After ten years, when my colleagues and I were making the design for the first Macintosh computer, I recalled what I had learned in m

51、y calligraphy course at Reed College. 5 None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If

52、 I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. (To be continued)Translation 5 這一切在我的生活中是否實用，我不抱希望。直到10年后，當我們在設計第一臺麥金托什電腦時，我想起了這些東西。于是，我們把所有這些都設計進了Mac機。這是第一類擁有漂亮字體排版的電腦。如果我沒有在大學旁聽那門課程，Mac就不會有多種字體以及間距分配合理的字型。 上海

53、交通大上海交通大學學出版社出版社 have a hope of: 有的希望e.g. We have a slim hope of success. BackNext2. Text: The Story of Steve Jobs 26And since Windows just copied the Mac, its likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and p

54、ersonal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.Translation很可能現(xiàn)在的微軟PC也不會有這些字型你們要知道，Windows也只是抄襲Mac，并非獨創(chuàng)。如果我從未退學，我就絕不會旁聽那門書法課，而個

55、人電腦可能也不會有現(xiàn)在這樣美妙的字體排版。在大學的時候，我當然不可能把這些點點滴滴都串起來展望未來。但在十年后再回首，一切都變得非常、非常清晰。 上海交通大上海交通大學學出版社出版社 Meaning: When I was in college, I was not able to link the various small incidents together to find out the direction in which I could move forward while planning my life for the future.BackNext2. Text: The S

56、tory of Steve Jobs 27 同樣，當時你無法預見這類瑣碎的經(jīng)歷之間能有什么聯(lián)系，只有在回首往事時才能發(fā)現(xiàn)。你們要相信，這些片斷會在未來以某種方式連接起來。你們必須相信一些東西勇氣、命運、人生、因緣等等。這個方法從未讓我失望，也正是它改變了我的整個人生。6 Again, you cant connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your futur

57、e. You have to trust in somethingyour gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life. Translation 上海交通大上海交通大學學出版社出版社 Meaning: Little incidents in our daily life take place separately and it is almost impossible for us to grasp

58、their true meaning for the time being and link them together so as to draw some useful lessons for ones future. It is only when we recall the course of life we have traversed so far, those little incidents will make a lot of sense. trust in: 信任，相信e.g. We can trust in him. I hope we can trust in each

59、 other. make all the difference: 關系重大，大不相同e.g. A few kind words at the right time make all the difference. BackNextQuestion about Para. 6 2. Text: The Story of Steve Jobs 28 8. What do you think the graduating students can learn from Steve Jobs life experience?They might learn to trust in somethingt

60、heir gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. They might also learn to have the confidence to follow their heart even when off the beaten path.上海交通大上海交通大學學出版社出版社 BackNext2. Text: The Story of Steve Jobs 29 上海交通大上海交通大學學出版社出版社 InteractionBackNext Read the following poem.Tell me not in mournful numbers, Life is but a