Date:

(Student s Listening activity sheet)

FOCUS ON

LISTENING

THINK DIFFERENT !

STEVE JOBS (1955-2011)

VIDEO N 1 : Steve Jobs s address ( speech) , September 2009 ( September Keynote)

TASK : You will hear Steve Jobs who appears for the first time on stage to give a keynote address after taking a medical leave of absence from Apple. a KEYNOTE refers to

A- Given what you know about the topic, anticipate the words

you will probably hear : Tick the first box.

visionary technology donate died crash i-pad liver generosity mid-twenties executive future innovation

 company high-tech difficult team generous support CEO marketing health advanced

talented

products

B- Now listen to the recording and check if you anticipated

correctly (tick the second box). PART 1 current medical condition. Fill in the grid.

A- Focus on PART 1 and collect as many keywords about his

STEVE JOBSS CURRENT MEDICAL CONDITION

BRecap orally what you have understood about the situation. PART 2 grid. SPECIAL THANKS

C- Focus on PART 2 and Steves special thanks . Fill in the

PART 3 information.

D- Focus on PART 3 and fill in the blanks with the missing

So, Im , Im at .. , every day of it and Im getting to with our incredibly . to . up with some.. .. for you all in the . So, its ! Thank you!

YOUR TASK :

PUPIL A :

Imagine you are a member of the Apple team and you were attending Steves Special Keynote Address on September 2009 . Use your notes above to write an e-mail to your best friend in which you tell him about the latest news.

YOUR TASK :

PUPIL B :

Imagine the letter Steve Jobs wrote in January 2009 to Apple employees in which he explained that he was taking a medical leave of absence , after learning that his health issues were more complex that he originally had thought.

VIDEO N 2 : THE CRAZY ONES

TASK : You will watch a video about The Crazy Ones .

A- Imagine WHO the Crazy ones may be referring to ?

BNow watch the filming with the sound off and check your predictions. Tick the people who actually appear in the video. According to you , what do they all have in common ?
Albert Einstein Bob Dylan Martin Luther King Rosa Parks Jr. Richard Branson John Lennon (with Yoko Ono) Freddie Mercury Buckminster Fuller Thomas Edison Nelson Mandela Muhammad Ali Malcolm X Ted Turner Maria Callas President JF Kennedy Mahatma Gandhi Amelia Earhart Alfred Hitchcock Martha Graham Jim Henson (with Kermit the Frog) Frank Lloyd Wright Pablo Picasso Shaan Sahota Steve Jobs

CSpeculate about the nature and topic of the document under study. Then check your predictions while listening to it.

D-

Speculate about the narrator (voice-over) .

E-

Listen and tick the verbs you actually hear.

have respect quote agree disagree admire trust glorify hate vilify ignore change push do celebrate witness hear see think believe

F-

Fill in the script with the stressed missing words. The definitions will help you identify the words if you were unable to identify them while listening.

"Here's to the .

.. .

The. ( = the people who do not fit in society ) . The(= the people who are disobedient or rebellious) . The.. . (= the people who look for trouble ) The . pegs in the .. holes. The . who .. things.. . They're not. of , and they have no . for the status quo. You can them, . with them, and vilify them. But the only thing you do is .. them because they .. . They the human . And while some . them as the .. , . see . Because the . who are enough to.. they can . the.. , are the ..

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catch phrase

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To what extent Steve Jobs could have been included in this Apple commercial as one of

the Crazy Ones ?