Tributes for “visionary” Steve Jobs

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Modern worldTributes for “visionary” Steve Jobs

The visionary who co-founded Apple, died Wednesday , October 5,  at age 56, after a long battle against pancreatic cancer

         Steve Jobs changed the way we use technology. He changed

 the daily habits of millions by reinventing computing, music and mobile phones. He moved technology from garages to pockets, took entertainment from discs to bytes and turned gadgets into extensions of the people who use them. His death sparked an outpouring of tributes as world leaders, business rivals and fans alike lamented his premature passing and celebrated his monumental achievements. Thousands of celebrities and ordinary people went on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to record their tributes and memories of the man behind products such as the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad.   President Barack Obama said Wednesday night that the "world has a lost a visionary" with the passing of Apple founder Steve Jobs. "Steve was among the greatest of American innovators - brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it," the president said in a statement. "He transformed our lives, redefined entire industries, and achieved one of the rarest feats in human history: he changed the way each of us sees the world," Mr Obama said. 

       Apple has posted this statement on its website: “Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple.”

Learning by songs...IMAGINE

Definitely we can the best in order to live in peace, deserving each other! I live my live and love everyone. I dedicate this song for those beloved friends, readers, teachers and friends of English tips blog. Many thanks for Teacher Irina from Lativia, she is the owner of the exercise.

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Imagine there's no heaven
Thissee thisIt's easy if you try
No hell below thusasus
AboutAboveA bit us only sky
Imagine allhallwhole the people
Living for today...

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't heartheardhard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in placepalacepeace...

You may say I'm a dreamer
BetButBat I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll joinjoyenjoy us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greedgreatgreet or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
TearingShrinkingSharing all the world...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll enjoyjoinjoy us
And the world will live as one

 

 

heaven

something heavy

to put something somewhere

= sky

below

a light shadow of blue

somewhere underneath

past simple of blow

hard

= difficult

an organ in a human's body

past simple of hear

dreamer

a person who thinks about unreal things

a person who plays the drums

a person who works too much

join

= to enjoy something

to unite

to run slowly

possessions

things that you have

a state when you have passed your exams successfully

a great number of people

wonder

to be surprised

to want to know

to travel

greed

to say "Hello"

to grow somebody or something

to want all to yourself

Sharing

to give other people what you have

something transparent

a neck of an animal

The Guardian...I lived with Wolves

Read the interesting and real history by Shaun Ellis and friends. He has also written a book about his remarkable experience. It is published by Harper Collins. 


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The Guardian

I lived with Wolves

Like most Young children, i grew up with an innate fear of wolves. It wasn’t until I was a bit older and saw a wolf in a zoo that I realised how far away this animal was from the mythological creature I’d learned about in books and films.

FASCINATION

I grew up in a small village in Norfolk and was always interested in the natural world and wild animals. I knew I wanted to work with them in some way when I was older. In my 20s, I read about an American naturalist, Levi Holt, who ran a wolf research centre in Idaho and I thought, “That’s where I want to go.” I sold everything I had and raised enough money for my plane fare. When I met the biologists working on the reservation, they took me on as a biologist, teaching me how to track wolves and collect data for them.

THE FAMILY

Even though the other biologists and scientists thought it was dangerous, I soon wanted to get closer to the wolves really to understand their behaviour. I couldn’t help wondering. Could a human become part of their family?

INTO THE WILD

After a year of two of working for the centre and getting to know the area – a mountainous landscape covered in forest – I moved to the wild the first time I got up close to a wolf, within around 30 metres, any fear I had quickly turned to respect. I stayed in a den area, a remote place where wolves look after their yound, and very soon one pack began to trust me. I lived with them day and night, and from the start they accepted me into their group. I ate what they ate, mostly raw deer and elk, with they would often bring back for me, or fruit and berries. I never fell ill and my body adapted quickly to its new diet. It’s easy to look back and think, “What horrible food,” but when you haven’t eaten for a week, it looks appetizing.

I couldn’t hunt, but I soon became useful looking after the younger ones. I would spend days sitting outside the den, observing their behavior and trying to make sure they kept out of danger.

A SCARY MOMENT

I stayed with the same pack of over a year, watching pups grow to adulthood. I never missed human contact during that time. I felt a tremendous sense of belonging with the wolves. Whenever I began to think about my old life. I would quickly switch my thoughts back, in terms of survival. I had constantly to focus on my new habitat. Although I didn’t see anyone, there were people black at the reservation and I had a rendezvous point where I could leave messages if I felt I was in danger. I was only ever truly scared on two occasions once, when all the wolves were feeding, I ate the wrong piece of meat – there is a restrict hierarchy of who eats what part of animal and one of the wolves leapt on me in seconds because of my mistake. He took my entire face in his mouth and started to squeeze hard. I could feel the bones in my jaw begin to bend and in that split-second I realised how vulnerable I was and how restrained they were most of the time.

PROTECTION

The other time, I wanted to get a drink from the stream and one of the wolves stopped me dead in my tracks. I thought, “This is the end, he’s going to finish me off.” An hour of so later, he started to lick my face and we both went to the stream for a drink. There I saw evidence of recent bear tracks and droppings, and I realised this was why he guarded me. I would almost certainly have been killed but, more importantly, my tracks would have led back to their young, so it was for their protection.

MY NEW LIFE

Eventually I had to leave. Life expectancy in that short of environment was short and I felt it was time to come back to society. Returning to the world was a tremendous culture shock, but I knew I could do a lot with the knowledge I’d acquired. I now urn a centre in Devon that helps wild and captive wolves, and offers educational courses. I want to show people that wolves aren’t savage and ruthless –they are balanced and trustworthy creatures that place their family above all else. 


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Left out

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Todd: So Paul I thought we would talk a little bit about football. Now both of our countries recently got left out in the cold for the future World Cup, so England lost to Russia for the two thousand eighteeen World Cup and the US lost out to Qatar for the two thousand and twenty two World Cup.Paul: Yes.
Todd: So first let's talk about England. How did you feel about the result?
Paul: I've become a little bit kind of apathetic towards my country and these international competitive arenas. The thing about the English is that they think that they're up there with the best but more often than not we get reminded that we're quite mediocre. Maybe there was a time in the past where we were very dominant and kind of important as far as dictating how things ran but I think that period's ended. We had the face of Beckham, we had the Prime Minister come and was there and we had Prince William and some other high ranking faces, if you like, but from what I've read the campaign, the head of the FA, the Football Association, was completely, he was another one of a long line of people who were inadequate running the Football Association. There was the BBC who released a program about corruption within FIFA weeks before the poll, the vote, so it didn't really come as a surprise to me as much as it did some of my other fellow countrypeople.
Todd: So a lot of people back in England thought that for sure you would get it?
Paul: It seemed that way, yeah, a lot of, speaking to some of my friends back at home they were like yeah we're quids in, the World Cup is coming to England. I think the campaign was kind of based on the football history of England and the passion that we have for the game and the current high level of facilities that we can provide. But I guess there was a bit of a shock like there was a shock at the England team's performance at the last World Cup. If you watched the game versus Germany, it was embarrassing, we were outclassed and not many other countries have much sympathy for England in this situation.
Todd: One thing though about your country when it comes to football, you really do have a lot of pressure I would say from the media. I mean there's a lot of maybe unrealistic expectations put on the team's performance and maybe that kind of leads to its downfall.
Paul: Yeah. The media circus yeah is very intense and there's this kind of pattern that keeps repeating itself whereby people areheralded as being the saviour and the best in the world and then they make a mistake and then they're completely destroyed. It happened to David Beckham earlier in his career where he was heralded as being the future of England and he made a small mistake and got sent off in a big game and the media response to that was just embarrassing. They really tore him to piecesso we do have this problem with the media circus within England which kind of could be said to be responsible for generating this false sense of confidence. So yeah I agree with you on that point.

Words and Their Stories: Nuts and Bolts

Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.

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Every machine is held together by its nuts and bolts.  Without them, the machine would fall apart. That is also true of an organization. Itsnuts and bolts are its basic, necessary elements. They are the parts that make the organization work.

In government, industry, diplomacy -- in most anything -- those who understand the nuts and bolts are the most important. Success depends more on them than on almost anyone else.

In government, the president or prime minister may plan and shape programs and policies. But, it takes much more work to get them approved and to make them successful.

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There is a mass of detailed work to be done. The nuts and bolts. This is often put into the hands of specialists. The top leaders are always well-known, but not those who work with the nuts and bolts.

This is equally true in the day-to-day operation of Congress. The majority leader of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, together with the chairmen of committees, keep the business of Congress moving.

Behind every Senator and Congressman, however, are assistants. These people do all the detailed work to prepare congressmen to vote wisely on each issue.

In diplomacy, the chief ministers are unquestionably important in negotiations. But there are lesser officials who do the basic work and preparations on the different issues to be negotiated.

A recent book tells of a British prime minister who decided to send an ambassador to Washington to learn if details could be worked out for joint action on an issue. The talks in Washington, the minister said, would be "of nut and bolts." He meant, of course, the talks would concern all the necessary elements to make joint action successful.

In a military operation, strategy decisions are important. But much more time is spent on the nuts and bolts -- generally called logistics -- of how to transport and supply an army.  It has been said that Napoleon was successful because he knew the field position of every one of his guns. He gave careful attention to the nuts and bolts of his operations.

The extreme importance of nuts and bolts was expressed by the Elizabethan poet, George Herbert. He wrote:

For want of a nail, the shoe is lost

For want of a shoe, the horse is lost

For want of a horse, the rider is lost.

Benjamin Franklin carried these lines even further. He wrote:

For want of a rider, the battle was lost

For want of a battle, the kingdom was lost

And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.

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This VOA Special English program, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES, was written by Marilyn Christiano. The narrator was Maurice Joyce. I'm Warren Scheer. 

When I'm 64

When I'm 64 By The Beatles 

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(Beatles)

 

1.Try to find out the missing words:

 

When I get youngerolder ,losing my 

Many yearsweeks from now.

Will you still be sending me a Valentine    greetings, a bottle of  

If I'd been out till quarter to three

Would you lock the windowdoor,

Will you still need me, will you still   me,

When I'm  

You'll be older too,

And if you say the word,

I could stay with you.

I could be handy, mending a fuse

When your lights have gone.

You can   a sweater by the  

Sunday mornings go for a ride.

Doing the garden, digging the weeds,

Who could answerask for more.

Will you still need me, will you still feed me,

When I'm sixty-four.

Every summer we can rent a  cottagehouse

In the Isle of Wight, if it's not too dear

We shall scrimp and save

Grandchildren on your  

Vera, Chuck & Dave

Send me a    , drop me a line,

Stating point of view

Indicate precisely what you mean to say

Yours sincerely, wasting away

Give me your answer, fill in a form

Mine for evermore

Will you still need me, will you still feed me,

When I'm sixty-four.

 

1.Listen to the song and check your answer.

 

 

2.What will Paul do?(Yes, he will/No, he won't)

(Put a tick next to the right answer.)

 

a.He will drive a car.

b.He will mend the fuse.
c.He will knit a sweater.
d.He will rent a cottage.

e.He will save money.

 

f.He will water the  flowers.

 

g.He will dig the weeds.

 

h.He will send a postcard.

 

3.Topic for discussion:

Your future plans

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