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Listening:                      Grammar-in-Context






Printable nine-page lesson: Steve Jobs
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Steve Jobs
Part 1: Listen & Understand

Listen to the article about Steve Jobs, and then answer the questions below (click 'Let's Go' to check your answers.)

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Part 2: Grammar-in-Context

Read the article and choose the correct words to complete the sentences (click 'Let's Go' to check your answers.)

Steve Jobs
Do you have an iPad, iPhone, iPod, or a Mac computer?  If you don't, you probably know someone who has one (or wants one)!  Steve Jobs (1)_____ the company - Apple - that created these things that are now such an important part of the lives of so many people.  He (2)_____ on February 24, 1955 in San Francisco, California.  When he was a boy, he (3)_____ a special hobby: he (4)_____ take apart televisions and radios - and then put them back together again.  He (5)_____ a very good student in school, and even skipped a grade (he finished grade four and (6)_____ into grade six).  In 1972, when he was 17, he graduated from high school.  He then began his studies in college, (7)_____ dropped out after six months.  Two years later, he travelled to India (8)_____ he stayed for seven months and learned about Buddhism.  After he returned to the U.S., he (9)_____ a job as a video game designer.  However, in 1976 (when he was only 21) he created (10)_____ own company - Apple Computer - with his friend Steve Wozniak.  Steve Jobs later got married in 1991 and had three (11)_____.  Unfortunately, his doctors discovered that he had cancer in 2003 and in 2011 he (12)_____ at the age of 56.

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