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Past Simple and Steve Jobs Insights

This document contains a series of questions and responses about Steve Jobs and the movie about his life. Some key details summarized: 1) The movie focuses on three important product launches by Steve Jobs - the Macintosh in 1984, the Black Cube in 1988, and the iMac in 1998. 2) Jobs was a perfectionist and visionary but also mistreated people and hid health problems, showing both positive and negative qualities. 3) Key events included Jobs being ousted from Apple and founding NeXT, then returning to Apple to launch successful products like the iMac and iPod.

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Past Simple and Steve Jobs Insights

This document contains a series of questions and responses about Steve Jobs and the movie about his life. Some key details summarized: 1) The movie focuses on three important product launches by Steve Jobs - the Macintosh in 1984, the Black Cube in 1988, and the iMac in 1998. 2) Jobs was a perfectionist and visionary but also mistreated people and hid health problems, showing both positive and negative qualities. 3) Key events included Jobs being ousted from Apple and founding NeXT, then returning to Apple to launch successful products like the iMac and iPod.

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NAME: Zambrano Zamora Génesis Tamara

DATE: 20-06-2020

QUESTIONS ABOUT YOU


PAST SIMPLE
Answer the questions about you. Use the past simple in your answers.

1. What did you do yesterday?


in the night i started to watch movies with my sisters
2. What time did you go to bed last night?
I was going to sleep around 12:00 at night
3. What time did you get up this morning?
I woke up at 10:30 in the morning
4. What did you have for breakfast this morning?
I had some fried fried with omelette and a cup of coffee
5. What time did you arrive in class today?
i came to class at 1:30 pm
6. What did you watch on TV yesterday?
i do not watch tv
7. How much money did you spend yesterday?
I have no money
8. Did you go on-line this morning?
No
NAME: Zambrano Zamora Génesis Tamara
DATE: 20-06-2020

BIOGRAPHY - ALBERT EINSTEIN

Use resources like the internet, library books, or magazines to help


you fill in this report form about Albert Einstein.
1. Where was Albert Einstein born?
HE WES BORN IN GERMANY

2. What theory made him famous?


THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY

3. Which year did Albert receive a Nobel Prize for Physics?


HE RECEIVED THE 1921 NOBELPRIZE IN PHYSIES

4. Write down 2 classical instruments that Albert Einstein liked to play:


LIKE TO PLAY PIANO AND FIDDLE

5. What did his father give him that interested him in science?
BUILT A HOME WORSHOP FOR HIS EXPERIMENTS

6. Who were Albert's parents?


HIS PARENT WERE HERNANN EINSTEIN AND PAULINE KOCH

7. Fill in the missing word: Einstein was named as ''Person of the 20ST
CONTURY '' in 1999 by Time Magazine.

8. When did Albert Einstein graduate with a degree in physics and


maths?
1990
9. Who was Albert's favourite scientist?
AARON BERNSTEIN

10. Did Albert have any sisters or brothers?


YES, HE HAVE A SISTER
NAME: Zambrano Zamora Génesis Tamara
DATE: 20-06-2020

GRAMMAR WORKSHEET

‘BE’ VERB: PAST


Positives, Negatives and Questions

 Write the sentences below in the past simple.

1. I am late. I was late


2. Are they hungry? Were they hungry?
3. Thomas isn’t at school. Thomas wasn´t at school
4. Why is she watching TV? Why was she watching TV?
5. My brother is a doctor. My brother was a doctor
6. They aren’t here. They weren´t here
7. Eva is a teacher. Eva was a teacher
8. Is Mr. Smith driving? Was Mr. Smith driving?
9. Where are your books? Where were your books?
10. Are you a student? Were you a student?
11. What is that? What was that?
12. Sue isn’t tired. Sue wasn´t tired
13. My holiday is nice. My holiday was nice
14. Why are you laughing? Why were you laughing?
15. The pen is blue. The pen was blue
16. Am I the winner? Was i the winner?
17. Is the answer correct? Was the answer correct?
18. Who is sick? Who was sick?
19. We are eating. We were eating
20. That is funny. That was funny
NAME: Zambrano Zamora Génesis Tamara
DATE: 20-06-2020

GRAMMAR DISCUSSION
PAST CONTINUOUS
Student ‘A’
 Discuss the questions below with your partner.

1. What were you doing 10 minutes ago?


I was exercising

2. What were you doing at seven o’clock this morning?


Slepping

3. Were you watching TV at ten o’clock last night?


Not

4. What were you thinking about a few minutes ago?


Stressful homework

5. What was our teacher saying a few minutes ago?


explained about the virtual portfolio

6. What were you doing yesterday afternoon at three o’clock?


I received virtual classes

7. Was it raining two hours ago?


Not

8. Were we studying English two hours ago? If ‘no’, what were we doing?
Yes

9. What were you doing at noon yesterday?


Having lunch

10. What were we talking about one minute ago?


student portfolio
NAME: Zambrano Zamora Génesis Tamara
DATE: 20-06-2020

PAST PROGRESSIVE AND PAST SIMPLE WITH “WHEN”


AND “WHILE”
Look at the pictures, then put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.

John was jaging (jog) in the park when a dog attacked


(attack) him.

While I was having (have a bath, the phone


ringed (ring).

The senator was meking (make) a speech when


people started (start) to throw eggs at him.

Monica was played (play) football when the ball


hited (hit) the neighbor’s window.
NAME: Zambrano Zamora Génesis Tamara
DATE: 20-06-2020

While Mike was watching (watch) TV all


the lights went (go)

off.

The Browns were driving (drive) in their new


car when it started (start) to rain.

burglar broke (break) into the house while


Molly and Dan were playing (play) video games.
NAME: Zambrano Zamora Génesis Tamara
DATE: 20-06-2020

STEVE JOBS

What do the quotes below tell you about Steve Jobs?


„Because people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the
ones who do.”
„My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to make them better.”
„Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice.”
„Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where
excellence is expected."
„Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night
saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me."
„Technology is nothing. What's important is that you have a faith in people, that
they're basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they'll do wonderful
things with them."

1. The movie is divided into three parts, corresponding to three launches


of important products. What are the products and when were they
introduced?

a) Macintosh year 1984


b) Black Cube year 1988
c) iMac year 1998
NAME: Zambrano Zamora Génesis Tamara
DATE: 20-06-2020
2. Why was it difficult to fix Mac when it couldn’t say ‘hello’?
Because Mac required special tools and they forgot to bring tchem to the launch
3. Why didn’t Jobs want to distribute the copies of TIME?
Because Mac wasn’t on the cover
4. The title „THE MAN OF THE YEAR 1984” came to
a computer.

5. Where does Joanna Hoffman come from?


Poland

6. What, according to Jobs, does the LISA product name come from?
At the beginning of the film he says it comes from Local Integrated Systems
Architecture. At the end of the film he admits he named the computer after his
daughter.
7. Why did Jobs want to wear a white shirt with a breast pocket during
the launch?
Because a diskette can fit in it.
8. What did Steve Wozniak ask Jobs before the launch?
To acknowledge the Mac II team
9. What was the purpose of the Black Cube?
A computer for schools and colleges.
10. What University did Jobs graduate from?
None. He dropped out after the first semester.
11. What is missing in the Black Cube?
The OS (operating system)
12. Lisa is listening to a Joni Mitchell song „Both Sides Now” in two
versions. What are the differences between the versions according to
Lisa?
The first one was ‘girlish’, the other one was ‘regretful’
13. Who is John Sculley?
A former Pepsi-Cola president, Apple CEO from 1983 to 1993. Steve Jobs
persuaded Sculley to move to Apple.
NAME: Zambrano Zamora Génesis Tamara
DATE: 20-06-2020
Jobs believed Sculley was responsible for his dismissal from Apple.
14. Why did Jobs leave Apple?
Because there was a difference of opinions between Jobs and Scully and in the
conflict the Board sided with Sculley and voted to deprive Jobs of managerial
duties.
15. What did Joanna Hoffman receive her awards for? How many times in
a row?
For standing up to Jobs, three years in a row.
16. What was the REAL purpose behind creating the Black Cube?
To launch the product without the OS until NeXT finds out what Apple is going to
need; then create a producto Apple needs and return to Apple
17. What was the Newton?
one of the first PDAs, palmtops
18. Why was Jobs angry with Lisa?
Because she didn’t oppose to her mother selling the house Jobs had bought for
them
19. Who paid Lisa’s tuition?
Andy Hertzfeld
20. Why did Lisa need a therapist, according to Andy?
Because she needed a strong male role model.
21. Andy Hetzfeld. vs Andy Cummingham. Who is who?
Andy Hetzfeld works with the computers, Andy Cummingham organises the
launches.
22. What does the name of Apple Computer come from? What legend
could have been connected with it?
It was the first friendly name they encountered. The name could have been
connected with the story of a British mathematician and cryptographer, Alan
Turing, who presumably died of taking a bite of a poisoned apple.
23. What was the slogan promoting iMac?
Think different.
24. What band do Woz and Steve refer to during their argument before the
3rd launch?
NAME: Zambrano Zamora Génesis Tamara
DATE: 20-06-2020
The Beatles.
25. Why is Lisa so bitterly resentful of her father?
Because she read an old issue of TIME in which she read that Jobs denied being
her father and hired two Harvard mathematicians only to prove that 28% od men
could have been Lisa’s father.
26. The prediction of which Apple product can we hear during the
conversation between Lisa and her father on the roof?
The iPod
27. Where did iMac take its shape from?
From the drawing five-year-old Lisa made on Mac
28. Give five positive and five negative qualities of Job’s character.

* Perfectionism. *I mistreated people in job


*Cold mind. interviews
* Select the best * He hid his health problems to
keep Apple's stock high.
* Small teams.
* Refused to give shares to one
* Do not rely only on market of Apple's early employees.
research.
* Fooled Steve Wozniak
* Steve Jobs never had a
problem firing his workers.

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