Wednesday 12 October 2011

HOW TO LIVE BEFORE YOU DIE

A commencement speech or commencement address is a speech given to graduating students, generally at a university, although the term is also used for secondary education institutions.
The "commencement" is a ceremony in which degrees or diplomas are conferred upon graduating students. A commencement speech is typically given by a notable figure in the community, during the commencement exercise. The person giving such a speech is known as a commencement speaker. Very commonly, colleges or universities will invite politicians, important citizens, or other noted speakers to come and address the graduating class.

Steve Jobs died on Thursday 6th October 2011, aged 56. His commencement speech at Stanford University has become legendary. If you have not heard it, now you have the opportunity to find out how he thought we should live our life before we die.

Listen to the speech given by Steve Jobs and do the exercises which I have prepared. Before you listen,  read the questions so that you get an idea of what you are going to hear and can make predictions. I suggest that you should listen to one story at a time, because the whole speech is quite long. When you have listened to it as many times as you need, then you can listen to it once again with the transcript.
   Activity: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B_Nb3d84W0THMWMxMDA5NzAtYTAzNi00YjY3LTkwNDQtZjJhODRkYmQyNzMw&hl=en_US

COMPLETE SPEECH:  http://youtu.be/UF8uR6Z6KLc
TRANSCRIPT (Not to be read until you have done the activities!)
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B_Nb3d84W0THNmQ4ZDY1MzgtZDE5Yi00YWJlLTkxN2YtNDg3ZDgwM2RhYzJk&hl=en_US
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