他在楼梯上绊了一跤，伤了腿. intuition

n. 1) [U] the ability to know sth. by using your feelings rather than considering the

facts 直觉力

Nobody told me where to find you. It was sheer intuition. 没有人告诉我到哪儿去找你。我纯粹是凭直觉找到你的。 Intuition told me you were an honest man. 直觉告诉我你是个诚实的人。

n. 2) [C] （一种）直觉

I had a sudden intuition about the missing jewels.

我凭直觉突然知道失踪的珠宝的去向。I had an intuition that we would win at last. 我有一种直觉，那就是我们最终会成功。 calligraphy

n. [U] (the art of producing) beautiful handwriting 书法；书法艺术

I'm considering studying calligraphy or Chinese painting. 我正在考虑要学书法还是国画。

The graphic arts include calligraphy and lithography. 平面造型艺术包括书法和平版印刷术。 calligraph

vt. to produce by means of calligraphy 用美术体书写

serif

n. [U] a short line at the top or bottom of some styles of printed letters sanserif

n. [U] 无衬线字体

typeface

n. [C] （印刷用的）字体

typography

n. [U] 印刷术，排版，版面设计

historical

a. 1) connected with the past （有关）历史的

Are there any historical sites in this area 这个地区有什么历史遗迹吗

The book is based on historical events. 这本书是以历史事件为基础的。

a. 2) based on the study of history 有关历史研究的，历史学的

We have no historical evidence for it. 我们缺乏可以证明这一点的史学依据。 It's a historical fact. 这是历史事实。 artistically

ad. in an artistic manner 艺术性地；在艺术上

She is artistically aware. 她艺术感很强。

The room is luxuriously and artistically furnished.

衬线，截线

这个房间装饰得十分豪华雅致。 fascinating

a. extremely interesting and attractive 极有吸引力的，迷人的 The results of the survey made fascinating reading. 调查结果读起来令人饶有兴趣。 proportionally

ad. corresponding in size or amount 成比例地，相应地

Crime rate is proportionally much higher in the north of the country. 就比例而言，犯罪率在这个国家的北部要高得多。

Families with children spend proportionally less per person than families without children. 有孩子的家庭人均开销比没有孩子的家庭相对要少。 font

n. [C] 字型，字体；铅字

gut

n. [C, usu. pl.] 内心，直觉，本能

destiny

n. 1) [U] the power believed to control events 命运

Destiny drew us together.

命运把我们连在了一起。n. 2) [C] what happens to sb./sth. (thought to be decided beforehand by fate) 天数，天命

It was his destiny to die in a foreign country. 他注定要客死异国。 karma

n. [U] 因缘，因果报应

Phrases and Expressions

be honored (to do sth.) =to feel proud and happy （做某事）感到荣幸 I was honored to have been mentioned in his speech. 他在讲话中提到了我，真是荣幸。 I'm honored to meet you. 很荣幸见到您。

put (sb./sth.) up for 提供；推荐，提名

We decide to put up the family jewels for auction. 我们决定把家中的珠宝拿去拍卖。

Harrison put up for the secretaryship. 哈里森自荐秘书一职。 work out

1) to develop in a successful way 成功地发展 My first job didn't wok out. 我的第一份工作干得不好。

The new strategy may not work out well. 新战略也许不会产生令人满意的效果。

2) to train the body by physical exercise 锻炼身体

I work out regularly to keep fit. 我经常做运动以保持健康。 stumble into sth.

to become involved in sth. by chance 无意间涉足某事

The urge to wider voyages caused men to stumble into New America. 扩大航行范围的紧迫要求使人类意外地发现了新美洲。 have a hope of 有……的希望 make all the difference

to have an important effect on sb./sth.; to make sb. feel better 有很大影响，使大不相同 A few kind words at the right time make all the difference. 在适当的时候说几句体贴话能产生很大的影响.

Proper Nouns

Steve Jobs

Stanford University Pixar Animation Studios Reed College Hare Krishna Macintosh

史蒂夫·乔布斯 斯坦福大学 皮克斯动画工作室 里德学院

国际克利须那觉悟会

麦金托什电脑（苹果电脑中某系列个人电脑）

3. Questions on the text

1. What did Steve Jobs do after he dropped out of Reed College

He stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before he really quit. 2. What can we learn from Steve Jobs' narration about his biological mother His biological mother was a young college graduate student when she gave birth to Steve Jobs as a single woman. She put up Steve Jobs for adoption, and felt strongly that her son should be adopted by college graduates and sent to college in the future. 3. What kind of people were Steve Jobs' adoptive parents

His parents were a working-class couple without a college degree. His mother never graduated from college and his father never graduated from high school. However, they did send their adopted son to college as they had promised, and this cost them nearly all their savings.

4. Why did Steve Jobs drop out of Reed College

Because he had no idea what he wanted to do with his life and no idea how college was going to help him figure it out. Besides, the college was so expensive that all of his parents' savings were being spent on his tuition.

5. What did Steve Jobs think about his decision of dropping out Why

He thought it was one of the best decisions he had ever made as he looked back on his past. After he dropped out, he didn't have to take the required classes and he had the opportunity to take classes that interested him. Much of what he learned in this way proved priceless later on.

6. Why did Steve Jobs say his life as a drop-in in the college was not all romantic Because he was living a shabby life during the 18 months: he didn't have a dorm room, so he slept on the floor in friends' rooms; he returned coke bottles for the five-cent

deposits to buy food with; he would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. 7. What did Steve Jobs learn in the calligraphy class

He learned about serif and sanserif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. 8. What do you think the graduating students can learn from Steve Jobs' life experience

They might learn to trust in something—their gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. They might also learn to have the confidence to follow their heart even when off the beaten path.

4. Working with words and phrases

A. Put the following Chinese expressions into English.

生母 [biological mother] 收养某人 [adopt somebody]

签署最终的领养文件 [sign the final adoption papers] 无意间进入演艺界 [stumble into acting]

凭好奇心与直觉 [follow one's curiosity and intuition] 实际用途 [practical application]

B. Complete the following sentences with appropriate words in the text.

1. At first she threatened to dismiss us all, but later she r(elented). 2. If you can't have children of your own, why not consider a(doption) 3. She sensed something wrong by i(ntuition).

4. She went to Cambridge on a scholarship but d(ropped) out a year later. 5. I fail to see what women find so f(ascinating) about him.

6. Practice: interpreting

After the speech, a reporter interviewed Steve Jobs. The following is the conversation between the reporter and Steve Jobs. Interpret it into English with your partner. 记者：您好，乔布斯先生。我可以就您的演讲进行采访吗

Reporter: Hello, Mr. Jobs. Can I have an interview with you about your speech 乔布斯：好的。 Jobs: Sure.

记者：您能够再谈一下您的身世吗

Reporter: Can you tell your story to us again

乔布斯：就像我刚才说的，我的生母是一个年轻未婚的研究生，所以她决定让别人收养我。我的养父母都不是大学毕业生，但他们答应会供我上大学，所以我的母亲才最终同意让他们收养我。

Jobs: Just as what I said, my biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate and she decided to put me up for adoption. However, neither of my parents who adopted me went to college. My biological mother agreed at last after they promised that someday I would go to college. 记者：不过您父母确实做到了他们所承诺的，送您上了大学。

Reporter: Your parents did do what they had promised. They sent you to college. 乔布斯：是的，17年后，我考进了里德学院。

Jobs: Yes, I went to Reed College 17 years later.