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Read the passage about Steve Jobs's ideas. Complete it with the right words in the box.
learn from, started, lessons, important, sold, teachers, brings, test, mistakes, students
We can take some 1.
Making Mistakes
I think that the main reason why we can hardly find proper ways to improve the education system that no longer serves us well is simply fear, fear of failure, fear of getting it wrong. 3.
Motivation(动机) Matters
We've concentrated(专注于) so much on results that we don't always reward good motivations. But these things are very important. In our schools, we've cared so much about 5.
How to Define(定义) Failure?
Apple, the company that Steve Jobs 7.
暑假作业
been ahead of its time. Today, we see what the technology 8.
Changing Our Model
The company 9.
Underline the new words and write out their meanings in the passage, then make up sentences with them.
11. 12.
13. 14.
15.
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Read the passage about Steve Jobs's ideas. Complete it with the right words in the box.
learn from, started, lessons, important, sold, teachers, brings, test, mistakes, students
We can take some 1.
lessons
from Steve Jobs's amazing life. Steve Jobs had a passion(激情) for education. He is resting in peace, but we still have a chance to 2. learn from
his courage and innovation(革新).Making Mistakes
I think that the main reason why we can hardly find proper ways to improve the education system that no longer serves us well is simply fear, fear of failure, fear of getting it wrong. 3.
Teachers
fear that innovation could endanger their jobs. Steve had the attitude we need in education right now. "Sometimes when you create something, you make 4. mistakes
. It is best to admit them and get on with improving your other innovations." That's the kind of spirit we need to have.Motivation(动机) Matters
We've concentrated(专注于) so much on results that we don't always reward good motivations. But these things are very important. In our schools, we've cared so much about 5.
test
results that we've lost creativity. We seldom reward 6. students
for their hard work, but we punish failure. As a result, we lose imagination and find no motivation to try something that has a chance of ending in failure.How to Define(定义) Failure?
Apple, the company that Steve Jobs 7.
started
shows us how technology could influence educational innovation. But in 1985, he was forced out of Apple. At the same year, he started NeXT. The company developed and manufactured(制造)a series of(一系列) computer workstations intended for(打算供……使用) the higher education and bussiness market. NeXT wasn't really financially(经济上) successful. But it may have暑假作业
been ahead of its time. Today, we see what the technology 8.
brings
into the classroom.Changing Our Model
The company 9.
sold
around 50,000 computers, but that would be missing the point. It was a NeXT cube workstation that encouraged the first web server. It helped in the development of early Internet technology. Truly, Steve Jobs has taught us that results are not the most 10. important
things in life.Underline the new words and write out their meanings in the passage, then make up sentences with them.
11. 12.
13. 14.
15.
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答案
1. lessons
2. learn from
3. Teachers
4. mistakes
5. test
6. students
7. started
8. brings
9. sold
10. important
11-15. Answers are variable.
2. learn from
3. Teachers
4. mistakes
5. test
6. students
7. started
8. brings
9. sold
10. important
11-15. Answers are variable.
