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Lesson 1

Audio studio

Steve Jobs is the co- founder and CEO of Apple Inc. and former CEO of Pixar Animation Studios.

He

is

the

largest

individual

shareholder

in

Walt

Disney.

His

name

is

associated

with

innovative

products

like

the

iPod,

iPhone

and

iTunes.

He

is

a

much

respected

corporate

leader

whose

management style is studied worldwide. His attention to design, function and style has won

him

millions of fans.

Jobs

was

born

in

San

Francisco

in

1955.

He

became

interested

in

computers

when

he

was

a

teenager. In 1974, he got a job as a technician at the video game maker Atari. He saved enough

money to backpack around India and then returned to Atari.

Jobs

and

Wozniak

founded

Apple

in

1976. Jobs

guided

Apple

to

become

a

major

player

in

the

digital

revolution.

The

introduction

of

the

iMac

and

other

cutting-edge

products

made

it

a

powerful

brand

with

a

loyal

following.

Jobs

also

enjoyed

considerable

success

at

Pixar.

He

created Oscar-winning movies such as Toy Story and Finding Nemo.

In 2004, Jobs was diagnosed with a cancer. In April 2009, he underwent a liver transplant and his

prognosis was “excellent.”

His advice to aspiring young entrepreneurs is: “Y

ou’ve got to find what you love.”

Lesson 2

Audio studio

Making the transition from high school to college life can be difficult. It is easy to become

discouraged,

overwhelmed

and

homesick.

Here

are

a

few

tips

that

will

make

the

transition

to

college life a little easier.

Y

ou Are in Charge of Y

our Time

Along

with

your

newfound

freedom

at

college

comes

responsibility.

Being

responsible

involves

being

able

to

manage

your

time.

Using

a

planner

to

help

you stay

organized

is

highly

recommended.

Y

ou

should

also

try

to

plan

your coursework

in

advance,

so

you can

determine

what extracurricular activities you will have time for.

It’s Important to Keep an Open Mind

When you first move to college, you’re going to be in a new place, handling new situations. So

you need to keep an open mind. College isn’t just about learning facts and theories from textbooks.

A

large part of college involves learning how to be an adult.

Home Is Only a Phone Call or Instant Message Away

If going away to college is the first time you’ve been away from home for a long period of time,

it’s natural to feel homesick. Don’t be pessimistic. And

if things get too bad, home is only a phone

call or instant message away.

Unit 2

Lesson 1

Audio studio

Searching

the

Internet

may

help

middle-aged

and

older

adults

keep

their

memories

sharp,

according to a recent study

. Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, recorded the

brain

activity

of

people

searching

the

Web

and

found

that

those with

experience

of

the

Internet

used more of their brain during their searches. This suggests that simply searching the Internet has

the

effect

of

training

the

brain

and

keeping

it

active

and

healthy.

Many

studies

have

found

that

challenging

mental

activities

such

as

puzzles

can

help

preserve

brain

function,

but

few

have

looked

at

what

role

the

Internet

might

play.

According

to

Dr

Gary

Small,

a

UCLA

expert

on

ageing, this is the first time anyone has simulated an Internet search task while scanning the brain.

Dr

Small’s

team

studied

24

normal

volunteers

between

the

ages

of

55

and

76.

Half

were

experienced at searching the Internet and the other half had no Web experience. Both groups were

asked to do Internet searches and book reading tasks while their brain activity was monitored.

The team found that people who are familiar with the Internet can engage at a much deeper level

of brain activity.

Lesson 2

Audio studio

At the dawn of the digital age, many believed that the Internet, e-mail, blogs and interactive

video games would produce a generation of more intellectually sophisticated children. The terms

“information

superhighway”

and

“knowledge

economy”

ente

red

the

dictionary,

and

it

was

assumed that teens would use their knowledge and understanding of technology to blaze a trail as

the pioneers of this new digital age. That was the promise. But the enlightenment didn’t happen.

The technology that was supposed to make young adults more intelligent, diversify their tastes and

improve their verbal skills has had the opposite effect. According to recent reports, most young

people

in

the

United

States

do

not read

literature,

visit

museums

or

vote. They cannot

explain

basic scientific methods, recount basic American history, name their local political representatives

or

locate

Iraq

or

Israel

on

a

map.

The

Dumbest

Generation

,

written

by

Mark

Bauerlein,

is

a

startling

indictment

of

the

intellectual

life

of

young

adults

and

a

timely

warning

of

its

consequences for American culture and democracy

.

Unit 4

Lesson 1

Audio studio

Paying

for

college

in

the

US

is

about

to

get

harder. Starting

in July

2007,

interest

rates

on

new

student loans will rise to 6.8 %, from today’s r

ate of 4.7 %. And interest rates on new loans that

parents take out called PLUS loans will rise to 8. 5%. The bottom line is that getting your degree

is becoming even more expensive.

On a $$20,000 loan, students will be paying about $$2,500 more over the life of the loan

just in

interest payments. And parents will have to put up $$3,000 more.

This is going to prevent a lot of young adults from living independently once they leave school.

Many will

be

unable

to

pay

off

their credit card

debt.

Parents

are

also

going

to

feel

the

pain

because they will

have

to support

their children

for

much

longer, with

the

result

that they

may

have to defer their own retirement.

Lesson 2

Audio studio

The financial aid package has just arrived in the mail from your dream school but with a slight

problem

－

it’s still not enough. Where are you going to find the extra?

One of the most common ways of paying for college is through scholarships and grants.

Scholarships

are

usually

awarded

to

students

based

on

academic

achievement

or

merit,

while

grants are usually based on other considerations, such as geographical location or financial need.

Both are considered “gift aid” and do not have to be paid back after graduation. Another way to