- Contents
- Unit-1| Good citizens
- Lesson 1| Can you live alone?
- Lesson 2| Knowledge, skills and attitudes
- Lesson 3| Good character
- Lesson 4| Responsibilities
- Unit-2 | Pastimes
- Lesson 1| Have you any favourite pastime?
- Lesson 2| Reading really helps!
- Lesson 3| Change in pastime
- Lesson 4| Change in pastimes in Banglades
- Lesson 5| Pastimes vary
- Unit-3 | Events and festivals
- Lesson 1| Mother's Day
- Lesson 2| May Day
- Lesson 3| International Mother Language Day-1
- Lesson 4| International Mother Language Day-2
- Lesson 5| Independence Day
- Lesson 6| Pahela Boishakh
- Unit-4 | Are we aware?
- Lesson 1| The ferry boat
- Lesson 2| Are we too many?
- Lesson 3| Our food and shelter
- Lesson 4| The story of Lipi
- Lesson 5| Let's become skilled workforce
- Unit-5 | Nature and environment
- Lesson 1| The greed of the mighty rivers
- Lesson 2| Environment pollution
- Lesson 3| Man and climate
- Lesson 4| Putting our fish in hot water!
- Lesson 5| A friend of the Earth
- Unit-6 | Our neighbours
- Lesson 1| Nepal, the land of Everest
- Lesson 2| Sri Lanka: The pearl of the Indian Ocean
- Lesson 3| The Maldives
- Lesson 4| India: Unity in diversity
- Lesson 5| Bhutan: The land of happiness
- Unit-7 | People who stand out
- Lesson 1| Zainul Abedin, the great artist
- Lesson 2| The art of silence
- Lesson 3| Flashback
- Lesson 4| The begining
- Lesson 5| The missionary
- Lesson 6| Love for humanity
- Lesson 7| The wizard of Apple
- Lesson 8| Job's childhood
- Unit-8 | World heritage
- Lesson 1| The Shat Gambuj Mosque
- Lesson 2| The Somapura Mahavihara
- Lesson 3| The Statue of Liberty
- Lesson 4| Lake Baikal
- Unit-9 | Unconventional jobs
- Lesson 1| Jobs that people do
- Lesson 2| Weird jobs around
- Lesson 3| Floral career
- Unit-10 | Dreams
- Lesson 1| I have a dream
- Lesson 2| What I dream to be
- Lesson 3| They had dreams 1
- Lesson 4| They had dreams 2
- Unit-11 | Renewable energy
- Lesson 1| Renewable energy sources-1
- Lesson 2| Renewable energy sources-2
- Lesson 3| Renewable energy sources-3
- Unit-12 | Roots
- Lesson 1| My roots
- Lesson 2| My roots-2
- Lesson 3| The return of the native
- Lesson 4| In search of identity
- Unit-13 | Media and modes of e-communcation
- Lesson 1| Media and modes of e-communication
- Lesson 2| Social network services
- Lesson 3| E-learning
- Unit-14 | Pleasure and purpose
- Lesson 1| Books
- Lesson 2| Two Mothers Remembered
- Lesson 3| The Sands of Dee
- Lesson 4| Time, You Old Gipsy Man
- Lesson 5| Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
- Lesson 6| The Purple Jar-1
- Lesson 7| The Purple Jar-2
- Lesson 8| The Purple Jar-3
- Lesson 9| A Pound of Flesh
- Lesson 10| The three caskets
- Lesson 11| The trial
- Home
- Elements
The wizard of Apple
Activities
C. True or false? If false, give the correct information.
1. Jobs spent his entire career working for Apple.
Answer True.
2. He became famous because he knew how to market computers and keep the buyers happy.
Answer True.
3. He became the chairman of The Walt Disney Company.
Answer False.
Correct Ans:He became a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company.
4. Jobs left Apple in 2001.
Answer False.
Correct Ans: He left in 1985.
5. Jobs was a visionary.
Answer True
6. ‘Apple’ was struggling to bring up new operating system after developing iMac, iTunes, iPad, iPod.
Answer False.
7. Job felt the need of wireless internet connections in laptop.
Answer True.
D. Read the text in B again and answer the following qustions.
1. Write about Jobs' successful career.
Answer Steve Jobs was the co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. He was the pioneer of the personal computer revolution. He was also famous for his career in the electronic field of computers and consumers. Moreover, he also brought Apple back to profitability from the verge of bankruptcy. He also supervised the development of iMac, iTunes, iPod, iPhone and iPad. Again, it is he who made Wi-Fi a standard feature of every laptop and many other devices worldwide. Thus, he made a successful career.
2. What does 'power battle' mean?
Answer Power battle means a conflict which involves power.
3. How did Jobs manage to bring Apple back to profitalriity?
Answer Jobs supervised the development of iMac, iTunes, iPod, iPhone and iPad. He also supervised the company’s Apple Stores, iTunes Store and the App Stores and The App Stores too. Thus the success of these products and services helped Job bring Apple back to profitability from the verge of bankruptcy.
4. Why was he called a visionary?
Answer He was called a visionary because he has changed people’s perspective towards the computer and how they use it, consume personal media and how they communicate with each other.
5. Why did Jobs feel that Wi-Fi connection was needed in laptops?
Answer Jobs felt that Wi-Fi connection was needed in laptops so that people can communicate with anybody at any time.
6. Write about Steve Jobs working experience in Animation field.
Answer Job co-founded and served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios. After Disney acquired Pixar, he came to be a member of the board of directors of Walt Disney Company in 2006.