B) Answer the teacher’s questions

c) Comment on the following statements:

· The happiness gained from money does not last and the pleasure wears off as you get used to it.

· Money is not the only source of content, and other factors, such as a strong marriage, play an important role.

· Sometimes money creates more problems than it solves.

4. a) Read the text filling in the gaps with the proper words.

Steven Paul Jobs was born in California, USA, on February 24, 1955, _______ (1 – by / to / with) an American mother and a Syrian father, a political __________ (2 – science / studies / economics) professor. Soon after his birth, Jobs was ____________ (3 – suggested / offered / put up) for adoption. He was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs who _________ (4 – called / named / referred to) him Steven Paul Jobs. To this day, Jobs dislikes Paul and Clara being called his ____________ (5 – adopted / adoptive / adoption) parents, and prefers to simply refer to them as his ‘parents’.

In 1972, Jobs _____________ (6 – left / graduated / finished) from high school and ___________ (7 – entered / went / enrolled) in Reed College in Portland, Oregon, but he _____________ (8 – was expelled / dropped out / gave up) two years later to work as a video game designer. His aim was to save enough money to go to India and _____________ (9 – experience / investigate / try) Buddhism.

Back in the US in the autumn of 1974, Jobs went into _____________ (10 – money / business / company) with his high school friend Stephen Wozniak. Jobs understood that computers would ____________ (11 – appeal / attract / call) to a broad audience. He managed to obtain finance for his first _____________ (12 – marketing / marketable / market) computer, the Apple II, in 1977. Apple Inc. was formed and ___________ (13 – met with / saw / faced) immediate success.

Seven years later, Jobs introduced the Mackintosh computer but the ________________ (14 – merchandise / sales / purchases) of the first Macs were disappointing. This led to tensions in the company, and in 1985 he ____________ (15 – retired / dismissed / resigned).

In late 1996, Apple, saddled by huge financial losses and on the verge of ___________ (16 – collapse / breakdown / bankruptcy), asked Jobs to come back. He accepted, and quickly ______________ (17 – put forward / engineered / launched) an award-winning advertising campaign that urged customers to ‘think different’ and buy Mackintoshes.

In 1998, he introduced the iMac, an egg-shaped computer that ______________ (18 – offered / suggested / proposed) high-speed processing at a reasonable price. It was a(n) _____________ (19 – immediate / moment’s / instant) success. Steve Jobs had saved his company and, in the process, ________________ (20 – reestablished / manifested / acknowledged) himself as a master high-technology marketer.

b) Answer the teacher’s questions.

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