YOYO English Club

Dear ISGers:
We're going to read Steve Jobs' speech to memorize him.
"How to Live before You Die"

Pls watch the video and pick your favorite sentence from it and post it on forum.

Q: How much do you understand Steve Jobs? What he did impresses you the most?
Q: The title is interesting, How to Live before You Die, if you know you're going to die, can you live as him? What's your attitude to your last days?
Q: What does this line mean in his speech, "You can’t connect the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking backwards."?
Q: Steve Jobs is a genius because of himself, not school. Do you think our education restricts us?
Q: Among his 3 stories, which story touches you and why?

Time: a.m. 8:00-9:00

[reference]
Script (Don't take a peek before "listening" the whole speech for one time.)

What does TC stand for?

Kooper 寫:What does TC stand for?

Traditional Chinese

The article is elusive even in Chinese, not to mention discussing it in English. I wonder what you would like us to discuss and what I can talk about, to be frank. I can only recognize two types of my mind - conscious mind and subliminal one. The rest mentioned in the article seem to mix with one another to me. A big question is - what exactly is the purpose of dividing a human being's mind into seven categories?

Here you can read introductions for the model of the human, "Egg Diagram", in English - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychosynthesis

Kooper 寫:Here you can read introductions for the model of the human, "Egg Diagram", in English - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychosynthesis

Yeah, thanks for your sharing and suggestion. Let me ponder should I change subject.

What if, we read Steve Jobs' speech to memorize him. What do you say?
"How to Live before You Die"

Dear Navi and Kooper,

I have not read the main article yet (since it is a Chinese version). I have been waiting for an English version of the topic and questions for discussion until now.

No idea of the content of this topic, so it's a bit surprising to me - are we switching to another topic? What are we going to discuss tomorrow and what should I prepare in advance?

Dear ISG members,

I think I will skip tomorrow's meeting. Wish you a fruitful discussion!

Sherry Liao 寫:Dear ISG members,

I think I will skip tomorrow's meeting. Wish you a fruitful discussion!

OK, i decided to switch steve jobs' speech since no one reply my inquiry.
Pls take me previous article as outside reading if you're interested in it.

Sherry Liao 寫:Dear ISG members,

I think I will skip tomorrow's meeting. Wish you a fruitful discussion!

Oh, no. is that because of my procrastination??

chiron 寫:Dear ISGers:
We're going to read Steve Jobs' speech to memorize him.
"How to Live before You Die"

Pls watch the video and pick your favorite sentence from it and post it on forum.

Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there.
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

Hi Navi,

I like the sentence "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish" because it reminds me I should always keep learning to keep up with the world. And life is more interesting if we take an interest in other people's life.

Regards,
Janet