Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.This program is brought to you by Stanford University
2.Please visit us at stanford.edu Thank You
3.I am honored to be with you today at your from one of the finest universities in the world
4.Truth be told I never graduated from college and this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation
5.Today I want to tell you three stories from my life
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B1)
unexpected
A2Not expected, anticipated or foreseen.
Example:
"got a call in the middle of the night asking: "We have an unexpected"
intellectual
B1An intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters.
Example:
"death was a useful but purely intellectual concept:"
idealistic
A2Of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism.
Example:
"35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic,"
commencement
B2The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing
Example:
"Thank You. I am honored to be with you today at your commencement"
following
A2To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction.
Example:
"And much of what I stumbled into by following"
throughout
A2Completely through, right the way through.
Example:
"Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer,"
artistically
B1In an artistic manner.
Example:
"artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture,"
beleiveing
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"Beleiveing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart"
entrepreneurs
B1A person who organizes and operates a business venture and assumes much of the associated risk.
Example:
"I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs"
sometimes
A2Former; sometime.
Example:
"Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith."
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| unexpected | A2 | Not expected, anticipated or foreseen. |
| intellectual | B1 | An intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters. |
| idealistic | A2 | Of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism. |
| commencement | B2 | The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing |
| following | A2 | To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction. |
| throughout | A2 | Completely through, right the way through. |
| artistically | B1 | In an artistic manner. |
| beleiveing | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| entrepreneurs | B1 | A person who organizes and operates a business venture and assumes much of the associated risk. |
| sometimes | A2 | Former; sometime. |
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