Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address
B1 · IntermediateAmerican English15 minSteve Jobs
About this lesson
Shadow Steve Jobs telling three stories from his life. Slow, clear American English with long pauses, ideal for a first shadowing session.
Pace: about 154 words per minute, 187 sentences.
Key vocabulary
The more advanced words in this lesson. Click any word in the sentence above for its meaning and pronunciation.
- intuition/ˌɪntuˈɪʃən/C1
- nounIntuition is knowing something or how to do it without thinking about it.
- diverge/dɪˈvɝdʒ/C1
- verbIf two or more objects move away from each other, they are diverging.
- sedate/sɪˈdeɪt/C1
- adjectiveA sedate person is calm and dignified.
- adoption/əˈdɑpʃən/B2
- nounAn act of adopting a child by different parents so that the child becomes one of their own.
- biological/ˌbaɪəˈlɑdʒɪkəl/B2
- adjectiveIf something is biological, it is related to biology or life.
- tumor/ˈtumɚ/B2
- nounA tumor is an abnormal growth of tissue in a human or animal.
- adventurous/ædˈvɛntʃɚəs/B2
- adjectiveAn adventurous person is willing to take risks or to try out new methods.
- billion/ˈbɪljən/B2
- nounThe number 1,000,000,000 (or 1,000,000,000,000 in old British usage).
- creation/kɹiˈeɪʃən/B2
- nounThe act of creating is called creation.
- dawn/dɔn/B2
- nounHalf-light in the sky before sunrise.
- decade/dɛˈkeɪd/B2
- nounA decade is a period of 10 years.
- desktop/ˈdɛskˌtɑp/B2
- nounA desktop is the top surface of the desk.
Levels follow the CEFR scale and are approximate.
