Stanford Report part4/8
長文のため一回のレッスンでは長くなりすぎてしまいます。
そのためいくつかのパートに分割し、約５０問づつにしました。
そのpart4です。second story 1/3
英文の単語を覚える＆タイピング練習にご利用ください。
問題文
(ｍｙ ｓｅｃｏｎｄ ｓｔｏｒｙ ｉｓ ａｂｏｕｔ ｌｏｖｅ ａｎｄ ｌｏｓｓ．)
My second story is about love and lo
(ｉ ｗａｓ ｌｕｃｋｙ ？ ｉ ｆｏｕｎｄ ｗｈａｔ ｉ ｌｏｖｅｄ ｔｏ ｄｏ ｅａｒｌｙ ｉｎ)
I was lucky ? I found what I loved t
(ｌｉｆｅ．)
life.
(ｗｏｚ ａｎｄ ｉ ｓｔａｒｔｅｄ ａｐｐｌｅ ｉｎ ｍｙ ｐａｒｅｎｔｓ’ ｇａｒａｇｅ)
Woz and I started Apple in my parent
(ｗｈｅｎ ｉ ｗａｓ ２０．)
when I was 20.
(ｗｅ ｗｏｒｋｅｄ ｈａｒｄ， ａｎｄ ｉｎ １０ ｙｅａｒｓ ａｐｐｌｅ ｈａｄ)
We worked hard, and in 10 years Appl
(ｇｒｏｗｎ ｆｒｏｍ ｊｕｓｔ ｔｈｅ ｔｗｏ ｏｆ ｕｓ ｉｎ ａ ｇａｒａｇｅ ｉｎｔｏ)
grown from just the two of us in a g
(ａ ＄２ ｂｉｌｌｉｏｎ ｃｏｍｐａｎｙ ｗｉｔｈ ｏｖｅｒ ４，０００)
a $2 billion company with over 4,000
(ｅｍｐｌｏｙｅｅｓ．)
employees.
(ｗｅ ｈａｄ ｊｕｓｔ ｒｅｌｅａｓｅｄ ｏｕｒ ｆｉｎｅｓｔ ｃｒｅａｔｉｏｎ ？ ｔｈｅ)
We had just released our finest crea
(ｍａｃｉｎｔｏｓｈ ？ ａ ｙｅａｒ ｅａｒｌｉｅｒ， ａｎｄ ｉ ｈａｄ ｊｕｓｔ)
Macintosh ? a year earlier, and I ha
(ｔｕｒｎｅｄ ３０．)
turned 30.
(ａｎｄ ｔｈｅｎ ｉ ｇｏｔ ｆｉｒｅｄ．)
And then I got fired.
(ｈｏｗ ｃａｎ ｙｏｕ ｇｅｔ ｆｉｒｅｄ ｆｒｏｍ ａ ｃｏｍｐａｎｙ ｙｏｕ)
How can you get fired from a company
(ｓｔａｒｔｅｄ？ ｗｅｌｌ， ａｓ ａｐｐｌｅ ｇｒｅｗ ｗｅ ｈｉｒｅｄ ｓｏｍｅｏｎｅ)
started? Well, as Apple grew we hire
(ｗｈｏ ｉ ｔｈｏｕｇｈｔ ｗａｓ ｖｅｒｙ ｔａｌｅｎｔｅｄ ｔｏ ｒｕｎ ｔｈｅ)
who I thought was very talented to r
(ｃｏｍｐａｎｙ ｗｉｔｈ ｍｅ， ａｎｄ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅ ｆｉｒｓｔ ｙｅａｒ ｏｒ ｓｏ)
company with me, and for the first y
(ｔｈｉｎｇｓ ｗｅｎｔ ｗｅｌｌ．)
things went well.
(ｂｕｔ ｔｈｅｎ ｏｕｒ ｖｉｓｉｏｎｓ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｆｕｔｕｒｅ ｂｅｇａｎ ｔｏ)
But then our visions of the future b
(ｄｉｖｅｒｇｅ ａｎｄ ｅｖｅｎｔｕａｌｌｙ ｗｅ ｈａｄ ａ ｆａｌｌｉｎｇ ｏｕｔ．)
diverge and eventually we had a fall
(ｗｈｅｎ ｗｅ ｄｉｄ， ｏｕｒ ｂｏａｒｄ ｏｆ ｄｉｒｅｃｔｏｒｓ ｓｉｄｅｄ ｗｉｔｈ)
When we did, our Board of Directors
(ｈｉｍ．)
him.
(ｓｏ ａｔ ３０ ｉ ｗａｓ ｏｕｔ．)
So at 30 I was out.
(ａｎｄ ｖｅｒｙ ｐｕｂｌｉｃｌｙ ｏｕｔ．)
And very publicly out.
(ｗｈａｔ ｈａｄ ｂｅｅｎ ｔｈｅ ｆｏｃｕｓ ｏｆ ｍｙ ｅｎｔｉｒｅ ａｄｕｌｔ ｌｉｆｅ)
What had been the focus of my entire
(ｗａｓ ｇｏｎｅ， ａｎｄ ｉｔ ｗａｓ ｄｅｖａｓｔａｔｉｎｇ．)
was gone, and it was devastating.
(ｉ ｒｅａｌｌｙ ｄｉｄｎ’ｔ ｋｎｏｗ ｗｈａｔ ｔｏ ｄｏ ｆｏｒ ａ ｆｅｗ)
I really didn't know what to do for
(ｍｏｎｔｈｓ．)
months.
(ｉ ｆｅｌｔ ｔｈａｔ ｉ ｈａｄ ｌｅｔ ｔｈｅ ｐｒｅｖｉｏｕｓ ｇｅｎｅｒａｔｉｏｎ ｏｆ)
I felt that I had let the previous g
(ｅｎｔｒｅｐｒｅｎｅｕｒｓ ｄｏｗｎ ？ ｔｈａｔ ｉ ｈａｄ ｄｒｏｐｐｅｄ ｔｈｅ)
entrepreneurs down ? that I had drop
(ｂａｔｏｎ ａｓ ｉｔ ｗａｓ ｂｅｉｎｇ ｐａｓｓｅｄ ｔｏ ｍｅ．)
baton as it was being passed to me.
(ｉ ｍｅｔ ｗｉｔｈ ｄａｖｉｄ ｐａｃｋａｒｄ ａｎｄ ｂｏｂ ｎｏｙｃｅ ａｎｄ)
I met with David Packard and Bob Noy
(ｔｒｉｅｄ ｔｏ ａｐｏｌｏｇｉｚｅ ｆｏｒ ｓｃｒｅｗｉｎｇ ｕｐ ｓｏ ｂａｄｌｙ．)
tried to apologize for screwing up s
(ｉ ｗａｓ ａ ｖｅｒｙ ｐｕｂｌｉｃ ｆａｉｌｕｒｅ， ａｎｄ ｉ ｅｖｅｎ ｔｈｏｕｇｈｔ)
I was a very public failure, and I e
(ａｂｏｕｔ ｒｕｎｎｉｎｇ ａｗａｙ ｆｒｏｍ ｔｈｅ ｖａｌｌｅｙ．)
about running away from the valley.
(ｂｕｔ ｓｏｍｅｔｈｉｎｇ ｓｌｏｗｌｙ ｂｅｇａｎ ｔｏ ｄａｗｎ ｏｎ ｍｅ ？ ｉ)
But something slowly began to dawn o
(ｓｔｉｌｌ ｌｏｖｅｄ ｗｈａｔ ｉ ｄｉｄ． ｔｈｅ ｔｕｒｎ ｏｆ ｅｖｅｎｔｓ ａｔ)
still loved what I did. The turn of
(ａｐｐｌｅ ｈａｄ ｎｏｔ ｃｈａｎｇｅｄ ｔｈａｔ ｏｎｅ ｂｉｔ．)
Apple had not changed that one bit.
(ｉ ｈａｄ ｂｅｅｎ ｒｅｊｅｃｔｅｄ， ｂｕｔ ｉ ｗａｓ ｓｔｉｌｌ ｉｎ ｌｏｖｅ．)
I had been rejected, but I was still
(ａｎｄ ｓｏ ｉ ｄｅｃｉｄｅｄ ｔｏ ｓｔａｒｔ ｏｖｅｒ．)
And so I decided to start over.
(ｉ ｄｉｄｎ’ｔ ｓｅｅ ｉｔ ｔｈｅｎ， ｂｕｔ ｉｔ ｔｕｒｎｅｄ ｏｕｔ ｔｈａｔ)
I didn't see it then, but it turned
(ｇｅｔｔｉｎｇ ｆｉｒｅｄ ｆｒｏｍ ａｐｐｌｅ ｗａｓ ｔｈｅ ｂｅｓｔ ｔｈｉｎｇ ｔｈａｔ)
getting fired from Apple was the bes
(ｃｏｕｌｄ ｈａｖｅ ｅｖｅｒ ｈａｐｐｅｎｅｄ ｔｏ ｍｅ．)
could have ever happened to me.
(ｔｈｅ ｈｅａｖｉｎｅｓｓ ｏｆ ｂｅｉｎｇ ｓｕｃｃｅｓｓｆｕｌ ｗａｓ)
The heaviness of being successful wa
(ｒｅｐｌａｃｅｄ ｂｙ ｔｈｅ ｌｉｇｈｔｎｅｓｓ ｏｆ ｂｅｉｎｇ ａ ｂｅｇｉｎｎｅｒ)
replaced by the lightness of being a
(ａｇａｉｎ， ｌｅｓｓ ｓｕｒｅ ａｂｏｕｔ ｅｖｅｒｙｔｈｉｎｇ．)
again, less sure about everything.
(ｉｔ ｆｒｅｅｄ ｍｅ ｔｏ ｅｎｔｅｒ ｏｎｅ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｍｏｓｔ ｃｒｅａｔｉｖｅ)
It freed me to enter one of the most
(ｐｅｒｉｏｄｓ ｏｆ ｍｙ ｌｉｆｅ．)
periods of my life.