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1、World Reacts to Announcement of Steve Jobs Death vDo you know this man?vIf not, then are you familiar with this mark?vSteve Jobsvthe co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer of the Apple, a legend as god. He makes the expensive and rare electronic products become one part of our modern life.

2、vHe created iPad, iPod, iTunes Store, iPhone,macbook and so many other well-known digital products. ListeningvListen to the tape for the first time.vHow old was Jobs when he died?vHow many cities did you hear?vHong KongvWashingtonvCupertinovListen to the tape for two times, and fill in the 7 missing

3、 words.v From 1 to Cupertino, and from 2 to the Blogosphere, news that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs 3 away at age 56 came as a jolt, 4 to Apple users like Mark Ciolli. I really couldnt 5 that he passed away.I 6 that it was a marketing stunt, and 7enough it was confirmed.WashingtonHong Kongpassedespec

4、iallybelievethoughtsureWords and Expressionv1. pass away去世，與世長辭（委婉）英文中其它關(guān)于“某人死了”的表達(dá)：vsb died. v死亡（直接）v咽氣vsb has breathed his last v見上帝死了vsb was called to the God. v“某人時(shí)辰到了”vsbs time has come. v2. co- 前綴表示“一起，共同”vco-founder (founder 創(chuàng)始人) v共同創(chuàng)始人vcooperation （operation 操作，經(jīng)營）v合作v3. blogosphere 是一個(gè)合成詞vB

5、log (博客)+sphere (球體，范圍) 博客圈v4. jolt n./v. （使）震驚，（使）搖動(dòng)v5. especially adv. 尤其地，特別地vespecial adj. 特別的，突出的v6. marketing stunt 市場(chǎng)炒作vmarket n. 市場(chǎng)，交易v v. 推銷，去市場(chǎng)買賣vstunt n. 特技；噱頭；花招vstuntman 特技替身演員v7. confirm v. 確認(rèn)，批準(zhǔn)，證實(shí)TranslationvKeys:vnews that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs passed away at age 56 came as a jolt.v主干結(jié)構(gòu) ?v蘋果公司的共同創(chuàng)始人史蒂夫.喬布斯去世了，享年56歲，這個(gè)消息令人震驚 vHong Kongv香港vWashingtonv全稱：vWashington D.Cv