Iamhonoredtobewithyoutodayatoneofthefinestuniversitiesintheworld.Inevergraduatedfromcollege.TruthbetoldthisistheclosestI’veevergottentoacollegegraduation.Iwaslucky—IfoundwhatIlovedtodo

Iamhonoredtobewithyoutodayatoneofthefinestuniversitiesintheworld.Inevergraduatedfromcollege.TruthbetoldthisistheclosestI’veevergottentoacollegegraduation.

Iwaslucky—IfoundwhatIlovedtodoearlyinlife.WozandIstartedAppleinmyparents’garagewhenIwas20.Weworkedhardandin10yearsApplehadgrownfromjustthetwoofusinagarageintoa$2billioncompanywithover4000employees.Wehadjustreleased(发行)ourfinestcreation—theMacintosh—ayearearlierandIhadjustturned30.AndthenIgotfired.Howcanyougetfiredfromacompanyyoustarted?WellasApplegrewwehiredsomeonewhoIthoughtwasverytalentedtorunthecompanywithmeandforthefirstyearorsothingswentwell.Butthenourvisionsofthefuturebegantodivergeandeventuallywehadafallingout(吵翻).WhenwedidourBoardofDirectors(董事会)sidedwithhim(站在……一边).Soat30Iwasout.Andverypubliclyout.Whathadbeenthefocusofmyentireadultlifewasgoneanditwasdepressing.

DuringthenextfiveyearsIstartedacompanynamedNeXTanothercompanynamedPixarandfellinlovewithanamazingwomanwhowouldbecomemywife.Pixarwentontocreatetheworld’sfirstcomputeranimatedfeaturefilmToyStoryandisnowthemostsuccessfulanimationstudiointheworld.InaremarkableturnofeventsAppleboughtNeXTIreturnedtoAppleandthetechnologywedevelopedatNeXTisattheheartofApple’scurrentrenaissance(复兴).AndLaurenceandIhaveawonderfulfamilytogether.

I’mprettysurenoneofthiswouldhavehappenedifIhadn’tbeenfiredfromApple.ItwasawfultastingmedicinebutIguessthepatientneededit.Sometimeslifehitsyouintheheadwithabrick.Don’tlosefaith.I’mconvincedthattheonlythingthatkeptmegoingwasthatIlovedwhatIdid.You’vegottofindwhatyoulove.Ifyouhaven’tfoundityetkeeplooking.Don’tsettle.

67.Thispassageisprobablytakenfrom______. .

A.alecturegivenbyaprofessor

B.aspeechgiventosomecollegestudents

C.atalkgivenataconference

D.abookdealingwithaperson'sownexperience

68.Whichofthefollowingisthecorrectorderofeventsthathappenedtothespeaker?

a.HereleasedtheMacintosh.

b.HegotfiredfromApple.

c.Hereturnedto