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Passage retelling 1. Summary outline: 1. The start of Steve Jobs’ life; 2. The reason why he dropped out of college; 3. What he learned in the calligraphy class after dropping out of college; 4. The effect of what he learned in the calligraphy class in his life; 5. The implications of Steve Jobs’ story. Reference answer: Steve Jobs was adopted several months after birth since his biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student. As his parents had promised, Jobs did go to college 17 years later. However, he found the college was much too expensive and he couldn’t see the value of attending it, so he dropped out six months later. Then he dropped in on a calligraphy class which he found fascinating. He learned serif and sanserif typefaces and many other things, of which he found an application 10 years later—they were all designed into the first Macintosh computer. It made all the difference in Jobs’ life. If he had never dropped out, he would have never dropped in on the calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have had the wonderful typography that they do. Therefore, one has to trust in something—his/her gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever, and this approach will give one the confidence to follow whatever he/she trusts in. 2. Summary outline: 1. John’s taking a snapshot of an ancient document alluding to the formula for acquiring wealth; 2. John’s work on the document; 3. John’s starting the adventurous quest for wealth; 4. John’s disappointment when he finished putting the gems into the holes; 5. John’s enlightenment about this adventure. Reference answer: John got the news about an ancient document which was believed to uncover a mysterious formula for acquiring wealth. With a shot at sudden wealth, John began to work on it. He borrowed his neighbor’s camera, went to the library and read books on ancient language. Finally he deciphered the message: to acquire the wealth, the seeker must place eight precious gems in each of the