Jobs taking leave from Apple – Mini Chinese Lesson
According to an internal memo at Apple, Jobs has already asked the board of directors for time off, stating that he needs to temporarily focus on his health. All of the every day operations at Apple have been temporarily taken over by Tim Cook, although Jobs will still be responsible for CEO responsibilities while at the same time still participating in the company’s important strategic decisions.
Audio
Listen to the following audio file as you read through the vocabulary and news bite. You will hear the English word followed by the Chinese definition twice, read once slowly and then again at normal speed. Click the link below to begin:
ChineseHacks.com Mini Lesson: Jobs takes leave from Apple
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Vocabulary
News Bite
Traditional
據蘋果的內部信件，老賈日前已經向蘋果董事會請假，表示要暫時將重心放在自己的健康上面，一切蘋果每日營運的大小，將暫時由 Tim Cook 接手，但他本人依舊擔任執行長的職務，同時將會持續參與公司重大決策的決定。Simplified
据苹果的内部信件，老贾日前已经向苹果董事会请假，表示要暂时将重心放在自己的健康上面，一切苹果每日营运的大小，将暂时由 Tim Cook 接手，但他本人依旧担任执行长的职务，同时将会持续参与公司重大决策的决定。Pinyin
jù píngguǒ de nèibù xìnjiàn, lǎo jiǎ rìqián yǐjīng xiàng píngguǒ dǒngshìhuì qǐngjià, biǎoshì yào zànshí jiāng zhòngxīn fàng zài zìjǐ de jiànkāng shàngmiàn, yīqiè píngguǒ měirì yíng yùn de dàxiǎo jiāng zànshí yóu Tim Cook jiē shǒu, dàn tā běnrén yījiù dānrèn zhíxíng zhǎng de zhíwù, tóngshí jiānghuì chíxù cānyù gōngsī zhòngdà juécè de juédìng.English
According to an internal memo at Apple, Jobs has already asked the board of directors for time off, stating that he needs to temporarily focus on his health. All of the every day operations at Apple have been temporarily taken over by Tim Cook, although Jobs will still be responsible for CEO duties while at the same time still participating in the company’s important decisions.
Sentence Structure 1
據___，___已經向___
据___，___已经向___
jù ___, ___ yǐ jīng xiàng ___
Accoring to___, ___has already___
Usage
據稱Go Solar已經向FCC遞交了申請，希望使其可以合法在美國銷售。
据称Go Solar已经向FCC递交了申请，希望使其可以合法在美国销售。
jù chēng Go Solar yǐ jīng xiàng FCC dì jiāo le shēn qǐng, xī wàng shǐ qí kě yǐ hé fǎ zài měi guó xiāo shòu.
According to reports, Go Solar has already applied to the FCC, with hopes that this would allow them to legally sell in the US.
Sentence Structure 2
___表示要/會___將___放在___
___表示要/会___将___放在___
___ biǎo shì yào/ huì___ jiāng ___ fàng zài ___
___stated they wanted to/would____into/on____
Usage
張學友表示會將重點放在歌唱事業上
张学友表示会将重点放在歌唱事业上
zhāng xué yǒu biǎo shì huì jiāng zhòng diǎn fàng zài gē chàng shì yè shàng
Zhang Xue You stated he would put emphasis on singing
News Source
這則消息出自路透社（Reuters）官方 Twitter 快訊，他們說根據蘋果的內部信件（疑似信件原文附於跳轉後），老賈日前已經向蘋果董事會請假，表示要暫時將重心放在自己的健康上面…read more
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Dave Flynn
Dave is a designer of websites, learner of Chinese and lover of technology. Originally from the UK , he's been living in Taiwan and learning Mandarin Chinese for the last four years. He founded and runs Chinese Hacks, a blog dedicated to effectively learning Chinese.
8 Comments
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Great idea to include audio with the lesson(s), Dave!. Many thanks.
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Thanks! We’re hoping to expand on this in the future, so if you have any feedback about the format just let me know.
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yes. i think Any language lessons with audio or vedio will be better, especially for the beginners. listening and speak ing is prior to the reading and writing at the beginning.
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yeah you’re right, I need to focus more on providing audio from now on.
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Hello Dave,
how about splitting the two Chinese readings of the new bite and having one at the beginning and one at the end of the audio? I think it might have more impact that way, or how about:
News bite > vocab > news bite > English read-thru > news bite.
I think hearing the Chinese 3 times might help in retaining the vocabularly. Or you could use the ‘sentence structure’ patterns to create examples.
Just a couple of ideas.
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Thanks for the feedback. I see what you mean about listening at the beginning, then hearing the vocab, then hearing it again. The thing that worries me, though, is jumping right into Chinese, I might do vocab -> news bite -> English ->news bite. Still not sure, I’ll see what it sounds like.
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Just a little English correction: “the companies important strategic decisions” should be “the company’s important…”.
Thanks for the great mini-lesson. The audio really helps.
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Cheers Erica, most of the time is spent looking at the Chinese so it’s easy to overlook te English :-p
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