商务英语阅读（基础篇）unit_2_Famous_People_Legends教材教学课件.ppt

Unit Twofamous People Legends ;; Text A Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.; Text A Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.;;Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever experienced to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just disappeared in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn’t even know what a pancreas was. ;The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advisedme to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor’s code for prepare to die. It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought you’d have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is complete so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes.;I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I’m fine now.;When I was young, there was an amazing magazine called ?The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo P