I. Please read the text after the speaker

                                    Steve Jobs and the Bauhaus

1. Great ideas are timeless. ①The works of Plato and Shakespeare speak to us now as they did then. We can say the same about Bauhaus ideas, which Steve Jobs used to produce some of our own time’s well-known products.

  2. The Bauhaus was a school of art and design established in Weimar, Germany in 1919. ②Its name means “house of building”, and its mission was to design practical objects that were beautiful and easy to use. ③Many consider the Bauhaus to be the most influential  design institution of the 20th century.

  3. ④Although the Bauhaus is probably most well-known for its building design, Bauhaus masters designed everything from furniture and clothes to typefaces and table settings. They also did painting and photography. They wanted the fine arts and practical arts to come together and they focused on the product as a whole. ⑤In their designs, the Bauhaus masters valued how a product worked as well as how it looked. Many Bauhaus designs are still produced now. They seem as fresh today as they did when they were created about a century ago.

  4. Steve Jobs grew up in a world built on Bauhaus principles. ⑥His family’s house, the one with the garage where Apple was born, reflected Bauhaus principles of simple, clean design, which didn’t cost too much. After he left college, Jobs continued to learn about typography. Simple, clean typefaces were very important to the Bauhaus look.

  5. In 1981, Steve Jobs attended a design conference at the Aspen Institute. Its campus, furniture, living quarters, and even the typography were designed by Bauhaus architect Herbert Bayer. Jobs realized this was the look he wanted for his computers. He knew it would sell, help people to work well, and also make their working spaces look more beautiful.

  6. Of course, the products created by the Bauhaus and Apple are very different, but at heart they are similar. They are both examples of the principles of simple and clean design.

II. Text analysis

Test analysis

①The works of Plato and Shakespeare speak to us now as they did then.

 柏拉图和莎士比亚的作品一如往夕地向我们述说着他们的思想。

②Its name means “house of building”, and its mission was to design practical objects 

    that were beautiful and easy to use.

译文：它的名字意为“建筑之家”，其使命是设计美观、易用的实用物品。

③Many consider the Bauhaus to be the most influential  design institution of the 20th 

    century.

译文：许多人认为包豪斯学院是二十世纪最具影响力的设计机构。

④Although the Bauhaus is probably most well-known for its building design, 

    Bauhaus masters designed everything from furniture and clothes to typefaces and 

    table settings.

译文：虽然包豪斯学院可能最著名的是其建筑设计，但包豪斯大师们设计了从 

    家具、服装到印刷字体和餐桌布置的所有物品。

⑤In their designs, the Bauhaus masters valued how a product worked as well as how it 

    looked.

译文：在他们的设计中，包豪斯大师们不仅重视产品的外观，也重视产品的功 

    用。

⑥His family’s house, the one with the garage where Apple was born, reflected Bauhaus 

    principles of simple, clean design, which didn’t cost too much.

译文：他家的房子，就是带有苹果公司诞生的车库的那座房子，体现了包豪斯简

    单、干净的设计原则，成本不高。

III. Test

1. Great ideas are timeless. ①The works of Plato and Shakespeare speak to us now as they did then. We can say the same about Bauhaus ideas, which Steve Jobs used to produce some of our own time’s well-known products.

2. The Bauhaus was a school of art and design established in Weimar, Germany in 1919. ②Its name means “house of building”, and its mission was to design practical objects that were beautiful and easy to use. ③Many consider the Bauhaus to be the most influential  design institution of the 20th century.

  3. ④Although the Bauhaus is probably most well-known for its building design, Bauhaus masters designed everything from furniture and clothes to typefaces and table settings. They also did painting and photography. They wanted the fine arts and practical arts to come together and they focused on the product as a whole. ⑤In their designs, the Bauhaus masters valued how a product worked as well as how it looked. Many Bauhaus designs are still produced now. They seem as fresh today as they did when they were created about a century ago.

4. Steve Jobs grew up in a world built on Bauhaus principles. ⑥His family’s house, the one with the garage where Apple was born, reflected Bauhaus principles of simple, clean design, which didn’t cost too much. After he left college, Jobs continued tolearn about typography. Simple, clean typefaces were very important to the Bauhaus look.

  5. In 1981, Steve Jobs attended a design conference at the Aspen Institute. Its campus, furniture, living quarters, and even the typography were designed by Bauhaus architect Herbert Bayer. Jobs realized this was the look he wanted for his computers. He knew it would sell, help people to work well, and also make their working spaces look more beautiful.

  6. Of course, the products created by the Bauhaus and Apple are very different, but at heart they are similar. They are both examples of the principles of simple and clean design.