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Apple Inc former CEO Steve Jobs died on Wednesday at the age of only 56.

 

About one year ago, he was found a rare form of pancreatic cancer.The Apple.com homepage featured a black-and-white picture of him with the world "Steve Jobs,1955-2011".Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built,and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple.

 

The Silicon Valley icon who gave the world the iPod and the iPhone had resigned as CEO of the world's largest technology corporation in August,handing the reins to current chief executive Tim Cook.

 

"Steve's brilliance,passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve," Apple said in a statement announcing Job's passing.

 

Job's health had been a controversial topic for years.His battle with cancer had been a deep concern to Apple fans, investors and the company's board alike. In past years, even board members have confided to frends their concern that Jobs, in his quest for privacy, wasn't being forthcomming enough with directors about the true condition of his health.

 

Now, despite investor confidence in Cook, who has stood in for his boss during three leaves of absence, there remain concerns about whether the company would stay a creative force to be reckoned with beyond the next year or so without its founder and visionary at the helm.

 

“Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life”, Jobs said during a Stanford commencement ceremony in 2005.

 

Just say :wish you happy in another world--------Jobs.

 

 

 

 

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rare ----罕见的

pancreatic ----胰腺的

cancer  ---癌

featured ---有..的面貌特征的

spirit  ---灵魂

foundation ----根本

corporation  ----有限公司

reins -----激情

executive  ----执行的

brilliance   ----光辉

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immeasurably  --无限制地

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investor   --投资者

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privacy   ---秘密

despite  --不管

absence  --不在

helm  ---舵

encounter  ---遇到

commencement  -毕业典礼