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Steve Jobs: From Leaving Apple to Changing the World|Learn Japanese N5–N4

Steve Jobs ― Appleをつくり、もう一度いちどもどったひと

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Steve Jobs ― Appleをつくり、もう一度いちどもどったひと

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In this video, we will talk about Steve Jobs.

Appleつくひと一人ひとり

Steve Jobs was one of the people who founded Apple.

AppleMaciPhone世界中せかいじゅう使つかつく

Apple has created products used around the world, including the Mac and iPhone.

使つかうつく大切たいせつ

Jobs placed great importance on making computers easy to use and beautiful to look at.

かれ人生じんせい

However, his life did not always go smoothly.

わか大学だいがく友人ゆうじんちい会社かいしゃはじ

When he was young, he left college and started a small company with a friend.

会社かいしゃおお自分じぶんつくAppleはな

The company grew, but Jobs eventually had to leave the Apple he had helped create.

あたら会社かいしゃつくあたら仕事しごとつづ

Even so, he founded a new company and continued doing new work.

やく10ねん一度いちどAppleもど

Then, about ten years later, he returned to Apple once again.

iMaciPodiPhoneあたら製品せいひん次々つぎつぎ

After that, he introduced one new product after another, including the iMac, iPod, and iPhone.

今回こんかいAppleつく経験けいけんふたた成功せいこう人生じんせい

Let us look at how Steve Jobs created Apple, experienced failure, and found success again.

Chapter 1

コンピューターがきだった少年しょうねん

1955ねんしゅう

Steve Jobs was born in California, United States, in 1955.

いえそだ

Soon after he was born, he was raised in the home of a couple named Paul and Clara.

ちちなおものつく

His father, Paul, enjoyed repairing machines and making things.

ちちものそだ

Jobs also grew up beside his father, looking at many different objects.

ものなか一度いちど

He became interested in taking things apart, looking inside them, and putting them back together.

場所ばしょちか関係かんけい会社かいしゃ

Near where Jobs lived, there were many companies connected with electronics and computers.

あたらちか

Because of this, he was able to see new technology up close from childhood.

学校がっこう

At school, he was not always a well-behaved child.

授業じゅぎょうかん先生せんせいこま

Sometimes he found his classes boring and caused trouble for his teachers.

自分じぶんつよ興味きょうみ

However, he showed a very strong interest in the things he liked.

とく電子でんし機器きき

He was especially interested in electronics and computers.

高校こうこうせい

When he was in high school, Jobs met Steve Wozniak.

すこ年上としうえ

Wozniak was a little older than Jobs.

電子でんし機器ききつく得意とくい

He was also very good at building computers and electronic devices.

二人ふたりちがあたら技術ぎじゅつおな

The two had different personalities, but they shared a love of new technology.

実際じっさいつく得意とくい

Wozniak was skilled at actually building computers.

おおひと使つかかんが

When Jobs saw this, he thought, “This could become something many people can use.”

二人ふたり出会であのちApple

The meeting of these two men would later lead to Apple.

Chapter 2

大学だいがくめたあとにまなんだこと

1972ねん高校こうこう大学だいがくはい

In 1972, Jobs graduated from high school and entered college.

大学だいがくかね

However, attending college required a great deal of money.

自分じぶん本当ほんとまな家族かぞくかね使つか

Jobs began to question using his family's money when he still did not know what he truly wanted to study.

大学だいがくはいやく半年はんとし大学だいがく

About six months after entering college, he decided to leave.

興味きょうみ授業じゅぎょう参加さんか

Even after that, he continued attending classes that interested him.

ひと文字もじかたちうつくまな授業じゅぎょう

One of them was a class about the shapes and beauty of letters.

うつく文字もじ文字もじ文字もじあいだひろまな

Jobs learned about beautiful lettering and the spacing between letters.

勉強べんきょうなんやく

At the time, he did not know how those lessons would help him in the future.

会社がいしゃつく予定よてい

He had no plans to start a computer company.

自分じぶんおもまな

He studied it simply because he found it interesting.

なんねんMacintoshつくやく

Many years later, this experience became useful when he created the Macintosh.

画面がめんうつく文字もじ使つかかんが

Jobs wanted to use beautiful lettering on computer screens as well.

大学だいがく経験けいけん普通ふつうかんが失敗しっぱい

Leaving college may look like a failure in the usual way of thinking.

大学だいがく自分じぶん本当ほんと興味きょうみまな時間じかん

However, because he left, he gained time to study what truly interested him.

経験けいけんのち仕事しごと

That experience would later connect to his work.

Chapter 3

Appleがはじまる

1970ねんだいいまおおちが

Computers in the 1970s were very different from those of today.

おおたかおお普通ふつう使つか

Many were large and expensive, and they were not something ordinary families used.

自分じぶんちいつく

However, Wozniak was building a small computer himself.

ひとかんが

Jobs saw it and thought they could sell it to other people.

1976ねんApple Computerはじ

In 1976, Jobs, Wozniak, and their partners started Apple Computer.

二人ふたり20だい

The two men were still in their twenties.

最初さいしょApple I名前なまえ

The first computer they sold was called the Apple I.

つく方法ほうほうかんが

Wozniak built the computer, while Jobs worked out how to sell it.

1977ねんApple II

In 1977, the Apple II appeared.

Apple IIおお

The Apple II was a major success.

ひとAppleおお会社かいしゃ

More and more people bought it, and Apple grew into an increasingly large company.

1980ねんAppleおお会社かいしゃわかおお成功せいこう

By 1980, Apple had grown even larger, and Jobs had achieved great success at a young age.

かね

However, Jobs did not simply want to earn a lot of money.

簡単かんたん使つかかんが

He wanted to make computers easier to use.

当時とうじ使つかおお

At the time, many computers were difficult for beginners to use.

画面がめん使つかおおひと使つかようかんが

Jobs believed that if people could look at a screen and use a mouse, many more people would be able to use computers.

かんが製品せいひんひとMacintosh

One of the products born from that idea was the Macintosh.

Chapter 4

Macintoshとおおきな失敗しっぱい

1984ねんAppleMacintosh発表はっぴょう

In 1984, Apple introduced the Macintosh.

Macintosh画面がめん表示ひょうじ使つか

On the Macintosh, pictures and icons appeared on the screen, and users could control it with a mouse.

いま普通ふつう使つかかた当時とうじあたら

This is ordinary today, but it was very new at the time.

使つか一般いっぱんひと簡単かんたん使つかようかんが

Jobs wanted computers to be easy enough for ordinary people to use, not only experts.

使つかつよ

For that reason, he cared deeply not only about features, but also about appearance and ease of use.

Macintoshおおあつ

The Macintosh attracted a great deal of attention.

However, not everything went well.

Appleおお会社かいしゃひとかんがかた

As Apple became a large company, Jobs and the other people there increasingly disagreed.

製品せいひんつくたかもと

Jobs demanded extremely high standards in order to make good products.

一緒いっしょはたらひとつよ

As a result, he sometimes had serious conflicts with the people who worked with him.

1985ねん会社かいしゃなかおお問題もんだい

In 1985, a major problem arose within the company.

Macintosh仕事しごとはず

Jobs was removed from his work on the Macintosh.

自分じぶんつくAppleはな

He then decided to leave the Apple he had helped create.

30さい

He was only thirty years old.

20だい会社かいしゃつくおお成功せいこう自分じぶん会社かいしゃはな

After starting a company in his twenties and achieving great success, he had to leave his own company.

For Jobs, it was an extremely painful event.

かれ人生じんせい

But his life did not end there.

あたら仕事しごとはじ

After this, he began new work.

経験けいけんのちAppleもど

That experience would later lead him back to Apple.

Chapter 5

あたらしい会社かいしゃとPixar

AppleはなNeXTあたら会社かいしゃつく

After leaving Apple, Jobs founded a new company called NeXT.

NeXT学校がっこうひと使つかつく

At NeXT, he built computers for schools and researchers.

あたら技術ぎじゅつ使つか

They used new technology and were carefully designed as well.

値段ねだんたかおおひと製品せいひん

However, they were expensive and did not become products that sold to large numbers of people.

Appleおお成功せいこう

He was not able to achieve the kind of major success he had enjoyed at Apple right away.

NeXTつく技術ぎじゅつ大切たいせつ

Even so, the technology developed at NeXT would become very important.

映画えいが仕事しごとかか

Around this time, Jobs also became involved in the movie business.

1986ねん会社かいしゃ会社かいしゃPixar名前なまえ

In 1986, he bought a computer company, which was renamed Pixar.

Pixar使つかつく会社かいしゃ

Pixar was a company that used computers to create moving images.

最初さいしょだい成功せいこう

It was not a major success from the beginning.

あたら映像えいぞう技術ぎじゅつつくなが時間じかん会社かいしゃそだ

The company spent many years growing while developing new visual technology.

1995ねんToy Story映画えいが

Then, in 1995, a film called Toy Story was released.

つくなが映画えいがおお話題わだい

As a feature-length animated film created with computers, it became a major topic of conversation.

映画えいが成功せいこうPixar有名ゆうめい会社かいしゃ

The film succeeded, and Pixar became a famous company.

Appleはな映画えいが世界せかいあたら経験けいけん

After leaving Apple, Jobs gained new experience not only in computers, but also in the world of film.

経験けいけんのち仕事しごとおお

That experience would also have a major influence on his later work.

Chapter 6

Appleへもど

1990ねんだいなかAppleくる

In the mid-1990s, Apple was in a very difficult situation.

製品せいひんつく会社かいしゃ

It was making many products, but the company was not doing well.

なに一番いちばん大切たいせつ会社かいしゃ

It had also become unclear what the company considered most important.

一方いっぽうAppleあたら必要ひつよう

Meanwhile, Apple needed a new computer operating system.

1996ねんAppleNeXT

So, in 1996, Apple decided to buy NeXT.

Appleもど

As a result, Jobs returned to Apple as well.

自分じぶんつく会社かいしゃはなやく10ねん

About ten years had passed since he had left the company he created.

1997ねん一度いちどApple中心ちゅうしん仕事しごと

In 1997, Jobs once again began working at the center of Apple.

もど製品せいひんかず

After returning, the first thing he did was reduce the number of products.

つく本当ほんとう大切たいせつ製品せいひん

Instead of making many different things, the company focused on the products that truly mattered.

1998ねんAppleiMac発表はっぴょう

Then, in 1998, Apple introduced the iMac.

当時とうじ四角しかくおないろおお

At the time, many computers were box-shaped and came in similar colors.

iMacまるかたちあかいろ使つか

The iMac, however, had a rounded shape and a design that used bright colors.

大切たいせつかんが

Jobs believed that appearance mattered in computers, not only performance.

iMac成功せいこう

The iMac was a success.

Appleすこ元気げんきもど

Little by little, Apple regained its strength.

以外いがいあたら製品せいひんかんが

Jobs then began thinking about new products beyond computers.

Chapter 7

iPodからiPhoneへ

2001ねんAppleiPod発表はっぴょう

In 2001, Apple introduced the iPod.

iPodちい機械きかいなか音楽おんがく製品せいひん

The iPod was a small device that could hold a large amount of music.

音楽おんがく

People could carry it anywhere and listen to the music they liked.

Appleつく会社かいしゃ

Apple was becoming more than just a company that made computers.

音楽おんがくひろ

Later, services that let people manage music on computers and buy it online also became widespread.

大切たいせつひと製品せいひん

What Jobs valued was not limited to a single product.

機械きかい一緒いっしょかんが簡単かんたん使つか大切たいせつ

He valued designing hardware and software together so that they would be easy to use.

2007ねんあたら製品せいひん発表はっぴょう

Then, in 2007, Jobs introduced a new product.

iPhone

It was the iPhone.

当時とうじちい

At the time, mobile phones had many small buttons.

iPhoneおお画面がめんゆびさわ操作そうさ

The iPhone, however, had a large screen that people could touch and control with their fingers.

電話でんわ音楽おんがく使つか

It could do more than make calls: users could listen to music and access the internet as well.

いまゆび操作そうさ普通ふつう

Today, controlling a smartphone with your fingers is completely normal.

当時とうじiPhoneおおひとあたらおどろあた

At the time, however, the iPhone gave many people a new kind of surprise.

世界中せかいじゅうひろ

After that, smartphones spread around the world.

ひと方法ほうほう写真しゃしん方法ほうほう使つか方法ほうほうおお

The ways people contacted one another, took photos, and used the internet changed greatly.

一人ひとりiPhoneつく

Of course, Jobs did not create the iPhone by himself.

おお一緒いっしょつく

Many engineers and designers created it together.

なか簡単かんたん使つかかんがつづ

Within that team, Jobs continued asking how they could make it even easier to use.

Chapter 8

最後さいごまであたらしいものをつく

AppleもどiMaciPodiPhoneiPad発表はっぴょうかか

After returning to Apple, Jobs was involved in introducing the iMac, iPod, iPhone, iPad, and other products.

Appleふたたおお世界中せかいじゅう会社かいしゃ

Apple grew large once again and became a company known around the world.

からだ問題もんだいかか

However, Jobs began to have health problems.

2004ねんおお病気びょうき

In 2004, he underwent surgery for a serious illness.

あと仕事しごとつづからだ調子ちょうしわる仕事しごとやす

He continued working afterward, but his health was poor, and he increasingly took time away from work.

2011ねん8がつAppleCEO

In August 2011, Jobs stepped down as Apple's CEO.

おなとし10がつ56さい

In October of the same year, he died at the age of fifty-six.

仕事しごと成功せいこう

Not everything in Jobs's career was successful.

大学だいがく

He left college.

自分じぶんつくAppleはな

He also had to leave the Apple he had created.

NeXTつくおおひと

The computers he made at NeXT also failed to sell to large numbers of people.

あたらはじ

But each time, he started something new.

大学だいがくまな文字もじうつくMacintosh

The beauty of lettering that he studied in college influenced the Macintosh.

AppleはなつくNeXT技術ぎじゅつのちApple使つか

The technology created at NeXT after he left Apple was later used at Apple.

失敗しっぱい経験けいけんなんねんべつかたちやく

Experiences that looked like failures became useful in different ways years later.

人生じんせい出来事できごとなん

Jobs's life contained many events like these.

Summary

この動画どうがのまとめ

今回こんかい人生じんせい

In this video, we have looked at the life of Steve Jobs.

1955ねん機械きかい興味きょうみ

He was born in the United States in 1955 and became interested in machines and computers as a child.

大学だいがくはいやく半年はんとし

He entered college but left after about six months.

あと自分じぶん興味きょうみまなつづ

Even afterward, he continued studying the things that interested him.

一緒いっしょ1976ねんAppleはじ

Then, together with Steve Wozniak, he started Apple in 1976.

Apple II成功せいこう会社かいしゃおお1984ねんMacintosh発表はっぴょう

The success of the Apple II helped the company grow, and in 1984 Apple introduced the Macintosh.

翌年よくとしAppleはな

However, the following year, Jobs had to leave Apple.

自分じぶんつく会社かいしゃはなおお失敗しっぱい経験けいけん

He experienced the enormous failure of leaving the company he had created himself.

あたら会社かいしゃNeXTつくPixar仕事しごとかか

Even so, he founded a new company called NeXT and became involved in Pixar's work.

やく10ねん一度いちどAppleもど

Then, about ten years later, he returned to Apple once again.

AppleもどiMaciPodiPhoneあたら製品せいひん次々つぎつぎ発表はっぴょう

After returning, he introduced one new product after another, including the iMac, iPod, and iPhone.

人生じんせい失敗しっぱいなに大切たいせつ

Jobs's life shows us that what matters is what we do after we fail.

意味いみ経験けいけんやく

Even an experience that seems meaningless at the time can become useful later.

大学だいがくまなAppleはな経験けいけんあと成功せいこう

What he learned after leaving college and what he experienced after leaving Apple both led to his later success.

一人ひとり技術ぎじゅつつくひと

Steve Jobs was not a person who created every technology by himself.

おおひと一緒いっしょむずか技術ぎじゅつ簡単かんたん使つか

However, working with many other people, he tried to make difficult technology easier to use.

かれかかMaciPhone製品せいひんいまわたし生活せいかつおおあた

The products he helped create, including the Mac and iPhone, still have a major influence on our lives today.