Here are reflections on his life, from Steve Jobs, from a letter he wrote to himself, one month before his death.

This episode exposes you to phrases, repeated in English and Arabic, to improve your Arabic vocabulary and help you to express yourself in Arabic.

These episodes are meant to accompany and accelerate your existing Arabic language studies, whether you're using an app like DuoLingo, or you're enrolled in a more formal Arabic class. The more you expose your brain to Arabic audio, the faster you'll learn.

View the full list of English and Arabic phrases in this episode.

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Phrases in this episode:

• I grow little of the food I eat


• and of the little I do grow, I did not breed or perfect the seeds.


• I do not make any of my own clothing.


• I speak a language I did not invent or refine


• I did not discover the mathematics I use.


• I am protected by freedoms and laws I did not conceive of


• and did not legislate


• and do not enforce or adjudicate


• I am moved by music I did not create myself.


• When I needed medical attention, I was helpless to help myself survive.


• I did not invent the transistor


• the microprocessor


• object oriented programming


• or most of the technology I work with


• I love and admire my species, living and dead


• I am totally dependent on them for my life and well being.


• Steve Jobs, September 2nd, 2010