《名人传记》之乔布斯如何改变世界8:远见卓识 才华横溢

 　　The visionary pirate is being forced to walk the plank¹ off his own ship.

　　远见卓识的海盗船长只好被迫离开自己的战舰

　　He's devastated².

　　他不知所措

　　It was about two in the morning and I got a phone call.

　　大概是半夜两点钟我接到了史蒂夫的电话

　　And Steve was sobbing³ on the other end of the phone, very upset.

　　他在电话那头泣不成声 很烦恼

　　And Steve said, "oh my god, I've been pushed to the sidelines."

　　他说 "天啊 我快要崩溃了"

　　But failure only strengthened Steve Jobs's drive.

　　但失败只会让史蒂夫越挫越勇

　　His next re-invention would be a big one--Himself.

　　他的下一项再发明将震惊世界 那就是他自己

　　Visionary, genius,guru, artist.

　　远见卓识 才华横溢 引领时代 独树一帜

　　Words that get thrown around a lot when you're talking about Steve Jobs.

　　在谈到史蒂夫·乔布斯时会让人不自觉地想到这些词语

　　He was also at heart a storyteller.

　　实际上他还是一个讲故事的能手

　　He intuitively understood that people create personal bonds with things when they know their stories.

　　他似乎生来就深知 当人们知道了事物背后的故事之后会更容易产生情感上的共鸣

　　When he got bounced from Apple

　　离职苹果公司几年后

　　it took him a few years to find a new one to tell.

　　他才终于有了新故事可以述说

　　This time, instead of telling the story of computers,

　　这一次 他不再是讲述关于电脑的故事

　　his new team used computers to tell the story of some toys.

　　而是和他的团队用电脑讲述一群玩具的故事

　　It turned out pretty well.

　　结果大获成功

　　His best story yet.

　　这是他目前为止最成功的故事

　　November 22, 1995,

　　1995年11月22日

　　audiences across America are lining⁴ up for a ground-breaking movie

　　全美各地万人空巷 翘首期盼着这一部

　　that will change the film industry forever.

　　彻底改变电影界的惊天大片

　　"Toy Story."

　　《玩具总动员》

　　It would just knock your socks off.

　　这部电影绝对让人眼前一亮

　　Never seen it an animated⁵ move like this computer-generated movie.

　　这之前从来没有一部像这样的完全由电脑制作的动画电影

　　The story was incredibly moving.

　　其故事情节感人至深

　　The world is dazzled by the very first release from a small unconventional film studio called "Pixar",

　　名不见经传的皮克斯动画工作室 其第一部作品就令世界啧啧称奇

　　with Steve Jobs at the helm.

　　而工作室的掌舵人正是史蒂夫·乔布斯

　　You just got sucked in to the beauty and the sort of retina explodes.

　　其作品美妙绝伦 令人沉醉其中 目不暇接

1 plank   

n.板条，木板，政策要点，政纲条目

参考例句：

• The plank was set against the wall.木板靠着墙壁。
• They intend to win the next election on the plank of developing trade.他们想以发展贸易的纲领来赢得下次选举。

2 devastated   

v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的

参考例句：

• The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
• His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。

3 sobbing   

<主方>Ⅰ adj.湿透的

参考例句：

• I heard a child sobbing loudly. 我听见有个孩子在呜呜地哭。
• Her eyes were red with recent sobbing. 她的眼睛因刚哭过而发红。

4 lining   

n.衬里，衬料

参考例句：

• The lining of my coat is torn.我的外套衬里破了。
• Moss makes an attractive lining to wire baskets.用苔藓垫在铁丝篮里很漂亮。

5 animated   

adj.生气勃勃的，活跃的，愉快的

参考例句：

• His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。
• We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。