《名人传记》之乔布斯如何改变世界11:鲍勃·迪伦和披头士的粉丝

 　　What's on your playlist?

　　你的播放列表里有什么歌

　　Uh, you know, definite, techno, the usual.

　　你知道的 电子舞曲之类的

　　Before Steve Jobs did the word play list exist?

　　在史蒂夫·乔布斯之前有"播放列表"这个词吗

　　When I was a radio DJ we used play lists.

　　我当电台DJ那会儿我们就用播放列表

　　All right ,never mind.

　　好吧 不说这个了

　　He did gave us an entirely¹ new way to listen to music.

　　他的确让我们以一种全新的方式来听音乐

　　He didn't invent the MP3 player.

　　他并没有发明MP3播放器

　　He just saw possibilities in it that others had overlooked.

　　他只是发现了那些被别人忽视的可能性

　　He made it simple, sturdy and sexy.

　　他让它变得简洁 坚固和漂亮

　　Look at this thing.

　　看看这小家伙

　　And he didn't just change the way we listen to music

　　他改变的不仅仅是我们听音乐的方式

　　he changed the entire music business.

　　而是整个音乐产业

　　He changed...well everything.

　　其实他改变了...一切

　　Steve Jobs came of age in the heyday² of rock n' roll

　　史蒂夫·乔布斯经历过摇滚乐的全盛时期

　　and he was a music junky.

　　而且他自己也是个乐迷

　　He was a fanatic³ about Bob Dylan and the Beatles.

　　他是鲍勃·迪伦和披头士的粉丝

　　And I think that love for music really shaped some of his interests as he returned to CEO of Apple and thought about he could revitalize the company.

　　而且我认为他对音乐的那份热爱在他重回苹果CEO之位后影响了他复兴苹果的决策

　　As Jobs' begins his second tour at Apple in the late '90s,

　　当乔布斯于九十年代末回归苹果后

　　he fuses his two lifelong passions music and computers to created a revolutionary new gadget⁴.

　　他将人生中的两大最爱 电脑与音乐融合到一起 创造了一个革命性的新产品

　　This amazing little device holds 1,000 songs.

　　这个神奇的小设备可以储存一千首歌

　　It fits right in my pocket.

　　刚好可以放进我的口袋

　　In October of 2001, Apple launches the iPod,

　　苹果于2001年10月推出iPod

　　the rock star of all music players.

　　它立刻变成音乐播放器中的超级明星

　　This thing was not just a music player.

　　这不仅仅是个音乐播放器

　　It was a sculpture.

　　简直就是一件艺术品

　　It was something that you wanted to touch it and interact with it.

　　你会情不自禁地想触碰 想使用

　　The latest fruit of the apple tree immediately becomes an object of lust⁵.

　　"苹果"树结出最新果实立刻变成人人向往的单品

　　You didn't know you wanted it until you saw it in your friends' hand

　　你不知道你想要它 直到看见你朋友拿着它

　　and all of a sudden you realize how great it was.

　　然后突然间你意识到它真的很棒

　　How exciting.

　　令人兴奋

　　It's so convenient to have all of your music in your pocket.

　　很便捷 可以把所有歌曲放到口袋里

　　Just crazy.

　　太神奇了

　　It was great.

　　太厉害了

　　Like the coolest thing, I don't Know,to hit my pocket in a while.

　　可以说是我口袋里装的最酷的东西

1 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

2 heyday   

n.全盛时期，青春期

参考例句：

• The 19th century was the heyday of steam railways.19世纪是蒸汽机车鼎盛的时代。
• She was a great singer in her heyday.她在自己的黄金时代是个了不起的歌唱家。

3 fanatic   

n.狂热者，入迷者；adj.狂热入迷的

参考例句：

• Alexander is a football fanatic.亚历山大是个足球迷。
• I am not a religious fanatic but I am a Christian.我不是宗教狂热分子，但我是基督徒。

4 gadget   

n.小巧的机械，精巧的装置，小玩意儿

参考例句：

• This gadget isn't much good.这小机械没什么用处。
• She has invented a nifty little gadget for undoing stubborn nuts and bolts.她发明了一种灵巧的小工具用来松开紧固的螺母和螺栓。

5 lust   

n.性(淫)欲；渴(欲)望；vi.对…有强烈的欲望

参考例句：

• He was filled with lust for power.他内心充满了对权力的渴望。
• Sensing the explorer's lust for gold, the chief wisely presented gold ornaments as gifts.酋长觉察出探险者们垂涎黄金的欲念，就聪明地把金饰品作为礼物赠送给他们。