《名人传记》之乔布斯亿万富豪嬉皮士70:萌发创建苹果的想法

 　　People who've done that have another angle on, er,

　　真正接触过电子设备的人

　　whether technology is bad or good.

　　对科技的利弊有更客观的判断

　　They think that technology that pushes them around is bad

　　他们认为 如果科技控制了人性 那它就是不好的

　　and technology that they can push in their own direction they think is good.

　　但如果科技能以人为本 它就是好的

　　While he was still at school,

　　乔布斯还在念书的时候

　　Jobs worked at one of the big computer companies near his home in Silicon¹ Valley.

　　曾在硅谷的一家大型计算机企业工作

　　And he made a friend who would shape his destiny.

　　就在这时 他遇见了一位改变了他命运的朋友

　　We talked about electronics. I said, "I design computers.

　　谈到电子学时 我对他说 我会设计电脑

　　"I can, you know, do any of them." He had worked at Hewlett Packard

　　什么电脑我都能做出来 而他自己那时正在惠普公司工作

　　and built himself what's called a frequency counter.

　　还自己做了台频率计数器

　　So we hit it off.

　　就这样 我们一拍即合

　　Despite his hippy outlook, Jobs had a ruthless streak².

　　尽管是个嬉皮士 乔布斯也有他残酷的一面

　　He was asked by the fledgling computer company Atari

　　他曾受一家新兴的电脑公司雅达利的邀请

　　to design a new Breakout game.

　　去设计一款打砖块电脑游戏

　　Jobs asked Wozniak to do it in just four days,

　　乔布斯只给了Wozniak四天的时间

　　telling his friend they would share the fee.

　　并告诉他 他们将平分报酬

　　He presented it like we were splitting the money 50/50,

　　他当时的意思是五五分成

　　but actually, it was, you know, probably a different story.

　　但事实却完全不是这样

　　Wozniak worked round the clock to deliver the goods

　　Wozniak夜以继日 终于完成了任务

　　but later discovered Jobs had paid him considerably³ less

　　但乔布斯最后付给他的钱

　　than half the sum he had received from Atari.

　　却远远少于他之前所承诺的二分之一

　　You didn't think, "I can't trust this guy"?

　　你就没想过 "我不能相信这家伙"吗？

　　or "He's a bit too sharp for me"?

　　或者说 "他对我来说太精明了"？

　　Steve could have just said,

　　史蒂夫完全可以直截了当地告诉我

　　I need money to buy into this commune up in Oregon.

　　他需要这笔钱去支付俄勒冈公社的费用

　　Have you never harboured any bitterness that he might have?

　　你记恨他吗？

　　I don't harbour bitterness.

　　我不记恨谁

　　Even if somebody just did that right to my face, I would not harbour bitterness.

　　就算有人当面这么对我 我也不会心怀怨恨

　　But I would acknowledge the truth. Um, I did cry.

　　但我承认 为这事我的确哭过

　　I cried, you know, quite a bit, actually, when I read it in a book.

　　其实在书里读到这里的时候 我哭得挺伤心

　　The seed of Apple were sow when Wozniak introduced Jobs

　　当Wozniak把他带到一个地下DIY科技爱好者组织时

　　to a subterranean⁴ world of DIY technology enthusiasts⁵.

　　创建苹果公司的想法在乔布斯心中萌芽了

1 silicon   

n.硅(旧名矽)

参考例句：

• This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
• A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。

2 streak   

n.条理，斑纹，倾向，少许，痕迹；v.加条纹，变成条纹，奔驰，快速移动

参考例句：

• The Indians used to streak their faces with paint.印第安人过去常用颜料在脸上涂条纹。
• Why did you streak the tree?你为什么在树上刻条纹？

3 considerably   

adv.极大地；相当大地；在很大程度上

参考例句：

• The economic situation has changed considerably.经济形势已发生了相当大的变化。
• The gap has narrowed considerably.分歧大大缩小了。

4 subterranean   

adj.地下的，地表下的

参考例句：

• London has 9 miles of such subterranean passages.伦敦像这样的地下通道有9英里长。
• We wandered through subterranean passages.我们漫游地下通道。

5 enthusiasts   

n.热心人，热衷者( enthusiast的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A group of enthusiasts have undertaken the reconstruction of a steam locomotive. 一群火车迷已担负起重造蒸汽机车的任务。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Now a group of enthusiasts are going to have the plane restored. 一群热心人计划修复这架飞机。 来自新概念英语第二册