《名人传记》之乔布斯亿万富豪嬉皮士72:将苹果推上一个巅峰

 　　A surprising number of people who came along as hippies

　　二十世纪六七十年代的许多嬉皮士和反主流文化运动先锋

　　and counter-culture folks in the '60s and '70s

　　其实到头来

　　wound up going into business.

　　最终都从商了

　　Business was a way to have some freedom in the world.

　　从商也能让人获得某种层面上的自由

　　Steve Jobs later said he'd set up the business almost by chance.

　　乔布斯后来说 他几乎是出于机缘巧合才创办的这个企业

　　We started Apple simply because we wanted this computer for ourselves

　　我们做苹果电脑本来只是给自己用的

　　and our immediate¹ friends wanted one once they saw us build a prototype.

　　然后亲朋好友看见我们的样机 就也想要一个

　　So gradually, we were pulled into business.

　　于是慢慢地我们就有生意了

　　We didn't set out to build a large company.

　　我们一开始并没有计划创建一家大公司

　　We started out to build a few dozen computers for us and our friends.

　　我们的初衷只是为了给自己和朋友们组装电脑

　　To Apple's co-founder, though, the reality is a little less idealistic.

　　不过对于Wozniak来说 事实并不如乔布斯所说的那么单纯

　　Steve was always sort of focussed on if you can build things

　　乔布斯一直坚持 如果你做的东西能够卖得出去

　　and sell them, you can have a company. And the way you make money

　　你就该创办企业 如果你想要挣钱

　　and importance in the world is with companies.

　　想要获得影响力 开办企业就是最直观的方式

　　And he always spoke² that he wanted to be one of those important people in the world.

　　他总是说 他想要成为那种举足轻重的大人物

　　So he'd got the business side pretty clearly.

　　所以他是很有商业头脑的

　　He got the business side but he did tie it in philosophically³ with,

　　没错 他是一个商人 但他也有更深层次上的追求

　　"This is how you get good things to people."

　　那就是要造福大众

　　It wasn't, "I only want money."

　　他并不是一个唯利是图的人

　　It was Wozniak's next computer,

　　Wozniak接下来设计的电脑

　　which propelled Apple into the stratosphere.

　　将苹果推上了一个巅峰

　　Released in 1977,

　　苹果机二代于1977年面世

　　the Apple II was the first home computer with colour graphics⁴.

　　它是第一台拥有彩色图像的家用电脑

　　Over the next three years, sales grew rapidly

　　其后三年 它的销量迅速上升

　　to more than $150 million,

　　交易额超过1.5亿美元

　　taking Apple from a suburban⁵ garage to the pinnacle⁶ of a new industry...

　　这使得苹果从一个家用车库里的小公司

　　personal computing⁷.

　　一举成为了个人电脑这一新行业的霸主

1 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 philosophically   

adv.哲学上；富有哲理性地；贤明地；冷静地

参考例句：

• He added philosophically that one should adapt oneself to the changed conditions. 他富于哲理地补充说，一个人应该适应变化了的情况。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Harry took his rejection philosophically. 哈里达观地看待自己被拒的事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 graphics   

n.制图法，制图学；图形显示

参考例句：

• You've leveraged your graphics experience into the video area.你们把图形设计业务的经验运用到录像业务中去。
• Improved graphics took computer games into a new era.经改进的制图技术将电脑游戏带进了一个新时代。

5 suburban   

adj.城郊的，在郊区的

参考例句：

• Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。
• There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。

6 pinnacle   

n.尖塔，尖顶，山峰；(喻)顶峰

参考例句：

• Now he is at the very pinnacle of his career.现在他正值事业中的顶峰时期。
• It represents the pinnacle of intellectual capability.它代表了智能的顶峰。

7 computing   

n.计算

参考例句：

• to work in computing 从事信息处理
• Back in the dark ages of computing, in about 1980, they started a software company. 早在计算机尚未普及的时代（约1980年），他们就创办了软件公司。