《名人传记》之乔布斯亿万富豪嬉皮士79:Macintosh终于即将面世

 　　Steve Jobs was racing¹ to ensure the Macintosh

　　乔布斯想要先声夺人

　　was the first personal computer to have icons² on the screen.

　　确保Macintosh是第一台屏幕上有图标的个人电脑

　　But just before it was due to be unveiled,

　　而就在Macintosh即将发布时

　　Microsoft suddenly announced Windows I for the PC,

　　微软突然发布了应用于个人电脑的操作系统 Windows I

　　which Apple feared would be similar.

　　苹果很担心Macintosh系统被山寨了

　　Jobs couldn't contain his fury.

　　乔布斯抑制不住自己的愤怒

　　Steve was saying, "How can you do this to us?"

　　他说"你怎么能这样?"

　　"We trusted you, you betrayed us."

　　"我们这么信任你 你却背叛了我们"

　　And I was impressed with Bill Gate's demeanour

　　我倒是对比尔·盖茨的反应印象深刻

　　because Steve Jobs yelling at you with his full force is kind of a...

　　因为乔布斯声嘶力竭地对着你大吼时 实在是...

　　a pretty frightening thing for most people!

　　对大多数人来说 实在是非常吓人的!

　　But he was kind of cool and calm.

　　但是盖茨对此却十分镇静

　　Just looked Steve back in the eye and said, "Well, Steve,

　　他与史蒂夫对视着 说"你看 史蒂夫

　　you know, what you're saying is one way of looking at it,

　　你所说的 只是看待问题的一种方式

　　but I look at it a different way.

　　但我却用另一种方式来看这件事

　　It's more like you had a rich neighbour named Xerox³

　　这就好比你有一个非常富裕的邻居 叫施乐

　　and I broke into their house to steal the television set

　　我闯入了他们的屋子去偷电视机

　　and found you had stolen it before I could."

　　却发现 你已经先我一步偷走了它"

　　Finally, after three years and millions of dollars,

　　最后 历时三年 耗费了数百万美金后

　　the Macintosh computer was ready.

　　Macintosh终于即将面世

　　It was the distillation⁴ of Steve Jobs' vision

　　这台电脑实现了乔布斯对科技的展望

　　of what technology should be.

　　那就是

　　Easy to use, intimate,

　　简单易用 平易近人

　　intended to change the lives of ordinary people.

　　旨在改变普通人的生活

　　The future of Apple rested on this strikingly-designed beige box.

　　这个设计独特的米色盒子承载了苹果的全部希望

　　Computers before the Macintosh kept us at arms length.

　　Macintosh诞生之前 我们操作计算机并非易事

　　The only way we can control them was through painstakingly⁵ moving

　　当时 电脑的操作全依仗于一个很难控制的

　　this crazy little cursor on the screen

　　怪异的小光标

　　and it looked like an alien device with these glowing green letters.

　　绿色的字母一闪一闪 它看上去就像是个外星人的玩意

　　The Macintosh put it on human scale.

　　而Macintosh却让它变得人性化了

　　Hello, I am Macintosh.

　　你好 我是Macintosh

1 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

2 icons   

n.偶像( icon的名词复数 )；（计算机屏幕上表示命令、程序的）符号，图像

参考例句：

• Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons. 用图标来区分重要的文本项。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• Daemonic icons should only be employed persistently if they provide continuous, useful status information. 只有会连续地提供有用状态信息的情况下，后台应用程序才应该一直使用图标。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

3 xerox   

n./v.施乐复印机，静电复印

参考例句：

• Xerox and Lucent are two more high-tech companies run by women.施乐和朗讯是另外两家由女性经营的大科技公司。
• You cannot take it home,but you can xerox it.你不能把它带回家，但可以复印。

4 distillation   

n.蒸馏，蒸馏法

参考例句：

• The discovery of distillation is usually accredited to the Arabs of the 11th century.通常认为，蒸馏法是阿拉伯人在11世纪发明的。
• The oil is distilled from the berries of this small tree.油是从这种小树的浆果中提炼出来的。

5 painstakingly   

adv. 费力地 苦心地

参考例句：

• Every aspect of the original has been closely studied and painstakingly reconstructed. 原作的每一细节都经过了仔细研究，费尽苦心才得以重现。
• The cause they contrived so painstakingly also ended in failure. 他们惨淡经营的事业也以失败而告终。