《名人传记》之乔布斯亿万富豪嬉皮士81:被迫离开亲手创立的公司

 　　The most serious disagreement was between Steve Jobs

　　而最严重的分歧则存在于史蒂夫·乔布斯

　　and the man he had made Chief Executive, John Sculley.

　　和他亲自任命的首席执行官 John Sculley之间

　　Steve has a tendency to be binary¹ about people

　　史蒂夫评价他人时往往倾向于非此即彼

　　You know, sort of, he flipped² on John Sculley.

　　他对John Sculley的态度好像突然发生了转变

　　The two men were battling over the future of Apple.

　　两个人为了公司的未来争论不休

　　I was focused on the cash-flow of the Apple II.

　　我关注的是苹果二代计算机的资金流动

　　We had to have that coming in.

　　我们得有现金流入

　　Steve wanted to drop the price of the Macintosh,

　　而史蒂夫想下调Macintosh的售价

　　and put more marketing³ against the Macintosh.

　　将更多资金用于对Macintosh的营销

　　I felt we couldn't afford that.

　　我认为我们负担不起

　　30-year-old Jobs had picked a fight with a formidable foe⁴.

　　30岁的乔布斯不自量力地发起了一场战争

　　Sculley came from PepsiCo, a very political organisation⁵,

　　Sculley来自百事公司 那是一个党派化严重的团体

　　and he was a skilful⁶ infighter

　　而他是个老道的内斗派

　　who knew how to play the games, and Steve didn't.

　　他深谙游戏规则 但史蒂夫却太天真了

　　I said, "Steve, I'm going to the board of directors."

　　我说 史蒂夫 我得去找董事会谈谈了

　　He didn't think I'd do that, but I did,

　　他不相信我真的会去 但是我去了

　　and the board said, "We agree with John.

　　董事会说 我们同意John的想法

　　"We don't agree with you, Steve."

　　我们不支持你 史蒂夫

　　They asked Steve to step down from heading the Macintosh division.

　　他们要求史蒂夫辞去Macintosh分部的领导岗位

　　Jobs had been forced out of the company he had created.

　　乔布斯被迫离开了他亲手创立的公司

　　It was a humiliating taste of failure.

　　尝到了失败的苦涩滋味

　　I got a phone call, late at night and it was Steve.

　　深夜里 我接到一个电话 那是史蒂夫打来的

　　He sounded really despondent⁷ and very, very sad.

　　他听上去心灰意冷 非常非常难过

　　And I knew he was all alone at his great big unfurnished mansion⁸ up in Woodside.

　　我知道 他当时一定独自呆在伍德塞德那栋空荡荡的大宅子里

　　I got in my car, drove up there, and it was totally dark

　　随后 我就开着车去了伍德赛德 那儿伸手不见五指

　　and rather creepy, and I found the house

　　简直叫人毛骨悚然 我找到了那栋房子

　　and went in and climbed up stairs by myself and found him

　　走了进去 自己开门 爬上楼梯

　　in his bedroom just laying down and he was very, very sad.

　　发现他呆在他的卧室里 就这么静静地躺在床上 伤心到了极点

　　And I just stayed there, as a friend.

　　作为朋友 我呆在那儿陪了他一晚上

1 binary   

adj.二，双；二进制的；n.双(体)；联星

参考例句：

• Computers operate using binary numbers.计算机运行运用二进位制。
• Let us try converting the number itself to binary.我们试一试，把这个数本身变成二进制数。

2 flipped   

轻弹( flip的过去式和过去分词 )； 按（开关）； 快速翻转； 急挥

参考例句：

• The plane flipped and crashed. 飞机猛地翻转，撞毁了。
• The carter flipped at the horse with his whip. 赶大车的人扬鞭朝着马轻轻地抽打。

3 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

4 foe   

n.敌人，仇敌

参考例句：

• He knew that Karl could be an implacable foe.他明白卡尔可能会成为他的死敌。
• A friend is a friend;a foe is a foe;one must be clearly distinguished from the other.敌是敌，友是友，必须分清界限。

5 organisation   

n.组织，安排，团体，有机休

参考例句：

• The method of his organisation work is worth commending.他的组织工作的方法值得称道。
• His application for membership of the organisation was rejected.他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。

6 skilful   

(=skillful)adj.灵巧的，熟练的

参考例句：

• The more you practise,the more skilful you'll become.练习的次数越多，熟练的程度越高。
• He's not very skilful with his chopsticks.他用筷子不大熟练。

7 despondent   

adj.失望的，沮丧的，泄气的

参考例句：

• He was up for a time and then，without warning,despondent again.他一度兴高采烈，但忽然又情绪低落下来。
• I feel despondent when my work is rejected.作品被拒后我感到很沮丧。

8 mansion   

n.大厦，大楼；宅第

参考例句：

• The old mansion was built in 1850.这座古宅建于1850年。
• The mansion has extensive grounds.这大厦四周的庭园广阔。