《名人传记》之乔布斯最后一件事121:用音乐征服世界

 　　in fact, we were quite taken aback

　　事实上，我们被震撼到了，

　　By the standing¹ ovation² and seeing some of the people

　　观众们站立起来喝彩

　　From where we were sitting onstage actually shedding tears.

　　有些不停擦拭眼泪

　　It sounds strange, but it was actually an emotional thing.

　　听起来很奇怪，但是那真的是很感人的事情

　　So I can move this with just a touch anywhere I want.

　　我能把这个朝我想要的任何方向移动

　　steve jobs, now at the peak of his creative genius,

　　史蒂夫乔布斯，正在他个人创意天赋的巅峰

　　Was leading apple to the peak of its creative success.

　　同时领导着苹果公司到达创意成就的巅峰

　　The key to the success of the company

　　苹果公司成功的关键，

　　Was in moving beyond the computer,

　　在于超越电脑产业的远见

　　Was in seeing how the microprocessor³

　　在于预见到了微处理器

　　Was getting so cheap that it could be applied⁴ To other consumer electronic devices.

　　将会便宜到能够为其他消费级电子产品服务

　　innovative⁵ new products poured

　　不断革新的产品理念，

　　In a seemingly endless stream From apple's development laboratories,

　　流淌在着苹果的整个产品研发过程中

　　Pouring a stream of cash into apple's coffers.

　　变成源源不断的利润

　　250 million or a billion or however many ipods are out there

　　2.5亿或10亿甚至不管多少iPods 组成了今天的苹果公司

　　Are what built the apple of today, not the mac.

　　而不是麦金塔电脑

　　Approaching the age of 50,

　　在五十岁的时候，

　　Barely a quarter of a century after making His first million greenbacks,

　　在他第一次拥有了一百万美金的四分之一个世纪之后，

　　jobs was worth $2.3 billion.

　　乔布斯身价2.3亿美元

　　Now he picked up the pace of apple's evolution.

　　现在他引领着苹果公司发展的脚步

　　Computers? They were yesterday's news.

　　个人电脑? 那是昨天的新闻了.

　　He was conquering the world of music.

　　他用音乐征服了世界.

　　Great new products.

　　伟大的新产品.

　　jobs was hurting his competitors.

　　乔布斯让他的竞争者们痛苦

　　Itunes pretty well killed off the music store,

　　iTunes 太棒了以至于灭绝了音乐商店

　　And virgin⁶ megastores, you know, have slowly Been disappearing around the world.

　　而那些传统的音像店，正在全世界慢慢消失

1 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

2 ovation   

n.欢呼，热烈欢迎，热烈鼓掌

参考例句：

• The hero received a great ovation from the crowd. 那位英雄受到人群的热烈欢迎。
• The show won a standing ovation. 这场演出赢得全场起立鼓掌。

3 microprocessor   

n.微信息处理机

参考例句：

• I've got a typerwriter with a microprocessor.我有一台装有微处理机的打字机。
• I decided to write a program for a microprocessor.我决定为微处理机编制一套程序。

4 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

5 innovative   

adj.革新的，新颖的，富有革新精神的

参考例句：

• Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
• He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。

6 virgin   

n.处女，未婚女子；adj.未经使用的；未经开发的

参考例句：

• Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗？
• There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。