《名人传记》之乔布斯最后一件事122:乔布斯被告知患上了癌症

 　　half a million songs are downloaded On itunes every day,

　　每天有50万首歌曲被从iTunes上下载

　　In many cases changing artists' lives.

　　在很多程度上改变了艺术家的生活

　　Hip-hop group the black eyed peas were asked To star in an itunes commercial.

　　嘻哈团体黑眼豆豆在iTunes商店里成为明星

　　They later became the most downloaded band on itunes,

　　他们很快成为iTunes上下载量最大的团队

　　But at the time, they didn't understand This new cultural phenomenon.

　　但曾几何时，他们根本不理解这种新生事物

　　They said, "hey. They want to use a black eyed peas song For an itunes commercial,"

　　他们说，"嘿，他们要用黑眼豆豆的歌当做iTunes里的商品"

　　And I said what's itunes?"

　　然后我说，"iTunes是神马玩意儿?"

　　And they said, "they're not paying much,

　　然后他们说，"他们不会支付你们很多，

　　But they're going to give you guys ipods."

　　但是他们要给你们iPods"

　　"what's an ipod?"

　　"iPod又是神马?"

　　This is the new ipod nano.

　　这是一个新款的iPod Nano

　　but jobs' influence on the music industry Went far beyond simple star making.

　　但是乔布斯对音乐产业的影响远远不止巨星打造上

　　Way before itunes,

　　在iTunes 产生之前

　　steve jobs has been A part of music

　　史蒂夫乔布斯就已经是音乐产业的一部分了，

　　because every major studio Has a mac computer in it.

　　因为每间主要的音乐工作室都有一台Mac电脑

　　I mean, the mac computer is an artist's computer.

　　我的意思是，Mac电脑是一台艺术家的电脑

　　Musicians are still important,

　　音乐家依然非常重要，

　　But people like steve jobs are uber, uberimportant.

　　但是人们认为史蒂夫乔布斯要更加重要

　　They bought cds, and they want to buy downloads.

　　他们购买CD，他们也会为下载支付

　　People don't want to rent their music.

　　人们不愿意租借出音乐

　　life in apple's orchard¹ Had never been more fruitful².

　　在苹果的音乐商店还没富有成效的时候

　　Then steve jobs learned³ he had cancer.

　　史蒂夫乔布斯被告知他患上癌症

1 orchard   

n.果园，果园里的全部果树，(美俚)棒球场

参考例句：

• My orchard is bearing well this year.今年我的果园果实累累。
• Each bamboo house was surrounded by a thriving orchard.每座竹楼周围都是茂密的果园。

2 fruitful   

adj.有收获的，富有成效的

参考例句：

• Our return with fruitful results to the city surprised them.我们满载而归回到城里，这使他们很是惊奇。
• The work will be more fruitful under this plan.按照这一方案，做这工作将更有成效。

3 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。