《名人传记》之乔布斯最后一件事26:生命是脆弱的

 　　a standing¹ ovation² for apple ceo steve jobs

　　人们纷纷起立为这位苹果的CEO鼓掌，

　　As he greeted the public for the first time In more than a year.

　　在乔布斯告别人们一年多以后首度露面时

　　he carried on working,

　　他完成了工作，

　　but the years that followed Were a roller coaster of hope and despair.

　　随之而来的人生如同轮盘赌一样 伴随着希望与绝望

　　Most poignantly³ he was asked

　　最令他感受深刻的便是

　　What the next few years might hold.

　　他被告知时日无多

　　The future is long.

　　未来还很长.

　　The last few years have reminded me that life is fragile.

　　最后的几年提醒了我，生命是脆弱的

　　Um, you know...

　　恩，你知道

　　finally he withdrew from public life.

　　最后他离开了公众生活.

　　Only his closest friends saw how he was coping

　　只有他最亲密的朋友见到他

　　With the threat of an early death.

　　整日面对着不断临近的死亡的压力

　　steve jobs loved to take walks.

　　史蒂夫乔布斯很喜欢散步

　　He did a lot of his thinking and his talking

　　他与他最亲密的朋友们总是在散步的时候

　　With his close friends like larry ellison

　　交流很多想法和交谈 比如 Larry Ellison

　　And a number of other people that he was friendly with In silicon⁴ valley,

　　或者其他硅谷的朋友

　　and he would go On these long walks sometimes around palo alto,

　　他有时会绕着他居住的Palo Alto附近

　　Where he lived, and sometimes in other places.

　　或者其他地方的路走很长一段

　　It just was his preferred method of thinking And daydreaming⁵ ideas with people.

　　这是他思考问题与白日梦般点子的特殊方式

　　One day I was out in silicon valley.

　　有一天我在硅谷外面

　　He found out about it, and he conveyed to me

　　他听说了，然后他来找我，

　　That he would like me to come over to his house,

　　让我去他家里

　　And this was just after his liver transplant,

　　这是在他刚刚进行肝脏移植手术之后

　　Which as we all know is a very serious kind of thing

　　我们都知道，那是很严重的，

　　That takes a lot of recovery,

　　需要很长时间才能恢复的

　　And he wanted me to come over

　　但是他要我过去，

　　And just talk about industry gossip In a way or events

　　聊一聊在他离开这段时间里

　　that had gone on Since he'd been kind of out of action.

　　产业中的那些事件或者消息

　　He was very frail⁶.

　　他非常虚弱.

　　We talked about his health,

　　我们谈到他的健康问题

　　And he talked about how he felt he was recovering,

　　他谈到了他康复时的感受,

　　And in the middle of this, he said, "let's go for a walk,"

　　就在这时，他说, "我们出去散散步吧"

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 poignantly   

参考例句：

• His story is told poignantly in the film, A Beautiful Mind, now showing here. 以他的故事拍成的电影《美丽境界》，正在本地上映。

4 silicon   

n.硅(旧名矽)

参考例句：

• This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
• A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。

5 daydreaming   

v.想入非非，空想( daydream的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Stop daydreaming and be realistic. 别空想了，还是从实际出发吧。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Bill was sitting and daydreaming so his mother told him to come down to earth and to do his homework. 比尔坐着空想， 他母亲要他面对现实，去做课外作业。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 frail   

adj.身体虚弱的；易损坏的

参考例句：

• Mrs. Warner is already 96 and too frail to live by herself.华纳太太已经九十六岁了，身体虚弱，不便独居。
• She lay in bed looking particularly frail.她躺在床上，看上去特别虚弱。