《名人传记》之乔布斯一代创意天才132:苹果第二代电脑获得空前成功

 　　A year after the company started,

　　在苹果电脑公司成立一年之后

　　the Apple II computer debuted¹

　　苹果第二代电脑

　　at the West Coast Computer Faire

　　在西岸电脑节首度推出

　　in April 1977

　　在1977年4月

　　It had a sleek² plastic case,

　　第二代电脑拥有流线型塑料外壳

　　curved corners, color capabilities³

　　圆滑的角位和纷缤的色彩

　　and the new apple rainbow colored logo.

　　以及全新的苹果彩虹标志

　　They were pretty and that was big.

　　这电脑真的很漂亮而且还很大

　　They were. . even then,

　　它们即使是现在

　　Steve's sensibility for design,

　　也展现了乔布斯的设计灵感

　　it was prettier than the other ones

　　它们比较其他通常装在架上

　　which were sort of rack-mounted labby things.

　　那些很刻板的电脑漂亮得多

　　Steve brought glamour⁴ to computing⁵,

　　乔布斯为电脑和矽谷

　　to Silicon⁶ Valley,

　　注入了魅力和生命力

　　and thank God.

　　真的感谢他

　　Apple II became a huge success.

　　苹果第二代电脑得到空前成功

　　By June, the company

　　同年6月,苹果电脑的营业额

　　reached $1 million in sales.

　　达100万美元

　　By August, Apple was proftable.

　　8月,公司开始录得盈利

　　Apple soon introduced computer updates,

　　之后推出电脑的更新技术

　　a new disk drive and a printer.

　　还有新磁碟驱动器和打印机

　　It also began selling

　　同时也开始销售

　　a unique software program

　　一款独一无二的软件程式

　　that Steve Jobs knew would be a hit

　　乔布斯知道这款软件一定会成功

　　He calls me up and says

　　他打电话给我说

　　I got something to show you.

　　我有东西要给你看

　　I zip down there,

　　于是我去了他那里

　　I had learned by then

　　因为我那时已学会了

　　not to question, just go,

　　不要问,只要去

　　so I zip down to Cupertino and there he was,

　　所以我去了库比蒂诺

　　there was an Apple II on a desk

　　那书桌上有部苹果第二代电脑

　　and he said look at this.

　　他叫我看看

　　And there was a spreadsheet on the screen Visicalc,

　　在屏幕上有个Visicalc试算表

　　what became Visicalc.

　　即是后来的Visicalc试算表软件

　　So he says this is the killer⁷ app.

　　他说这是必杀的应用程式

　　He used the term killer app for the Apple II.

　　是为苹果第二代电脑创造的词汇

1 debuted   

初次表演，初次登台（debut的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• In late 2003 a full-size SUV, the Pathfinder Armada, debuted. 2003年末，全尺寸SUV的探路者无敌舰队，推出。
• The album debuted at number two and quickly went platinum. 专辑一亮相就荣登排行榜第二名，很快就取得了白金销量。

2 sleek   

adj.光滑的，井然有序的；v.使光滑，梳拢

参考例句：

• Women preferred sleek,shiny hair with little decoration.女士们更喜欢略加修饰的光滑闪亮型秀发。
• The horse's coat was sleek and glossy.这匹马全身润泽有光。

3 capabilities   

n.能力( capability的名词复数 )；可能；容量；[复数]潜在能力

参考例句：

• He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
• Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

4 glamour   

n.魔力，魅力；vt.迷住

参考例句：

• Foreign travel has lost its glamour for her.到国外旅行对她已失去吸引力了。
• The moonlight cast a glamour over the scene.月光给景色增添了魅力。

5 computing   

n.计算

参考例句：

• to work in computing 从事信息处理
• Back in the dark ages of computing, in about 1980, they started a software company. 早在计算机尚未普及的时代（约1980年），他们就创办了软件公司。

6 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。

7 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。