乔布斯传 第208期:像一块滚石(5)

 　　Making matters worse was that his beloved company was now in the hands of a man he considered a bozo.

　　更糟的是，他心爱的公司现在正掌握在一个他认为是笨蛋的人手上。

　　"The board felt that I couldn't run a company, and that was their decision to make," he said.

　　“董事会认为我不会运营公司，这就是他们作出的决定。”乔布斯说道，

　　"But they made one mistake. They should have separated the decision of what to do with me and what to do with Sculley.

　　“但是，他们犯了一个错误。他们应该将我和斯卡利分开处理。

　　They should have fired Sculley, even if they didn't think I was ready to run Apple."

　　就算他们觉得我还不够格管理苹果，也应该解雇斯卡利。”

　　Even as his personal gloom slowly lifted, his anger at Sculley, his feeling of betrayal, deepened.

　　尽管内心的悲伤渐渐消失，乔布斯对于斯卡利的愤怒--被背叛的感觉--却更为深刻。

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　　The situation worsened when Sculley told a group of analysts¹ that he considered Jobs irrelevant² to the company, despite his title as chairman.

　　斯卡利告诉一些分析师，乔布斯与苹果公司没有关系，尽管这个人的头衔是董事长。这又加剧了两人关系的恶化。

　　"From an operations standpoint, there is no role either today or in the future for Steve Jobs," he said.

　　“从运营的角度来看，不管是现在还是未来，都没有乔布斯的事。

　　"I don't know what he'll do."

　　”斯卡利说道，“我不知道他会做什么。”

　　The blunt comment shocked the group, and a gasp³ went through the auditorium⁴.

　　他直率的评论震惊了在座的分析师，大家倒吸了一口凉气。

　　Perhaps getting away to Europe would help, Jobs thought.

　　乔布斯想，或许跑去欧洲能有所帮助。

　　So in June he went to Paris, where he spoke⁵ at an Apple event and went to a dinner honoring Vice⁶ President George H. W. Bush.

　　于是6月，他动身去巴黎，在苹果的一场活动中致辞，并参加了美国副总统乔治·H·W·布什的晚宴。

1 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

2 irrelevant   

adj.不恰当的，无关系的，不相干的

参考例句：

• That is completely irrelevant to the subject under discussion.这跟讨论的主题完全不相关。
• A question about arithmetic is irrelevant in a music lesson.在音乐课上，一个数学的问题是风马牛不相及的。

3 gasp   

n.喘息，气喘；v.喘息；气吁吁他说

参考例句：

• She gave a gasp of surprise.她吃惊得大口喘气。
• The enemy are at their last gasp.敌人在做垂死的挣扎。

4 auditorium   

n.观众席，听众席；会堂，礼堂

参考例句：

• The teacher gathered all the pupils in the auditorium.老师把全体同学集合在礼堂内。
• The stage is thrust forward into the auditorium.舞台向前突出，伸入观众席。

5 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

6 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。