乔布斯传 第444期:回到未来(2)

 Jon Rubinstein, who was in charge of hardware, adapted the microprocessor¹ and guts² of the PowerMac G3, 负责硬件的部门主管乔恩·鲁宾斯坦，决定采用PowerMac G3的微处理器和内核，

Apple's high-end professional computer, for use in the proposed new machine. 这是苹果专业类专业版电脑，针对计划中的新机器使用。

It would have a hard drive and a tray for compact disks, 此外还安装了一个硬盘驱动器和一个光盘托盘，

but in a rather bold move, Jobs and Rubinstein decided³ not to include the usual floppy⁴ disk drive. 但是乔布斯和鲁宾斯坦作了一个大胆的决定--新机器不再配备普遍使用的软盘驱动器。

Jobs quoted the hockey star Wayne Gretzky's maxim⁵, "Skate where the puck's going, not where it's been." 乔布斯引用了冰球明星韦恩·格雷茨基的名言：“要向着冰球运动的方向滑，而不是它现在的位置。”

He was a bit ahead of his time, but eventually most computers eliminated floppy disks. 在当时他这个做法非常前卫，但是最终大多数计算机都取消了软盘驱动器。

Ive and his top deputy, Danny Coster, began to sketch⁶ out futuristic designs. 艾弗和他的第一助理丹尼·柯斯特开始计划这种未来主义的设计。

Jobs brusquely rejected the dozen foam⁷ models they initially⁸ produced, but Ive knew how to guide him gently. 乔布斯不客气地否决了他们最初设计的几十个模型，然而艾弗知道怎么去温和地引导他。

Ive agreed that none of them was quite right, but he pointed⁹ out one that had promise. 艾弗认同所有的模型都不完美，但是他指出了其中一个有希望的。

It was curved, playful looking, and did not seem like an unmovable slab¹⁰ rooted to the table. 曲线形的有趣外观，看上去也不像是一块钉在桌子上挪不走的板子。

"It has a sense that it's just arrived on your desktop¹¹ or it's just about to hop¹² off and go somewhere," he told Jobs. “它带着一种刚刚来到你桌上，又随时可能会飞到其他地方的感觉。”他这样告诉乔布斯。

1 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。

2 guts   

v.狼吞虎咽，贪婪地吃，飞碟游戏（比赛双方每组5人，相距15码，互相掷接飞碟）；毁坏（建筑物等）的内部( gut的第三人称单数 )；取出…的内脏n.勇气( gut的名词复数 )；内脏；消化道的下段；肠

参考例句：

• I'll only cook fish if the guts have been removed. 鱼若已收拾干净，我只需烧一下即可。
• Barbara hasn't got the guts to leave her mother. 巴巴拉没有勇气离开她妈妈。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 floppy   

adj.松软的，衰弱的

参考例句：

• She was wearing a big floppy hat.她戴了顶松软的大帽子。
• Can you copy those files onto this floppy disk?你能把那些文件复制到这张软盘上吗？

5 maxim   

n.格言，箴言

参考例句：

• Please lay the maxim to your heart.请把此格言记在心里。
• "Waste not,want not" is her favourite maxim.“不浪费则不匮乏”是她喜爱的格言。

6 sketch   

n.草图；梗概；素描；v.素描；概述

参考例句：

• My sister often goes into the country to sketch. 我姐姐常到乡间去写生。
• I will send you a slight sketch of the house.我将给你寄去房屋的草图。

7 foam   

v./n.泡沫，起泡沫

参考例句：

• The glass of beer was mostly foam.这杯啤酒大部分是泡沫。
• The surface of the water is full of foam.水面都是泡沫。

8 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

9 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

10 slab   

n.平板，厚的切片；v.切成厚板，以平板盖上

参考例句：

• This heavy slab of oak now stood between the bomb and Hitler.这时笨重的橡木厚板就横在炸弹和希特勒之间了。
• The monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab.这座纪念碑由两根垂直的柱体构成，它们共同支撑着一块平板。

11 desktop   

n.桌面管理系统程序；台式

参考例句：

• My computer is a desktop computer of excellent quality.我的计算机是品质卓越的台式计算机。
• Do you know which one is better,a laptop or a desktop?你知道哪一种更好，笔记本还是台式机？

12 hop   

n.单脚跳，跳跃；vi.单脚跳，跳跃；着手做某事；vt.跳跃，跃过

参考例句：

• The children had a competition to see who could hop the fastest.孩子们举行比赛，看谁单足跳跃最快。
• How long can you hop on your right foot?你用右脚能跳多远？