乔布斯传 第459期:iMac发布会(6)

 　　"If you go to slots, you will always be behind on the technology," Rubinstein argued. “如果你要做吸入式光驱，那你就会永远在技术上落后一步。”鲁宾斯坦坚持道。

　　"I don't care, that's what I want," Jobs snapped back. “我不在乎，我就是要这么做。”乔布斯毫不让步。

　　They were having lunch at a sushi bar in San Francisco, and Jobs insisted that they continue the conversation over a walk. 他们当时正在旧金山的一家寿司店吃午餐，直到饭后散步时，他们的对话仍在继续。

　　"I want you to do the slot-load drive for me as a personal favor," Jobs asked. “就算是我以个人名义请你帮个忙，帮我做吸入式光驱吧。”乔布斯请求道。

　　Rubinstein agreed, of course, but he turned out to be right. 鲁宾斯坦当然不能拒绝，但是后来事实证明，他是正确的。

　　Panasonic came out with a CD drive that could rip and burn music, 松下推出了一款读写兼备且能刻录的CD光驱，

　　and it was available first for computers that had old-fashioned tray loaders. 而且是先装在那些使用“过时的”CD托盘的计算机上。

　　The effects of this would ripple¹ over the next few years: 这件事的影响在之后的儿年中以非常有趣的方逐渐扩散开来：

　　It would cause Apple to be slow in catering² to users who wanted to rip and burn their own music, 它导致了苹果公司无法满足用户想要自己刻录音乐光盘的需求，

　　but that would then force Apple to be imaginative and bold in finding a way to leapfrog over its competitors 但是这也恰恰促使苹果公司发挥想象力，大胆地寻找一条越级攀升的道路，

　　when Jobs finally realized that he had to get into the music market. 直到最终，乔布斯决定进军音乐市场。

1 ripple   

n.涟波，涟漪，波纹，粗钢梳；vt.使...起涟漪，使起波纹； vi.呈波浪状，起伏前进

参考例句：

• The pebble made a ripple on the surface of the lake.石子在湖面上激起一个涟漪。
• The small ripple split upon the beach.小小的涟漪卷来，碎在沙滩上。

2 catering   

n. 给养

参考例句：

• Most of our work now involves catering for weddings. 我们现在的工作多半是承办婚宴。
• Who did the catering for your son's wedding? 你儿子的婚宴是由谁承办的？