乔布斯传 第608期:蛤、冰块和向日葵(3)

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Partly because of the poor sales of the Cube, Apple produced disappointing revenue numbers in September 2000.

2000年9月，苹果公司的营收不佳，部分原因是Cube的销售业绩太差。

That was just when the tech bubble was deflating and Apple's education market was declining.

当时，科技泡沫开始破裂，苹果公司在教育市场正处于衰落状态。

The company's stock price, which had been above $60, fell 50% in one day, and by early December it was below $15.

苹果公司的股价之前一直处于60美元以上，在一天之内下跌50%，至同年12月初，其股价巳低于15美元。

None of this deterred¹ Jobs from continuing to push for distinctive², even distracting, new design.

但这些都没能阻止乔布斯继续推动个性鲜明，甚至是喧宾夺主的新设计。

When flat-screen displays became commercially viable³, he decided⁴ it was time to replace the iMac,

当纯平显示器具备了商业可行性后，他决定用新产品取代iMac，

the translucent⁵ consumer desktop⁶ computer that looked as if it were from a Jetsons cartoon.

iMac是一款半透明的台式电脑，就像《杰森一家》里的东西。

Ive came up with a model that was somewhat conventional,

艾弗想出了一个有些传统的模型，

with the guts⁷ of the computer attached to the back of the flat screen.

将电脑主机和纯平显示器合而为一。

Jobs didn't like it. As he often did, both at Pixar and at Apple, he slammed on the brakes to rethink things.

乔布斯不喜欢这个提议，一如在皮克斯和苹果常做的那样，他立即决定重新思考方案。

There was something about the design that lacked purity, he felt.

他觉得艾弗提出的设计缺少纯粹性。

"Why have this flat display if you're going to glom all this stuff on its back?" he asked Ive.

“如果你要把所有东西都塞到显示器后面，那干吗要纯平的显示器？”乔布斯向艾弗发问道。

"We should let each element be true to itself."

“我们应该让每个元素都忠于它本身。”

1 deterred   

v.阻止，制止( deter的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• I told him I wasn't interested, but he wasn't deterred. 我已告诉他我不感兴趣，可他却不罢休。
• Jeremy was not deterred by this criticism. 杰里米没有因这一批评而却步。 来自辞典例句

2 distinctive   

adj.特别的，有特色的，与众不同的

参考例句：

• She has a very distinctive way of walking.她走路的样子与别人很不相同。
• This bird has several distinctive features.这个鸟具有几种突出的特征。

3 viable   

adj.可行的，切实可行的，能活下去的

参考例句：

• The scheme is economically viable.这个计划从经济效益来看是可行的。
• The economy of the country is not viable.这个国家经济是难以维持的。

4 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。

5 translucent   

adj.半透明的；透明的

参考例句：

• The building is roofed entirely with translucent corrugated plastic.这座建筑完全用半透明瓦楞塑料封顶。
• A small difference between them will render the composite translucent.微小的差别,也会使复合材料变成半透明。

6 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？

7 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》