乔布斯传 第620期:癌症(1)

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癌症

Jobs would later speculate that his cancer was caused by the grueling year that he spent, starting in 1997, running both Apple and Pixar.

乔布斯后来推测，自己之所以会得癌症，是因为1997年辛苦工作了一整年，同时管理着苹果公司和皮克斯。

As he drove back and forth¹, he had developed kidney stones and other ailments²,

由于两头奔忙，他患上了肾结石和其他疾病，

and he would come home so exhausted³ that he could barely speak.

到家后会虚脱得说不出话来。

"That's probably when this cancer started growing, because my immune system was pretty weak at that time," he said.

“癌症可能就是那个时候开始生长的，因为当时我的免疫系统非常弱。”他说道。

There is no evidence that exhaustion⁴ or a weak immune system causes cancer.

并没有证据表明疲劳和免疫系统薄弱会导致癌症。

However, his kidney problems did indirectly⁵ lead to the detection of his cancer.

不过，乔布斯的肾脏问题间接让医生发现了癌症。

In October 2003 he happened to run into the urologist who had treated him,

2003年10月，乔布斯偶然碰到了自己的泌尿科医生，

and she asked him to get a CAT scan of his kidneys and ureter.

她让乔布斯作一下肾脏和输尿管的CAT扫描。

It had been five years since his last scan.

他之前一次CAT扫描检查还是在5年前。

The new scan revealed nothing wrong with his kidneys,

这一次的扫描显示肾脏没有问题，

but it did show a shadow on his pancreas, so she asked him to schedule a pancreatic study. He didn't.

但却发现胰脏有一层阴影，于是，她叫乔布斯安排一次胰腺检查，但他并未听从。

As usual, he was good at willfully ignoring inputs⁶ that he did not want to process. But she persisted.

一如既往，乔布斯会刻意忽视自己不想处理的事情，但是医生坚持一定要作检查。

"Steve, this is really important," she said a few days later. "You need to do this."

“史蒂夫，这很重要，”几天后她对乔布斯说，“你需要检查一下。”

1 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

2 ailments   

疾病（尤指慢性病），不适( ailment的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His ailments include a mild heart attack and arthritis. 他患有轻度心脏病和关节炎。
• He hospitalizes patients for minor ailments. 他把只有小病的患者也送进医院。

3 exhausted   

adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。

4 exhaustion   

n.耗尽枯竭，疲惫，筋疲力尽，竭尽，详尽无遗的论述

参考例句：

• She slept the sleep of exhaustion.她因疲劳而酣睡。
• His exhaustion was obvious when he fell asleep standing.他站着睡着了，显然是太累了。

5 indirectly   

adv.间接地，不直接了当地

参考例句：

• I heard the news indirectly.这消息我是间接听来的。
• They were approached indirectly through an intermediary.通过一位中间人，他们进行了间接接触。

6 inputs   

n.输入( input的名词复数 )；投入；输入端；输入的数据v.把…输入电脑( input的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Uncheck the inputs checked for optimization in the previous stage. 不测试那些已经测试过的优化了的以前步骤的inputs.（变量参数）。 来自互联网
• Just in case, save in a file the inputs obtained at the previous stage. 以防万一，保存以前步骤获得的inputs（变量参数值）到一个文件中去。 来自互联网