乔布斯传 第646期:多点触控(3)

Ive set up the demonstration¹ in his conference room and showed it to Jobs privately²,

于是，艾弗选择在自己的会议室里私下向乔布斯展示团队的想法，

knowing that he was less likely to make a snap judgment³ if there was no audience.

他知道，在没有观众的情况下，乔布斯不大会作出草率的判断。

Fortunately he loved it. "This is the future," he exulted⁴.

幸运的是，他很喜欢这项技术。“这就是未来。”乔布斯高兴地说。

It was in fact such a good idea that Jobs realized that

事实上，这个主意非常好，乔布斯意识到，

it could solve the problem they were having creating an interface⁵ for the proposed cell phone.

这可以解决他们为设想中的手机创建界面的问题。

That project was far more important,

由于手机项目更为重要，

so he put the tablet development on hold while the multi-touch interface was adopted for a phone-size screen.

于是乔布斯暂时搁置了平板电脑的研发，将多点触控界面用于手机大小的屏幕上。

"If it worked on a phone," he recalled, "I knew we could go back and use it on a tablet."

“如果能用在手机上，”他回忆说，“那么我就知道，我们还能再回过头来把这个技术用在平板电脑上。”

Jobs called Fadell, Rubinstein, and Schiller to a secret meeting in the design studio conference room,

乔布斯召集法德尔、鲁宾斯坦和席勒前往设计部门的会议室，进行秘密会议，

where Ive gave a demonstration of multi-touch. "Wow!" said Fadell.

艾弗在会上演示了多点触控技术。法德尔不禁惊呼，“哇”。

Everyone liked it, but they were not sure that they would be able to make it work on a mobile phone.

每个人都喜欢这项技术，但是还不确定能否在手机设备上予以实现。

They decided⁶ to proceed on two paths: P1 was the code name for the phone being developed using an iPod trackwheel,

他们决定兵分两路：一组人马研发滚轮手机，代号P1；

and P2 was the new alternative using a multi-touch screen.

另一组人马研发多点触摸屏手机，代号P2。

1 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

2 privately   

adv.以私人的身份，悄悄地，私下地

参考例句：

• Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。
• The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。

3 judgment   

n.审判；判断力，识别力，看法，意见

参考例句：

• The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
• He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。

4 exulted   

狂喜，欢跃( exult的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The people exulted at the victory. 人们因胜利而欢腾。
• The people all over the country exulted in the success in launching a new satellite. 全国人民为成功地发射了一颗新的人造卫星而欢欣鼓舞。

5 interface   

n.接合部位，分界面；v.(使)互相联系

参考例句：

• My computer has a network interface,which allows me to get to other computers.我的计算机有网络接口可以与其它计算机连在一起。
• This program has perspicuous interface and extensive application. 该程序界面明了，适用范围广。

6 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。