异类之不一样的成功启示录 第24期:先天的才能

 　　Then he rewrote another computer language-JAVA- and his legend grew still further.

　　在这里，乔伊又重新编写了另一种程序语言Java,他继续着他的神话故事。

　　Among Silicon¹ Valley insiders, Joy's spoken of with as much awe² as someone like Bill Gates of Micorsoft.

　　作为硅谷资深人士，乔伊受到了包括微软的比尔.盖茨等知名人物的敬重。

　　He is sometimes called the Edison of the Internet.

　　他被人们称为互联网领域的爱迪生，

　　As the Yale computer scientist David Gelernter says, "Bill Joy is one of the most influential³ people in the modern history of computing⁴."

　　正如耶鲁大学的计算机专家戴维.格兰特所说：比尔.乔伊是现代计算机历史上最有影响力的人物之一。”

　　The story of Bill Joy's genius has been told many times, and the lesson is always the same.

　　天才比尔.乔伊的故事被人们翻来覆去说过多次，人们得到的启发也大同小异。

　　Here was a world that was the purest of meritocracies.

　　这个世界纯粹是一个有才干的人展现自我的世界。

　　Computer programming didn't operate as an old-boy network,

　　计箅机世界和以往的人际关系网络不同，

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　　where you got ahead because of money or connections.

　　在人际关系网络中，你想获得发展必须依靠金钱和人脉，

　　It was a wild-open field in which all participants were judged solely⁵ by their talent and their accomplishments⁶.

　　而计算机世界是一个开放的大世界，所有参与者仅仅依靠他们的才干和造诣就能得到肯定。

　　It was a world where the best men won, and Joy was clearly one of those best men.

　　最卓越的人在这个世界就能够取得胜利，乔伊无疑是其中的佼佼者。

　　It would be easier to accept that version of events, however, if we hadn't just looked at hockey and soccer players.

　　如果我们不看曲棍球和足球运动员的情况时，我们会认为这种观点理所当然是准确的，

　　Theirs was supposed to be a pure meritocracy as well. Only it wasn't.

　　这个世界是一个有才干的人展现自我的世界。

　　It was a story of how the outliers in a particular field reached their lofty status

　　但如果我们把才干看成是一个人能力、机遇

　　through a combination of ability, opportunity, and utterly⁷ arbitrary advantage.

　　和他在某方面具备的绝对优势的结合体时，我们的观点就不一定和前面的相同。

　　Is it possible the same pattern of special opportunities operate in the real world as well?

　　在现实世界中，特别的机遇对一个人的影响，是不是遵循同样的模式？

　　Let's go back over the story of Bill Joy and find out.

　　让我们再回头看看比尔.乔伊的故亊。

　　A generation. Psychologists around the world had been engaged in a spirit debate

　　几乎每个时代的心理学家都在不断探索

　　over a question that most of us would have considered settled years ago.

　　你我多年来一直在思考的一个问题，

　　The question is this:

　　这个问题便是：

　　is there such a thing as innate⁸ talent?

　　是不是真有先天的才能？

　　The obvious answer is yes.

　　答案很显然：有。

　　Not every hocky player born in January ends up playing at professional level. Only some do,

　　不是所有出生在1月的人，最终都在职业联赛打球。

　　the innately⁹ talented ones.

　　只有一些人能走到这一步——他们拥有这方面的天赋。

　　Achievement is talent plus preparation.

　　成就是天赋与后天储备结合后的产物。

1 silicon   

n.硅(旧名矽)

参考例句：

• This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
• A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。

2 awe   

n.敬畏，惊惧；vt.使敬畏，使惊惧

参考例句：

• The sight filled us with awe.这景色使我们大为惊叹。
• The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。

3 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

4 computing   

n.计算

参考例句：

• to work in computing 从事信息处理
• Back in the dark ages of computing, in about 1980, they started a software company. 早在计算机尚未普及的时代（约1980年），他们就创办了软件公司。

5 solely   

adv.仅仅，唯一地

参考例句：

• Success should not be measured solely by educational achievement.成功与否不应只用学业成绩来衡量。
• The town depends almost solely on the tourist trade.这座城市几乎完全靠旅游业维持。

6 accomplishments   

n.造诣；完成( accomplishment的名词复数 )；技能；成绩；成就

参考例句：

• It was one of the President's greatest accomplishments. 那是总统最伟大的成就之一。
• Among her accomplishments were sewing,cooking,playing the piano and dancing. 她的才能包括缝纫、烹调、弹钢琴和跳舞。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

7 utterly   

adv.完全地，绝对地

参考例句：

• Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民，把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
• I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。

8 innate   

adj.天生的，固有的，天赋的

参考例句：

• You obviously have an innate talent for music.你显然有天生的音乐才能。
• Correct ideas are not innate in the mind.人的正确思想不是自己头脑中固有的。

9 innately   

adv.天赋地；内在地，固有地

参考例句：

• Innately conservative, Confucius was fascinated by the last of these disciplines. 由于生性保守，孔子特别推崇“礼”。 来自英汉非文学 - 文明史
• Different individuals are innately fitted for different kinds of employment. 不同的人适合不同的职业，这是天生的。 来自互联网