史蒂文·Jobs 05

[00:20.46]史蒂文·Jobs（Steven Jobs）
[00:38.04]set out 着手，开始
[00:42.83]influence 影响
[00:46.69]take over 接管
[00:52.48]The following year, Apple set out to do just that,
[00:56.86]starting with a Super Bowl television commercial titled, "1984".
[01:02.97]Two days later at Apple's annual shareholders¹ meeting
[01:07.63]on January 24, 1984,
[01:11.97]an emotional Jobs introduced the Apple Macintosh
[01:16.82]to a wildly enthusiastic audience;
[01:20.42]Andy Hertzfeld described the scene as "pandemonium²".
[01:25.23]The Macintosh became the first
[01:27.72]commercially successful computer
[01:29.94]with a graphical user interface,
[01:32.12]although it was heavily influenced by Xerox³ PARC.
[01:37.45]The development of the Mac was started by Jef Raskin,
[01:41.37]and eventually taken over by Jobs.
[01:46.54]讲解
[02:36.44]The following year, Apple set out to do just that,
[02:40.79]starting with a Super Bowl television commercial titled, "1984".
[02:56.24]Two days later at Apple's annual shareholders meeting
[02:59.89]on January 24, 1984,
[03:04.46]an emotional Jobs introduced the Apple Macintosh
[03:09.02]to a wildly enthusiastic audience;
[03:25.53]Andy Hertzfeld described the scene as "pandemonium".
[03:34.86]The Macintosh became the first
[03:36.75]commercially successful computer
[03:39.02]with a graphical user interface,
[03:41.15]although it was heavily influenced by Xerox PARC.
[03:57.91]The development of the Mac was started by Jef Raskin,
[04:01.38]and eventually taken over by Jobs.
[04:15.96]多学一点
[04:20.07]set out  着手，开始
[04:22.96]begin
[04:25.18]He set out to understand why the plan had failed.
[04:32.84]出发，启程
[04:35.32]set off
[04:37.20]She set out at dawn for town.
[04:43.28]influence  影响，影响力
[04:47.87]I don't want to influence you. You must decide for yourself.
[04:58.26]have influence on sb.
[05:03.58]My parents think that my friends have a bad influence on me.
[05:12.36]take over  接管，接收
[05:15.51]We have taken over the company after the investment.
[05:27.40]stop - format⁴ it
[05:28.35]Buy it, use it, break it, fix it
[05:30.16]Crash it, change it, mailt - upgrade it
[05:32.05]Charge it, pawn⁵ it, zoom⁶ it, press it
[05:33.93]Snap it, work it, quick - erase⁷ it
[05:35.85]Write it, cut it, paste it, save it
[05:41.39]词汇扫描
[05:45.05]persuasive⁸ 有说服力的
[05:49.61]deterioration⁹ 恶化
[05:54.39]lay off 解雇
[06:00.17]While Jobs was a persuasive and charismatic evangelist
[06:03.99]for Apple,
[06:05.03]some of his employees from that time
[06:07.59]had described him as an erratic¹⁰ and tempestuous¹¹ manager.
[06:12.42]An industry-wide sales slump¹² towards the end of 1984
[06:17.84]caused a deterioration in Jobs' working relationship
[06:21.78]with Sculley,
[06:23.02]and at the end of May 1985
[06:26.03]- following an internal power struggle
[06:28.65]and an announcement of significant layoffs
[06:31.56]- Sculley relieved Jobs of his duties
[06:34.68]as head of the Macintosh division.
[06:39.09]讲解
[07:15.42]While Jobs was a persuasive and charismatic evangelist
[07:19.14]for Apple,
[07:26.36]some of his employees from that time
[07:28.72]had described him as an erratic and tempestuous manager.
[07:39.76]An industry-wide sales slump towards the end of 1984
[07:44.80]caused a deterioration in Jobs' working relationship
[07:48.52]with Sculley,
[07:57.33]and at the end of May 1985
[08:00.16]- following an internal power struggle
[08:02.95]and an announcement of significant layoffs
[08:05.83]- Sculley relieved Jobs of his duties
[08:08.90]as head of the Macintosh division.
[08:25.57]多学一点
[08:29.49]persuasive
[08:31.55]persuade
[08:37.37]a persuasive speech
[08:41.89]persuade  说服，劝服
[08:47.11]persuade sb. to do sth.
[08:52.83]The salesman persuaded us to buy his product.
[09:01.26]deterioration  变坏，恶化
[09:05.35]the deterioration of his illness
[09:11.37]deteriorate  变化，恶化
[09:16.18]Relations between the two countries
[09:18.29]have deteriorated¹³ sharply in recent weeks.
[09:27.69]layoff  解雇，停工
[09:34.75]lay sb. off  解雇
[09:39.55]The company laid off 100 workers last week.
[09:53.48]The following year, Apple set out to do just that,
[09:57.69]starting with a Super Bowl television commercial titled, "1984".
[10:04.05]Two days later at Apple's annual shareholders meeting
[10:08.23]on January 24, 1984,
[10:12.70]an emotional Jobs introduced the Apple Macintosh
[10:17.38]to a wildly enthusiastic audience;
[10:21.24]Andy Hertzfeld described the scene as "pandemonium".
[10:26.50]The Macintosh became the first
[10:28.44]commercially successful computer
[10:30.72]with a graphical user interface,
[10:33.03]although it was heavily influenced by Xerox PARC.
[10:38.21]The development of the Mac was started by Jef Raskin,
[10:42.19]and eventually taken over by Jobs.
[10:45.81]While Jobs was a persuasive and charismatic evangelist
[10:49.79]for Apple,
[10:50.87]some of his employees from that time
[10:53.44]had described him as an erratic and tempestuous manager.
[10:58.38]An industry-wide sales slump towards the end of 1984
[11:03.58]caused a deterioration in Jobs' working relationship
[11:07.52]with Sculley,
[11:08.79]and at the end of May 1985
[11:11.84]- following an internal power struggle
[11:14.45]and an announcement of significant layoffs
[11:17.29]- Sculley relieved Jobs of his duties
[11:20.48]as head of the Macintosh division.
[11:25.61]Charge it, pawn it, zoom it, press it
[11:27.43]Snap it, work it, quick - erase it
[11:29.30]Write it, cut it, paste it, save it
[11:31.10]Load it, check it, quick - rewrite it
[11:33.06]Plug it, play it, burn it, rip it
[11:34.88]Drag and drop it, zip - unzip it
[11:36.80]Touch it, bring it, pay it, watch it
[11:38.64]Turn it, leave it, stop - format it
[11:48.82]谢谢收听

1 shareholders   

n.股东( shareholder的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90%的股东出席了会议。
• the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders 公司对股东负有的受托责任

2 pandemonium   

n.喧嚣，大混乱

参考例句：

• The whole lobby was a perfect pandemonium,and the din was terrific.整个门厅一片嘈杂，而且喧嚣刺耳。
• I had found Adlai unperturbed in the midst of pandemonium.我觉得艾德莱在一片大混乱中仍然镇定自若。

3 xerox   

n./v.施乐复印机，静电复印

参考例句：

• Xerox and Lucent are two more high-tech companies run by women.施乐和朗讯是另外两家由女性经营的大科技公司。
• You cannot take it home,but you can xerox it.你不能把它带回家，但可以复印。

4 format   

n.设计，版式；[计算机]格式，DOS命令:格式化(磁盘)，用于空盘或使用过的磁盘建立新空盘来存储数据；v.使格式化，设计，安排

参考例句：

• Please format this floppy disc.请将这张软盘格式化。
• The format of the figure is very tasteful.该图表的格式很雅致。

5 pawn   

n.典当，抵押，小人物，走卒；v.典当，抵押

参考例句：

• He is contemplating pawning his watch.他正在考虑抵押他的手表。
• It looks as though he is being used as a political pawn by the President.看起来他似乎被总统当作了政治卒子。

6 zoom   

n.急速上升；v.突然扩大，急速上升

参考例句：

• The airplane's zoom carried it above the clouds.飞机的陡直上升使它飞到云层之上。
• I live near an airport and the zoom of passing planes can be heard night and day.我住在一个飞机场附近，昼夜都能听到飞机飞过的嗡嗡声。

7 erase   

v.擦掉；消除某事物的痕迹

参考例句：

• He tried to erase the idea from his mind.他试图从头脑中抹掉这个想法。
• Please erase my name from the list.请把我的名字从名单上擦去。

8 persuasive   

adj.有说服力的，能说得使人相信的

参考例句：

• His arguments in favour of a new school are very persuasive.他赞成办一座新学校的理由很有说服力。
• The evidence was not really persuasive enough.证据并不是太有说服力。

9 deterioration   

n.退化；恶化；变坏

参考例句：

• Mental and physical deterioration both occur naturally with age. 随着年龄的增长，心智和体力自然衰退。
• The car's bodywork was already showing signs of deterioration. 这辆车的车身已经显示出了劣化迹象。

10 erratic   

adj.古怪的，反复无常的，不稳定的

参考例句：

• The old man had always been cranky and erratic.那老头儿性情古怪,反复无常。
• The erratic fluctuation of market prices is in consequence of unstable economy.经济波动致使市场物价忽起忽落。

11 tempestuous   

adj.狂暴的

参考例句：

• She burst into a tempestuous fit of anger.她勃然大怒。
• Dark and tempestuous was night.夜色深沉，狂风肆虐，暴雨倾盆。

12 slump   

n.暴跌，意气消沉，（土地）下沉；vi.猛然掉落，坍塌，大幅度下跌

参考例句：

• She is in a slump in her career.她处在事业的低谷。
• Economists are forecasting a slump.经济学家们预言将发生经济衰退。

13 deteriorated   

恶化，变坏( deteriorate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Her health deteriorated rapidly, and she died shortly afterwards. 她的健康状况急剧恶化，不久便去世了。
• His condition steadily deteriorated. 他的病情恶化，日甚一日。