英语新闻听写 长女写书吐槽乔布斯的另一面

According to Business Insider, in a new memoir¹, Steve Jobs' eldest² daughter gives details that have previously³ been unheard by the public including the many ways he was cruel to her.

据“Business Insider”报道，在一本新的回忆录中，斯蒂夫·乔布斯的长女透露了公众之前闻所未闻的细节，包括他在很多方面都对她很残忍。

New anecdotes⁴ in the memoir also shed light on the many stories of how Jobs was mean or rude to employees and business partners.

回忆录中的新佚事还为许多乔布斯对雇员和商业伙伴如何刻薄和粗鲁的故事提供了线索。

Overall, the book makes Jobs look like a truly terrible person.

总之，该书让乔布斯看上去是个非常可怕的人。

It's hard to say whether his business achievements outweigh⁵ his cruelty, but the latter is definitely emphasized in his daughter's book.

很难说他的商业成就是否胜过了他的残忍，而他女儿的书中明确强调了后者。

1 memoir   

n.[pl.]回忆录，自传；记事录

参考例句：

• He has just published a memoir in honour of his captain.他刚刚出了一本传记来纪念他的队长。
• In her memoir,the actress wrote about the bittersweet memories of her first love.在那个女演员的自传中，她写到了自己苦乐掺半的初恋。

2 eldest   

adj.最年长的，最年老的

参考例句：

• The King's eldest son is the heir to the throne.国王的长子是王位的继承人。
• The castle and the land are entailed on the eldest son.城堡和土地限定由长子继承。

3 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

4 anecdotes   

n.掌故，趣闻，轶事( anecdote的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• amusing anecdotes about his brief career as an actor 关于他短暂演员生涯的趣闻逸事
• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman. 他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 outweigh   

vt.比...更重，...更重要

参考例句：

• The merits of your plan outweigh the defects.你制定的计划其优点胜过缺点。
• One's merits outweigh one's short-comings.功大于过。