《名人传记》之乔布斯一代创意天才132:苹果第二代电脑获得空前成功(在线收听

   A year after the company started,

  在苹果电脑公司成立一年之后
  the Apple II computer debuted
  苹果第二代电脑
  at the West Coast Computer Faire
  在西岸电脑节首度推出
  in April 1977
  在1977年4月
  It had a sleek plastic case,
  第二代电脑拥有流线型塑料外壳
  curved corners, color capabilities
  圆滑的角位和纷缤的色彩
  and the new apple rainbow colored logo.
  以及全新的苹果彩虹标志
  They were pretty and that was big.
  这电脑真的很漂亮而且还很大
  They were. . even then,
  它们即使是现在
  Steve's sensibility for design,
  也展现了乔布斯的设计灵感
  it was prettier than the other ones
  它们比较其他通常装在架上
  which were sort of rack-mounted labby things.
  那些很刻板的电脑漂亮得多
  Steve brought glamour to computing,
  乔布斯为电脑和矽谷
  to Silicon Valley,
  注入了魅力和生命力
  and thank God.
  真的感谢他
  Apple II became a huge success.
  苹果第二代电脑得到空前成功
  By June, the company
  同年6月,苹果电脑的营业额
  reached $1 million in sales.
  达100万美元
  By August, Apple was proftable.
  8月,公司开始录得盈利
  Apple soon introduced computer updates,
  之后推出电脑的更新技术
  a new disk drive and a printer.
  还有新磁碟驱动器和打印机
  It also began selling
  同时也开始销售
  a unique software program
  一款独一无二的软件程式
  that Steve Jobs knew would be a hit
  乔布斯知道这款软件一定会成功
  He calls me up and says
  他打电话给我说
  I got something to show you.
  我有东西要给你看
  I zip down there,
  于是我去了他那里
  I had learned by then
  因为我那时已学会了
  not to question, just go,
  不要问,只要去
  so I zip down to Cupertino and there he was,
  所以我去了库比蒂诺
  there was an Apple II on a desk
  那书桌上有部苹果第二代电脑
  and he said look at this.
  他叫我看看
  And there was a spreadsheet on the screen Visicalc,
  在屏幕上有个Visicalc试算表
  what became Visicalc.
  即是后来的Visicalc试算表软件
  So he says this is the killer app.
  他说这是必杀的应用程式
  He used the term killer app for the Apple II.
  是为苹果第二代电脑创造的词汇
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