乔布斯传 第276期:琼·贝兹(4)

 　　When he was working on the NeXT computer, he went to Baez's house in Woodside to show her how well it could produce music.

　　在NeXT计算机的开发阶段，乔布斯到贝兹在伍德赛德的家，向她展示NeXT强大的音乐功能。

　　"He had it play a Brahms quartet, and he told me eventually computers would sound better than humans playing it,

　　“他让它演奏了一曲勃拉姆斯的四重奏，然后告诉我，电脑最终会比人演奏得更好听，

　　even get the innuendo¹ and the cadences² better," Baez recalled. She was revolted by the idea.

　　甚至连意境和节奏都会更好。”贝兹回忆说，她非常排斥这种想法。

　　"He was working himself up into a fervor³ of delight while I was shrinking into a rage and thinking,

　　“他越说越兴奋，我却越听越偾怒，我在想：

　　How could you defile⁴ music like that?"

　　你怎么能这么亵渎音乐？”

　　Jobs would confide⁵ in Debi Coleman and Joanna Hoffman about his relationship with Baez

　　乔布斯会跟黛比·科尔曼和乔安娜·霍夫曼吐露他跟贝兹的关系，

　　and worry about whether he could marry someone who had a teenage son and was probably past the point of wanting to have more children.

　　他对是否可以跟她结婚这个问题有些烦心：她已经有了个十几岁的儿子，可能巳经过了想再要更多孩子的阶段。

　　"At times he would belittle⁶ her as being an 'issues' singer and not a true 'political' singer like Dylan," said Hoffman.

　　“有时候他会说她只是个事件歌手，不是像迪伦那样真正的‘政治’歌手。”霍夫曼说，

　　"She was a strong woman, and he wanted to show he was in control.

　　“她是个个性很强的女人，而他想表现出是他在控制局面。

　　Plus, he always said he wanted to have a family, and with her he knew that he wouldn't."

　　再加上，他总是说他想生儿育女，他知道跟她是不会有的。”

　　And so, after about three years, they ended their romance and drifted into becoming just friends.

　　就这样，过了大约3年，他们终止了恋情，慢慢变成了朋友。

　　"I thought I was in love with her, but I really just liked her a lot," he later said.

　　“我以为我爱她，但其实我只是非常喜欢她，”他后来说，

　　"We weren't destined⁷ to be together. I wanted kids, and she didn't want any more."

　　“我们是注定无法在一起的。我想要孩子，她不想再要了。”

　　In her 1989 memoir⁸, Baez wrote about her breakup with her husband and why she never remarried:

　　贝兹在1989年的回忆录中，谈到了她跟丈夫的分手，以及为什么她没有再婚：

　　"I belonged alone, which is how I have been since then, with occasional interruptions that are mostly picnics."

　　“我属于自己，所以从那时起我就一直一个人，偶尔有些小插曲，也大多像是野餐而已。”

　　She did add a nice acknowledgment at the end of the book to "Steve Jobs for forcing me to use a word processor by putting one in my kitchen."

　　在该书结尾的致谢辞中，她写了这样一段温馨的话：“感谢史蒂夫·乔布斯，为了迫使我使用文字处理器，硬是在我家厨房里放了一台。”

1 innuendo   

n.暗指，讽刺

参考例句：

• The report was based on rumours,speculation,and innuendo.这份报告建立在谣言、臆断和含沙射影的基础之上。
• Mark told by innuendo that the opposing team would lose the game.马克暗讽地说敌队会在比赛中输掉。

2 cadences   

n.（声音的）抑扬顿挫( cadence的名词复数 )；节奏；韵律；调子

参考例句：

• He delivered his words in slow, measured cadences. 他讲话缓慢而抑扬顿挫、把握有度。
• He recognized the Polish cadences in her voice. 他从她的口音中听出了波兰腔。 来自辞典例句

3 fervor   

n.热诚；热心；炽热

参考例句：

• They were concerned only with their own religious fervor.他们只关心自己的宗教热诚。
• The speech aroused nationalist fervor.这个演讲喚起了民族主义热情。

4 defile   

v.弄污，弄脏；n.(山间)小道

参考例句：

• Don't defile the land of our ancestors!再不要污染我们先祖们的大地！
• We respect the faith of Islam, even as we fight those whose actions defile that faith.我们尊重伊斯兰教的信仰，并与玷污伊斯兰教的信仰的行为作斗争。

5 confide   

v.向某人吐露秘密

参考例句：

• I would never readily confide in anybody.我从不轻易向人吐露秘密。
• He is going to confide the secrets of his heart to us.他将向我们吐露他心里的秘密。

6 belittle   

v.轻视，小看，贬低

参考例句：

• Do not belittle what he has achieved.不能小看他取得的成绩。
• When you belittle others,you are actually the one who appears small.当你轻视他人时， 真正渺小的其实是你自己。

7 destined   

adj.命中注定的；(for)以…为目的地的

参考例句：

• It was destined that they would marry.他们结婚是缘分。
• The shipment is destined for America.这批货物将运往美国。

8 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。