乔布斯传 第282期:失散的父亲(1)

 　　The Lost Father

　　失散的父亲

　　In the meantime, Mona Simpson had been trying to track down their father, who had wandered off when she was five.

　　当时，莫娜·辛普森一直在努力寻找他们的父亲，他在她五岁的时候就离开了。

　　Through Ken¹ Auletta and Nick Pileggi, prominent Manhattan writers,

　　通过曼哈顿两位知名作家肯·奥莱塔和尼克·派勒吉，

　　she was introduced to a retired² New York cop who had formed his own detective agency.

　　她结识了一位退休后开侦探所的前纽约警察。

　　"I paid him what little money I had," Simpson recalled, but the search was unsuccessful.

　　“我把当时仅有的一点儿钱都给他了。”辛普森回忆说，可是并没有找到她父亲。

　　Then she met another private eye in California,

　　后来她在加利福尼亚遇到另一位私家侦探，

　　who was able to find an address for Abdulfattah Jandali in Sacramento through a Department of Motor Vehicles search.

　　通过机动车管理局捜索到了阿卜杜勒法塔赫·钱德里在萨克拉门托的一个地址。

　　Simpson told her brother and flew out from New York to see the man who was apparently³ their father.

　　辛普森通知了哥哥，然后从纽约飞过去找他，显然，那是她的父亲。

　　Jobs had no interest in meeting him. "He didn't treat me well," he later explained.

　　乔布斯对见他丝毫不感兴趣。“他没有善待我，”他后来解释，

　　"I don't hold anything against him--I'm happy to be alive.

　　“我并不是对他有意见——我很高兴我活下来了。

　　But what bothers me most is that he didn't treat Mona well. He abandoned her."

　　最让我不满的是他对莫娜不好。他抛弃了她。”

　　Jobs himself had abandoned his own illegitimate daughter, Lisa, and now was trying to restore their relationship,

　　乔布斯自己也抛弃了私生女丽萨，当时还正在试图恢复父女之间的关系，

　　but that complexity⁴ did not soften⁵ his feelings toward Jandali.

　　但这并没有减轻他对钱德里的反感。

1 ken   

n.视野，知识领域

参考例句：

• Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。
• Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.

2 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

3 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

4 complexity   

n.复杂(性)，复杂的事物

参考例句：

• Only now did he understand the full complexity of the problem.直到现在他才明白这一问题的全部复杂性。
• The complexity of the road map puzzled me.错综复杂的公路图把我搞糊涂了。

5 soften   

v.(使)变柔软；(使)变柔和

参考例句：

• Plastics will soften when exposed to heat.塑料适当加热就可以软化。
• This special cream will help to soften up our skin.这种特殊的护肤霜有助于使皮肤变得柔软。