乔布斯传 第47期:探寻(4)

 Jobs later said that Janov's teachings did not prove very useful.

乔布斯后来说，事实证明亚诺夫的方法并没有什么效果。

"He offered a ready-made, buttoned-down answer which turned out to be far too oversimplistic.

“他提供的只是一个现成的、老套的解决方法，太过简单了。

It became obvious that it was not going to yield any great insight."

很明显，它不可能促成任何自我省悟。”

But Holmes contended that it made him more confident:

但霍姆斯坚信，治疗让乔布斯变得更自信了。

"After he did it, he was in a different place. He had a very abrasive¹ personality,

“他接受完治疗之后有了改变，”她说，“他原本性格是很粗暴的，

but there was a peace about him for a while. His confidence improved and his feelings of inadequacy² were reduced."

但那段时间他很平静。他的自信心增强了，自卑感减弱了。”

Jobs came to believe that he could impart that feeling of confidence to others and thus push them to do things they hadn't thought possible.

乔布斯开始相信自己可以把自信心传递给其他人，推动他们去完成以前认为不可能的事情。

Holmes had broken up with Kottke and joined a religious cult³ in San Francisco that expected her to sever⁴ ties with all past friends.

霍姆斯与科特基分手后，加入了旧金山的一个邪教组织，该组织希望成员切断与过去所有朋友的联系。

But Jobs rejected that injunction.

伹是乔布斯完全无视这条禁令，

He arrived at the cult house in his Ford⁵ Ranchero one day and announced that he was driving up to Friedland's apple farm and she was to come.

有一天，他开着自己的福特牧场主（Ford Rancheiro)客货两用车来到了邪教的大本营，他对霍姆斯说自己要开车去弗里德兰的苹果农场，她也必须一起去。

Even more brazenly⁶, he said she would have to drive part of the way, even though she didn't know how to use the stick shift.

更过分的是，他说她也得开上一段路，尽管她根本不会开手动挡的车。

"Once we got on the open road, he made me get behind the wheel,

“我们到了开阔的路上之后，他让我坐在驾驶座上，

and he shifted the car until we got up to 55 miles per hour," she recalled.

他负责换挡，直到我们的时速达到每小时55英里，” 她说，

"Then he puts on a tape of Dylan's Blood on the Tracks,

“然后他开始放迪伦的磁带《路上的血迹 》(Blood on the Tracks )，

lays his head in my lap, and goes to sleep.

把头枕在我的膝盖上，睡着了。

He had the attitude that he could do anything, and therefore so can you.

他的态度就是他什么都会做，因此你也要什么都会。

He put his life in my hands. So that made me do something I didn't think I could do."

他把自己的性命交到了我手里，让我做到了以前我认为自己做不到的事情 。”

It was the brighter side of what would become known as his reality distortion field.

这就是日后成为他“现实扭曲力场”个人魅力的美好的一面。

"If you trust him, you can do things," Holmes said.

“如果你相信他，你就能做成事情，”霍姆斯说，

"If he's decided⁷ that something should happen, then he's just going to make it happen."

“如果他认为某件事应该发生，那他就会尽力让它发生。”

重点讲解：

1.turn out to be

证明是；结果是；原来是

例句：It may yet turn out to be "just" a financial and economic problem.

也许最终这“只是”一个金融和经济问题。

2.in a different place

改变；在不同地方

例句：He has been in a different place since it happened.

从那以后他彻底改变了

3.for a while

暂时；一会儿；一时

例句：I faltered⁸ for a while and was still unable to make a decision.

我踌躇了一阵，还是无法做决定。

4.drive up to

开往；靠近；开车到

例句：Visitors can drive up to the top of Mesa Verde on a winding⁹ mountain road.

游客可以开车沿着顶风的山路来到梅萨维德的顶部。

5.behind the wheel

在驾驶座上

例句：With you behind the wheel, I never get scared.

有你坐在驾驶座开车，我从不会害怕。

1 abrasive   

adj.使表面磨损的；粗糙的；恼人的

参考例句：

• His abrasive manner has won him an unenviable notoriety.他生硬粗暴的态度让他声名狼藉。
• She had abrasions to her wrists where the abrasive rope had scraped her.她的手腕有多出磨伤，那是被粗糙的绳子擦伤的。

2 inadequacy   

n.无法胜任，信心不足

参考例句：

• the inadequacy of our resources 我们的资源的贫乏
• The failure is due to the inadequacy of preparations. 这次失败是由于准备不足造成的。

3 cult   

n.异教，邪教；时尚，狂热的崇拜

参考例句：

• Her books aren't bestsellers,but they have a certain cult following.她的书算不上畅销书，但有一定的崇拜者。
• The cult of sun worship is probably the most primitive one.太阳崇拜仪式或许是最为原始的一种。

4 sever   

v.切开，割开；断绝，中断

参考例句：

• She wanted to sever all her connections with the firm.她想断绝和那家公司的所有联系。
• We must never sever the cultural vein of our nation.我们不能割断民族的文化血脉。

5 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

6 brazenly   

adv.厚颜无耻地；厚脸皮地肆无忌惮地

参考例句：

• How dare he distort the facts so brazenly! 他怎么敢如此肆无忌惮地歪曲事实！ 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• "I don't know," he answered, looking her brazenly over. “我也不知道，"他厚颜无耻地打量着她。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

7 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

8 faltered   

（嗓音）颤抖( falter的过去式和过去分词 )； 支吾其词； 蹒跚； 摇晃

参考例句：

• He faltered out a few words. 他支吾地说出了几句。
• "Er - but he has such a longhead!" the man faltered. 他不好意思似的嚅嗫着：“这孩子脑袋真长。”

9 winding   

n.绕，缠，绕组，线圈

参考例句：

• A winding lane led down towards the river.一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
• The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。