乔布斯传 第212期:海盗弃船(2)

 　　When that happened, Jobs got a distressed¹ call from Rich Page, who had been engineering the Big Mac's chip set.

　　事情发生后，乔布斯接到了里奇·佩奇悲愤的控诉电话，佩奇之前一直在设计大Mac的芯片组。

　　It was the latest in a series of conversations that Jobs was having with disgruntled Apple employees urging him to start a new company and rescue them.

　　乔布斯被解除管理职务后，不满的苹果员工曾陆续找他谈话，力劝他创办一家新企业来拯救他们。

　　Plans to do so began to jell over Labor² Day weekend, when Jobs spoke³ to Bud Tribble, the original Macintosh software chief,

　　劳工节的周末，创办新公司的计划开始酝酿。乔布斯同原麦金塔软件主管巴德·特里布尔谈话，

　　and floated the idea of starting a company to build a powerful but personal workstation.

　　并说出了自己的想法——创建一家公司，专门生产强大的个人工作站。

　　He also enlisted⁴ two other Macintosh division employees who had been talking about leaving,

　　他还联系到其他两位麦金塔部门员工，这两人一直都在考虑辞职。

　　the engineer George Crow and the controller Susan Barnes.

　　他们是工程师乔治·克罗和总监苏珊·巴恩斯。

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　　That left one key vacancy⁵ on the team: a person who could market the new product to universities.

　　新团队还有一个关键的职位空缺：一个可以向高校营销新产品的人。

　　The obvious candidate was Dan'l Lewin, who at Apple had organized a consortium of universities to buy Macintosh computers in bulk.

　　很明显，这一职位的合适人选是丹·卢因，卢因后来组织了一个高校联盟，向多家大学批量出售麦金塔电脑。

　　Besides missing two letters in his first name, Lewin had the chiseled⁶ good looks of Clark Kent and a Princetonian's polish.

　　丹·卢因的名字虽然比丹尼尔·卢因少了两个字母，但却拥有克拉克·肯特般轮廓鲜明的外貌、普林斯顿式的优雅。

　　He and Jobs shared a bond: Lewin had written a Princeton thesis on Bob Dylan and charismatic leadership,

　　卢因和乔布斯有着共同的兴趣：卢因的大学毕业论文对鲍勃·迪伦和魅力型领导力进行了研究，

　　and Jobs knew something about both of those topics.

　　而乔布斯对这两个话题都有所了解。

　　Lewin's university consortium had been a godsend to the Macintosh group,

　　卢因的高校联盟对麦金塔团队来说是个天赐良机。

　　but he had become frustrated⁷ after Jobs left

　　但是，乔布斯离开后，卢因很泄气，

　　and Bill Campbell had reorganized marketing⁸ in a way that reduced the role of direct sales to universities.

　　比尔·坎贝尔也将营销部门进行了重组，降低了高校直销的重要性。

1 distressed   

痛苦的

参考例句：

• He was too distressed and confused to answer their questions. 他非常苦恼而困惑，无法回答他们的问题。
• The news of his death distressed us greatly. 他逝世的消息使我们极为悲痛。

2 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 enlisted   

adj.应募入伍的v.（使）入伍， （使）参军( enlist的过去式和过去分词 )；获得（帮助或支持）

参考例句：

• enlisted men and women 男兵和女兵
• He enlisted with the air force to fight against the enemy. 他应募加入空军对敌作战。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 vacancy   

n.（旅馆的）空位，空房，（职务的）空缺

参考例句：

• Her going on maternity leave will create a temporary vacancy.她休产假时将会有一个临时空缺。
• The vacancy of her expression made me doubt if she was listening.她茫然的神情让我怀疑她是否在听。

6 chiseled   

adj.凿刻的，轮廓分明的v.凿，雕，镌( chisel的过去式 )

参考例句：

• Woltz had chiseled the guy, given him peanuts for the book. 乌尔茨敲了这个作家的竹杠，用了他的书，却只给微不足道的一点点钱。 来自教父部分
• He chiseled the piece of wood into the shape of a head. 他把这块木头凿刻成人头的形状。 来自辞典例句

7 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。