乔布斯传 第307期:婚礼(1)

 　　The Wedding, March 18, 1991

　　婚礼，1991年3月18日

　　Powell's pregnancy¹ did not completely settle the issue.

　　鲍威尔的怀孕并没有彻底解决这件事。

　　Jobs again began balking² at the idea of marriage,

　　乔布斯又开始为结婚这个念头犹豫不决，

　　even though he had dramatically proposed to her both at the very beginning and the very end of 1990.

　　虽然他在1990年的年初和年终都那么戏剧性地求婚。

　　Furious, she moved out of his house and back to her apartment.

　　鲍威尔愤怒地从他家搬回了自己的公寓。

　　For a while he sulked or ignored the situation.

　　有一段时间，他也感到郁闷，或者干脆置之不理。

　　Then he thought he might still be in love with Tina Redse;

　　然后，他又想，也许他还在爱着蒂娜·莱德斯；

　　he sent her roses and tried to convince her to return to him, maybe even get married.

　　他给她送玫瑰花，试图说服她回到他身边，也许甚至结婚。

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　　He was not sure what he wanted, and he surprised a wide swath of friends and even acquaintances by asking them what he should do.

　　他不肯定他想要什么，他让一大群朋友甚至相交不深的人感到惊讶--他问他们，他应该怎么做。

　　Who was prettier, he would ask, Tina or Laurene?

　　他会问，谁更漂亮，蒂娜还是劳伦？

　　Who did they like better? Who should he marry?

　　他们更喜欢谁？他应该跟谁结婚？

　　In a chapter about this in Mona Simpson's novel A Regular Guy,

　　在莫娜·辛普森的小说《凡人》里有一章就描写了这一段，

　　the Jobs character "asked more than a hundred people who they thought was more beautiful."

　　书中的乔布斯“问了一百多个人，他们觉得谁更美”。

　　But that was fiction; in reality, it was probably fewer than a hundred.

　　但那是小说；事实上，可能不到一百个。

1 pregnancy   

n.怀孕，怀孕期

参考例句：

• Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。
• Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。

2 balking   

n.慢行，阻行v.畏缩不前，犹豫( balk的现在分词 )；（指马）不肯跑

参考例句：

• He picked up a stone and let fly at the balking dog. 他捡起一块石头朝那狂吠的狗扔去。 来自互联网
• Democrats won't pass the plan without votes from rank-and-file Republicans andof-and-file Republicans were reportedly balking. 没有普通共和党议员的支持，民主党人无法通过这项方案——到周四晚间，据悉那些普通共和党人在阻挡（该计划）。 来自互联网