乔布斯传 第313期:安家(2)

 　　The house was not the minimalist and modernist style Jobs would have designed if he had built a home from scratch. 如果这处房子是乔布斯自己从头设计的，肯定不会设计成这样，这不是他喜欢的那种极简主义和现代主义风格。

　　Nor was it a large or distinctive¹ mansion² that would make people stop and take notice as they drove down his street in Palo Alto. 房子也不大，不显眼，不是那种会让人路过时驻足关注的建筑。

　　It was built in the 1930s by a local designer named Carr Jones,  它建于20世纪30年代，是一个当地设计师卡尔·琼斯的作品，

　　who specialized³ in carefully crafted homes in the "storybook style" of English or French country cottages.  他的专长是精心打造“故事书风格”的英式或法式乡村小屋。

　　The two-story house was made of red brick, with exposed wood beams and a shingle⁴ roof with curved lines;  这是座两层的红砖房，木梁露在外面，屋顶铺着小圆石头，拼成曲线的图案，

　　it evoked⁵ a rambling⁶ Cotswold cottage, or perhaps a home where a well-to-do Hobbit might have lived.  让人想起科茨沃尔德的农舍，或者是一个殷实的霍比特人的家。

　　The one Californian touch was a mission-style courtyard framed by the wings of the house.  能看出加利福尼亚风格的一点，是房子的两翼围成一个传教士风格的庭院。

　　The two-story vaulted-ceiling living room was informal, with a floor of tile and terra- cotta.  两层的穹顶起居室并非中规中矩，地上铺着瓷砖。

　　At one end was a large triangular⁷ window leading up to the peak of the ceiling;  一头是一个大大的三角形窗户，直通天花板的顶部；

　　it had stained glass when Jobs bought it, as if it were a chapel⁸, but he replaced it with clear glass. 乔布斯买下这幢房子时，窗子是彩绘玻璃的，像教堂一样，后来换成了透明玻璃。

　　The other renovation⁹ he and Powell made was to expand the kitchen 他和鲍威尔作的另一个改动，就是扩建了厨房，

　　to include a wood-burning pizza oven and room for a long wooden table that would become the family's primary gathering¹⁰ place. 增加了一个烧木柴的比萨炉，以及一个新房间，可以放下一张长长的木餐桌，成为这个家庭主要的聚集地。

　　It was supposed to be a four-month renovation, but it took sixteen months because Jobs kept redoing the design. 翻新工作计划在44个月内完成，结果用了16个月，因为乔布斯不停地修改设计。

　　They also bought the small house behind them and razed¹¹ it to make a backyard,  他们把后面的小房子也买下来拆掉，做出一个后院。

　　which Powell turned into a beautiful natural garden filled with a profusion¹² of seasonal¹³ flowers along with vegetables and herbs. 鲍威尔把它变成了一个美丽的植物园，满是各种季节的花卉蔬菜和香草。

1 distinctive   

adj.特别的，有特色的，与众不同的

参考例句：

• She has a very distinctive way of walking.她走路的样子与别人很不相同。
• This bird has several distinctive features.这个鸟具有几种突出的特征。

2 mansion   

n.大厦，大楼；宅第

参考例句：

• The old mansion was built in 1850.这座古宅建于1850年。
• The mansion has extensive grounds.这大厦四周的庭园广阔。

3 specialized   

adj.专门的，专业化的

参考例句：

• There are many specialized agencies in the United Nations.联合国有许多专门机构。
• These tools are very specialized.这些是专用工具。

4 shingle   

n.木瓦板；小招牌(尤指医生或律师挂的营业招牌)；v.用木瓦板盖（屋顶）；把（女子头发）剪短

参考例句：

• He scraped away the dirt,and exposed a pine shingle.他刨去泥土，下面露出一块松木瓦块。
• He hung out his grandfather's shingle.他挂出了祖父的行医招牌。

5 evoked   

[医]诱发的

参考例句：

• The music evoked memories of her youth. 这乐曲勾起了她对青年时代的回忆。
• Her face, though sad, still evoked a feeling of serenity. 她的脸色虽然悲伤，但仍使人感觉安详。

6 rambling   

adj.[建]凌乱的，杂乱的

参考例句：

• We spent the summer rambling in Ireland. 我们花了一个夏天漫游爱尔兰。
• It was easy to get lost in the rambling house. 在布局凌乱的大房子里容易迷路。

7 triangular   

adj.三角（形）的，三者间的

参考例句：

• It's more or less triangular plot of land.这块地略成三角形。
• One particular triangular relationship became the model of Simone's first novel.一段特殊的三角关系成了西蒙娜第一本小说的原型。

8 chapel   

n.小教堂，殡仪馆

参考例句：

• The nimble hero,skipped into a chapel that stood near.敏捷的英雄跳进近旁的一座小教堂里。
• She was on the peak that Sunday afternoon when she played in chapel.那个星期天的下午，她在小教堂的演出，可以说是登峰造极。

9 renovation   

n.革新，整修

参考例句：

• The cinema will reopen next week after the renovation.电影院修缮后，将于下星期开业。
• The building has undergone major renovation.这座大楼已进行大整修。

10 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

11 razed   

v.彻底摧毁，将…夷为平地( raze的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The village was razed to the ground . 这座村庄被夷为平地。
• Many villages were razed to the ground. 许多村子被夷为平地。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 profusion   

n.挥霍；丰富

参考例句：

• He is liberal to profusion.他挥霍无度。
• The leaves are falling in profusion.落叶纷纷。

13 seasonal   

adj.季节的，季节性的

参考例句：

• The town relies on the seasonal tourist industry for jobs.这个城镇依靠季节性旅游业提供就业机会。
• The hors d'oeuvre is seasonal vegetables.餐前小吃是应时蔬菜。