乔布斯传 第402期:微软契约(5)

 　　During his Macworld keynote address, Jobs walked through the details of the Microsoft deal. 在Macworld大会的主题演讲中，乔布斯介绍了跟微软合作的细节。

　　At first there were groans¹ and hisses² from the faithful. 一开始，那些忠实的苹果拥护者还发出叹息和嘘声。

　　Particularly galling³ was Jobs's announcement that, as part of the peace pact⁴, 尤其让他们伤心的是乔布斯宣布，作为和平条约的一部分，

　　"Apple has decided⁵ to make Internet Explorer its default browser⁶ on the Macintosh." “苹果决定把IE作为麦金塔的默认浏览器。”

　　The audience erupted in boos, and Jobs quickly added, 观众席爆发出一阵嘘声，乔布斯迅速补充道：

　　"Since we believe in choice, we're going to be shipping⁷ other Internet browsers⁸, as well, “由于我们提倡选择自由，我们也会提供其他浏览器，

　　and the user can, of course, change their default should they choose to." 用户当然可以随心所欲地更改默认设置。”

　　There were some laughs and scattered⁹ applause. 台下爆发出一些笑声和零星的掌声。

　　The audience was beginning to come around, 观众的反应开始转变，

　　especially when he announced that Microsoft would be investing $150 million in Apple and getting nonvoting shares. 特别是当他宣布微软将向苹果投资1.5亿美元，换取无投票权的股份。

　　But the mellower¹⁰ mood was shattered for a moment 然而现场舒畅的气氛一下子被打乱了，

　　when Jobs made one of the few visual and public relations gaffes¹¹ of his onstage career. 因为乔布斯犯了一个在他的舞台生涯中很少出现的视觉效果和公共关系方面的失误。

1 groans   

n.呻吟，叹息( groan的名词复数 )；呻吟般的声音v.呻吟( groan的第三人称单数 )；发牢骚；抱怨；受苦

参考例句：

• There were loud groans when he started to sing. 他刚开始歌唱时有人发出了很大的嘘声。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It was a weird old house, full of creaks and groans. 这是所神秘而可怕的旧宅，到处嘎吱嘎吱作响。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 hisses   

嘶嘶声( hiss的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The speaker was received with a mixture of applause and hisses. 那演说者同时得到喝彩声和嘘声。
• A fire hisses if water is thrown on it. 把水浇到火上，火就发出嘶嘶声。

3 galling   

adj.难堪的,使烦恼的,使焦躁的

参考例句：

• It was galling to have to apologize to a man she hated. 令人恼火的是得向她憎恶的男人道歉。
• The insolence in the fellow's eye was galling. 这家伙的傲慢目光令人恼怒。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

4 pact   

n.合同，条约，公约，协定

参考例句：

• The two opposition parties made an electoral pact.那两个反对党订了一个有关选举的协定。
• The trade pact between those two countries came to an end.那两国的通商协定宣告结束。

5 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。

6 browser   

n.浏览者

参考例句：

• View edits in a web browser.在浏览器中看编辑的效果。
• I think my browser has a list of shareware links.我想在浏览器中会有一系列的共享软件链接。

7 shipping   

n.船运（发货，运输，乘船）

参考例句：

• We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
• There's a shipping charge of ￡5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。

8 browsers   

浏览器

参考例句：

• Three-layer architecture is a model made up of browser, web server and background database server. 这种体系结构是由Browser、Web Server、Database Server组成的浏览器／Web服务器／后台数据库服务器三层模型。 来自互联网
• Another excellent approach is to abandon the browser entirely and, instead, create a non-browser-based, Internet-enabled application. 另一个非常好的方法是干脆放弃浏览器，取而代之，创建一个不基于浏览器，但却是基于互联网的应用。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

9 scattered   

adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的

参考例句：

• Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。

10 mellower   

成熟的( mellow的比较级 )； （水果）熟透的； （颜色或声音）柔和的； 高兴的

参考例句：

• He's got mellower as he's got older. 随着年龄的增长，他变得更成熟了。
• Mellow She used to have a fierce temper, but she's got mellower as she's got older. 她以前脾气暴躁，但随着年龄的增长，她变得较为成熟了。

11 gaffes   

n.失礼，出丑( gaffe的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The presidential candidate made three mistakes, or gaffes, during his speech. 校长候选人在演讲中出了三次错，或失态。 来自超越目标英语 第4册
• When the microphones were on, gaffes gushed from his lips. 而当电话响起，他却口无遮拦，屡屡失言。 来自互联网