乔布斯传 第552期:他的iPod里面有什么歌(1)

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On His iPod

他的iPod里面有什么歌？

As the iPod phenomenon grew, it spawned¹ a question that was asked of presidential candidates, B-list celebrities²,

随着iPod现象越来越热，从总统候选人、二线明星、

first dates, the queen of England, and just about anyone else with white earbuds: "What's on your iPod?"

到初次约会的人、英国女王，只要是戴着白色耳机的人，见面时都会被问到这样一个问题：“你的iPod里面有什么歌？”

The parlor³ game took off when Elisabeth Bumiller wrote a piece in the New York Times in early 2005

这个热门话题开始于《纽约时报》记者伊丽莎白·布米勒在2005年初写的一篇文章，

dissecting⁴ the answer that President George W. Bush gave when she asked him that question.

文章是分析时任美国总统的乔治·W·布什在被问到这个问题时的回答。

"Bush's iPod is heavy on traditional country singers," she reported.

她写道：“布什的iPod里面大部分都是传统的乡村音乐。

"He has selections by Van Morrison, whose 'Brown Eyed Girl' is a Bush favorite, and by John Fogerty, most predictably 'Centerfield.'"

其中包括范·莫里森，他的那首《棕色眼睛的女孩》是布什的最爱；还有约翰·弗格迪那首主打曲《中外场》。”

She got a Rolling Stone editor, Joe Levy⁵, to analyze⁶ the selection,

她还找来《滚石》杂志的编辑斯蒂芬·列维分析布什的歌单，

and he commented, "One thing that's interesting is that the president likes artists who don't like him."

列维评论道：“有趣的地方在于总统喜欢的歌手都不喜欢他。”

"Simply handing over your iPod to a friend, your blind date,

“只要把你的iPod交给一个朋友、你初次约会的人，

or the total stranger sitting next to you on the plane opens you up like a book," Steven Levy wrote in The Perfect Thing.

或者是飞机上那个坐在你身旁的陌生人，你就像一本书一样被打开了。”史蒂文·列维在《完美之物》一书中写道。

"All somebody needs to do is scroll⁷ through your library on that click wheel, and, musically speaking, you're naked.

所有人只需要用转盘浏览一遍你的歌曲库，从音乐角度上说，你就一丝不挂了。

It's not just what you like -- it's who you are."

暴露的不仅仅是你的喜好--而是你是一个怎样的人。

So one day, when we were sitting in his living room listening to music, I asked Jobs to let me see his.

所以，有一天，当我和乔布斯坐在他家的客厅里听音乐时，我让乔布斯给我看看他的iPod。

As we sat there, he flicked⁸ through his favorite songs.

他给了我一部他在2004年装满了音乐的iPod。

1 spawned   

（鱼、蛙等）大量产（卵）( spawn的过去式和过去分词 )； 大量生产

参考例句：

• The band's album spawned a string of hit singles. 这支乐队的专辑繁衍出一连串走红的单曲唱片。
• The computer industry has spawned a lot of new companies. 由于电脑工业的发展，许多新公司纷纷成立。

2 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

3 parlor   

n.店铺，营业室；会客室，客厅

参考例句：

• She was lying on a small settee in the parlor.她躺在客厅的一张小长椅上。
• Is there a pizza parlor in the neighborhood?附近有没有比萨店？

4 dissecting   

v.解剖（动物等）( dissect的现在分词 )；仔细分析或研究

参考例句：

• Another group was dissecting a new film showing locally. 另外一批人正在剖析城里上演的一部新电影。 来自辞典例句
• Probe into Dissecting Refraction Method Statics Processing under Complicated Surface Conditions. 不同地表条件下土壤侵蚀的坡度效应。 来自互联网

5 levy   

n.征收税或其他款项，征收额

参考例句：

• They levy a tax on him.他们向他征税。
• A direct food levy was imposed by the local government.地方政府征收了食品税。

6 analyze   

vt.分析，解析 (=analyse)

参考例句：

• We should analyze the cause and effect of this event.我们应该分析这场事变的因果。
• The teacher tried to analyze the cause of our failure.老师设法分析我们失败的原因。

7 scroll   

n.卷轴，纸卷；(石刻上的)漩涡

参考例句：

• As I opened the scroll,a panorama of the Yellow River unfolded.我打开卷轴时，黄河的景象展现在眼前。
• He was presented with a scroll commemorating his achievements.他被授予一幅卷轴，以表彰其所做出的成就。

8 flicked   

（尤指用手指或手快速地）轻击( flick的过去式和过去分词 )； （用…）轻挥； （快速地）按开关； 向…笑了一下（或瞥了一眼等）

参考例句：

• She flicked the dust off her collar. 她轻轻弹掉了衣领上的灰尘。
• I idly picked up a magazine and flicked through it. 我漫不经心地拿起一本杂志翻看着。