乔布斯传 第556期:他的iPod里面有什么歌(5)

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He then jumped from the sublime¹ to the sixties: Donovan's "Catch the Wind."

然后他从宏伟的古典乐跳到了20世纪60年代，播放了多诺万的《捕风》。

When he noticed me look askance, he protested, "Donovan did some really good stuff, really."

当看到我面露疑惑，他说：“多诺万真的有些好作品，真的。”

He punched up "Mellow² Yellow," and then admitted that perhaps it was not the best example.

他切换到了《柔美之黄》，但他后来也说这首歌也许不是最好的证明。

"It sounded better when we were young."

“我们年轻时觉得它更好听。”

I asked what music from our childhood actually held up well these days.

我问他，有哪些我们童年时代的歌曲到如今都历久弥新。

He scrolled³ down the list on his iPad and called up the Grateful Dead's 1969 song "Uncle John's Band."

他浏览了iPod的播放列表，找到了感恩而死乐队1969年的歌曲《约翰叔叔的乐队》。

He nodded along with the lyrics⁴: "When life looks like Easy Street, there is danger at your door."

他随着旋律点头轻唱起来：“当生活看起来很简单时，危险正在你门外...”

For a moment we were back at that tumultuous time when the mellowness⁵ of the sixties was ending in discord⁶.

一时间，我们回到了那个躁动的、在冲突中戛然而止的60年代。

"Whoa, oh, what I want to know is, are you kind?"

“喔，哦，我想知道的是你还善良吗？”

Then he turned to Joni Mitchell.

然后，他换到了琼尼·米雪儿。

"She had a kid she put up for adoption⁷," he said. "This song is about her little girl."

他说：“她把她的女儿送给别人收养了。这首歌就是关于这个女孩的。”

He tapped on "Little Green," and we listened to the mournful melody and lyrics that describe the feelings of a mother who gives up a child.

他播放了《小小格林》，我们听着那悲伤的旋律和歌词，描述了一个母亲放弃孩子的感觉。

"So you sign all the papers in the family name

“你用你的新姓氏签订所有的文件，

You're sad and you're sorry, but you're not ashamed."

你觉得悲伤而遗憾，但是你不必羞愧。

I asked whether he still often thought about being put up for adoption.

我问乔布斯是否还会经常想起自己被收养的事情。

"No, not much," he said. "Not too often."

他说：“不，不怎么想。不太常想起。”

1 sublime   

adj.崇高的，伟大的；极度的，不顾后果的

参考例句：

• We should take some time to enjoy the sublime beauty of nature.我们应该花些时间去欣赏大自然的壮丽景象。
• Olympic games play as an important arena to exhibit the sublime idea.奥运会，就是展示此崇高理念的重要舞台。

2 mellow   

adj.柔和的；熟透的；v.变柔和；(使)成熟

参考例句：

• These apples are mellow at this time of year.每年这时节，苹果就熟透了。
• The colours become mellow as the sun went down.当太阳落山时，色彩变得柔和了。

3 scrolled   

adj.具有涡卷装饰的v.（电脑屏幕上）从上到下移动（资料等），卷页( scroll的过去式和过去分词 )；（似卷轴般）卷起；（像展开卷轴般地）将文字显示于屏幕

参考例句：

• Wherever the drop target can possibly be scrolled offscreen, the program needs to auto-scroll. 无论拖放的目标对象是否在屏幕之外，程序都需要自动滚动。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• If It'still is then you've not scrolled up enough lines. 如果还在说明你向上滚动的行数不够。 来自互联网

4 lyrics   

n.歌词

参考例句：

• music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hart 由罗杰斯和哈特作词作曲
• The book contains lyrics and guitar tablatures for over 100 songs. 这本书有100多首歌的歌词和吉他奏法谱。

5 mellowness   

成熟； 芳醇； 肥沃； 怡然

参考例句：

• I love these colours because they symbolize mellowness, abundance, strength and happiness. 我喜欢这秋色，因为它表示着成熟、昌盛和繁荣，也意味着愉快、欢乐和富强。 来自汉英文学 - 现代散文
• The mellowness of the cuckoo report the come of spring. 杜鹃甜美的叫声报告了春天的来临。

6 discord   

n.不和，意见不合，争论，（音乐）不和谐

参考例句：

• These two answers are in discord.这两个答案不一样。
• The discord of his music was hard on the ear.他演奏的不和谐音很刺耳。

7 adoption   

n.采用，采纳，通过；收养

参考例句：

• An adoption agency had sent the boys to two different families.一个收养机构把他们送给两个不同的家庭。
• The adoption of this policy would relieve them of a tremendous burden.采取这一政策会给他们解除一个巨大的负担。