乔布斯传 第660期:2008战役(3)

Beginning in early 2008 Jobs's eating disorders¹ got worse.

2008年年初，乔布斯的饮食失调问题越来越严重。

On some nights he would stare at the floor and ignore all of the dishes set out on the long kitchen table.

有的晚上，他会盯着地板，完全无视长桌上摆着的各种美食。

When others were halfway² through their meal, he would abruptly³ get up and leave, saying nothing.

其他人刚吃到一半，他会突然站起来， 一句话不说就走掉。

It was stressful for his family. They watched him lose forty pounds during the spring of 2008.

这给家人造成很大压力，他们眼看着他在2008年春天体重骤减40磅。

His health problems became public again in March 2008, when Fortune published a piece called "The Trouble with Steve Jobs."

2008年3月，《财富》杂志刊登了一篇文章，题为“史蒂夫·乔布斯的麻烦”，令他的健康问题再度受到公众关注。

It revealed that he had tried to treat his cancer with diets for nine months

文章透露，乔布斯试图通过饮食治疗癌症已经有9个月时间，

and also investigated his involvement in the backdating of Apple stock options.

文章还调査了他与苹果股票期权日期倒签事件的瓜葛。

As the story was being prepared, Jobs invited -- summoned -- Fortune's managing editor Andy Serwer to Cupertino to pressure him to spike⁴ it.

在这篇文章的采写过程中，乔布斯把《财富》总编安迪·瑟沃请到库比蒂诺--与其说是请，不如说是命令，向他施压，希望他撤掉这篇文章。

He leaned into Serwer's face and asked, "So, you've uncovered the fact that I'm an asshole. Why is that news?"

他逼近瑟沃的脸问道，“那么，你就算发现了我是个混蛋，这又有什么新鲜的呢？”

Jobs made the same rather self-aware argument when he called Serwer's boss at Time Inc., John Huey, from a satellite phone he brought to Hawaii's Kona Village.

他从夏威夷的康娜度假村用卫星电话打给瑟沃在时代公司的老板，约翰·休伊，说了同样的颇有自知之明的话。

He offered to convene⁵ a panel of fellow CEOs and be part of a discussion about what health issues are proper to disclose, but only if Fortune killed its piece.

他提出只要《财富》砍掉这篇文章，他可以召集一群CEO来开个座谈会，并且可以与《财富》讨论什么样的健康问题适合披露。

The magazine didn't.

然而《财富》还是刊登了这篇文章。

When Jobs introduced the iPhone 3G in June 2008, he was so thin that it overshadowed the product announcement.

2008年6月，乔布斯推介iPhone 3G时，他的消痩甚至抢了产品发布的风头。

In Esquire Tom Junod described the "withered⁶" figure onstage as being "gaunt as a pirate, dressed in what had heretofore been the vestments of his invulnerability."

在《君子》杂志的一篇报道中，汤姆·朱诺描述舞台上那个“干瘪”的人，“穿着曾经象征他刀枪不入的战衣，像海盗般骨痩如柴。”

Apple released a statement saying, untruthfully, that his weight loss was the result of "a common bug⁷."

苹果发表了一个声明，谎称乔布斯体重减轻是“偶染微恙”的结果。

The following month, as questions persisted, the company released another statement saying that Jobs's health was "a private matter."

过了一个月，质疑声依然不绝于耳，公司就又发表了一份声明，说乔布斯的健康是“私事”。

1 disorders   

n.混乱( disorder的名词复数 )；凌乱；骚乱；（身心、机能）失调

参考例句：

• Reports of anorexia and other eating disorders are on the increase. 据报告，厌食症和其他饮食方面的功能紊乱发生率正在不断增长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The announcement led to violent civil disorders. 这项宣布引起剧烈的骚乱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 halfway   

adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途

参考例句：

• We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
• In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。

3 abruptly   

adv.突然地，出其不意地

参考例句：

• He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.他粗鲁地示意弗吉尼亚上车。
• I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。

4 spike   

n.长钉，钉鞋；v.以大钉钉牢，使...失效

参考例句：

• The spike pierced the receipts and held them in order.那个钉子穿过那些收据并使之按顺序排列。
• They'll do anything to spike the guns of the opposition.他们会使出各种手段来挫败对手。

5 convene   

v.集合，召集，召唤，聚集，集合

参考例句：

• The Diet will convene at 3p.m. tomorrow.国会将于明天下午三点钟开会。
• Senior officials convened in October 1991 in London.1991年10月，高级官员在伦敦会齐。

6 withered   

adj. 枯萎的，干瘪的，（人身体的部分器官）因病萎缩的或未发育良好的 动词wither的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• The grass had withered in the warm sun. 这些草在温暖的阳光下枯死了。
• The leaves of this tree have become dry and withered. 这棵树下的叶子干枯了。

7 bug   

n.虫子；故障；窃听器；vt.纠缠；装窃听器

参考例句：

• There is a bug in the system.系统出了故障。
• The bird caught a bug on the fly.那鸟在飞行中捉住了一只昆虫。