创业成功人士访谈录 第28期:皮埃尔奥米迪亚(3)

 　　Were you a good student?

　　你是一个好学生吗？

　　I was one of these guys that didn’t really study, so I don’t think I was a good student.

　　我是那种基本不学习的学生，所以我并不认为自己是一个好学生。

　　I am very proud to say that I graduated from Tufts University with better than a 3.0 average. It was actually 3.01.

　　我很骄傲自己从托弗斯大学 毕业，而自己的成绩要高于平均的3.0，确切的说是3.01。

　　During my entire four years there at Tufts my GPA improved every single semester, which gives you an idea of where I started. No, I was not a good student.

　　在我四年大学生活中，我的平均分数每个学期都有提高，这样你就可以看出我的起点了。不，我不是好学生。

　　Were there any subjects you were particularly interested in? Any books that influenced or were important to you?

　　你对哪个科目特别感兴趣呢？有 没有什么书给你带来很大的影响或者对你来说很重要？

　　I’ve been asked before, “Who are your heroes?” and these types of questions.

　　以前有人问过我：“谁是你心目中的英雄？”以及很多类似的问题。

　　I always find it hard to identify a single person or a single book or this sort of thing.I’ve always been forward looking.

　　我总是觉得很难找出一个人或者一本书或者这类的东西。我一直在寻找。

　　I was raised with the notion that you can do pretty much anything you want.

　　从小到大我都被灌输这样的理念，你可以做很多你想做的事情。

　　You’re able to accomplish anything you set out to accomplish.

　　你可以完成任何你给自己设定的任务。

　　I was given a sense of confidence and I never really felt the need to~or I’ve never had the benefit, I should probably say—of being inspired by outside heroes.

　　我被培养出了自信心，我从没觉得自己需要一个外界的英雄来激励自己——或者我应该说，我从来没有这样的经历。

　　But early on you were interested in gadgets¹, including computers. How did this manifest itself?

　　但是之前你对小装置包括电脑感 兴趣。你对这怎么解释？

　　I’ve always been into the gadgets and I guess when I first saw a computer—I’m trying to think if it was third—it might have been third grade.

　　我一直研究小装置，我猜想我第一次看到计算机的时候——我想它是不是第三，它可能是第三阶段。

　　It was pretty early on actually and it was an early TRS-80, you know, Radio Shack². Kind of the original Radio Shack TRS-80 computer, 4K of memory.

　　那是很早的时候，是早期的TRS-80，你知道吧，Radio Shack。就是类似于原始的Radio Shack TRS-80计算机。它的内存是4K，

　　I think this one had the 4K or the 8K expansion module³, which was like as big as a desk, you know, and learned how to program Basic on it.

　　它有一个4K到8K的扩展模块，像一个桌子一样大，学习如何编程。

　　And I used to actually cut gym and sneak⁴ into the computer room—which wasn’t really a room, it was a closet where they kept the computer between classes一 and played on the computer.

　　我在体育课的时候逃课偷偷溜进电脑房——实际上并不是一个房间，就是两个班之间像一个小壁橱一样的地方，用来放电脑——我在那里玩电脑。

1 gadgets   

n.小机械，小器具（ gadget的名词复数 ）

参考例句：

• Certainly. The idea is not to have a house full of gadgets. 当然。设想是房屋不再充满小配件。 来自超越目标英语 第4册
• This meant more gadgets and more experiments. 这意味着要设计出更多的装置，做更多的实验。 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史

2 shack   

adj.简陋的小屋，窝棚

参考例句：

• He had to sit down five times before he reached his shack.在走到他的茅棚以前，他不得不坐在地上歇了五次。
• The boys made a shack out of the old boards in the backyard.男孩们在后院用旧木板盖起一间小木屋。

3 module   

n.组件，模块，模件；(航天器的)舱

参考例句：

• The centre module displays traffic guidance information.中央模块显示交通引导信息。
• Two large tanks in the service module held liquid oxygen.服务舱的两个大气瓶中装有液态氧。

4 sneak   

vt.潜行(隐藏,填石缝)；偷偷摸摸做；n.潜行；adj.暗中进行

参考例句：

• He raised his spear and sneak forward.他提起长矛悄悄地前进。
• I saw him sneak away from us.我看见他悄悄地从我们身边走开。