公众人物毕业演讲 第149期:史蒂夫·沃兹尼亚克于加州大学伯克利分校(6)

 　　Also bought my first guitar for $25 there Music was an important part of my life And it's just so relaxing to play with the guitar every day for twenty years

　　我也在那里花25美元买了第一把吉他音乐是我人生重要的一部分二十年来每天弹弹吉他真的是太放松了

　　Top Dog, here in Berkeley, I've never... I have never... That inspired me and my computer design so much

　　伯克利大学的顶好热狗 我从未我从来没有这家店给了我太多电脑设计的灵感

　　because Top Dog, a hot dog then it was at a different price but now like 75 cents but it's $3 for a hot dog you don't have to figure some pennies out for tax

　　因为顶好热狗 现在一般是75美分 当初不是这个价可他家的热狗就卖三块你也无需找零钱付税

　　You know, you buy a 50 cents for a bun, it's a dollar and fifty for a drink

　　就是那种50美分买个面包 一块五买杯饮料

　　Nice simple amounting, you don't have to do all these worrying about the fringe¹, little extra details that every accountant will tell you are the important critical parts

　　这种算法简洁明了不用你费心想那些附加小细节那种会计认为非常重要的东西

　　It is so simple. It is so nice for the buyer

　　定价如此简单 对于买家来说非常便捷

　　And I like to put that thought about simplicity² into all of my designs just make them work so simple, the person doesn't have to do as much work

　　我喜欢在我的所有设计中体现出这种简单性即使得产品使用简便 无需人们多费力

　　doesn't have to think as much get the details out of the way Purpose of engineering³ courses should build devices⁴,

　　也无需多想不需要考虑细节问题工科类课程的目的是打造设备

　　appliances⁵ that make our homelife a lot simpler and give us more fun and more time they save us work and they save us thinking

　　使居家生活变得简单的家用电器给我们带来更多欢乐和时间它们让我们省力又省心

　　and that was the goal and we did this long enough someday we'd only have to work four days a week we were totally successful,

　　这就是目标 我们为此一直在努力以后可能我们一周只需工作四天我们很成功

　　but now it takes two people working hard stressful fulltime jobs just to own a home in Sillicon Valley

　　但现在还需两个人努力地进行紧张的全职工作才有可能在硅谷买套房子

　　So we didn't really... the wealth didn't come out that way to those that were doing the work

　　所以我们还没有真正对于那些工作的人来说 财富不会轻易得到

1 fringe   

n.边缘；（窗帘）缘饰，额前垂发；vt.饰...的边

参考例句：

• The girl wears her hair in a fringe.那女孩留着刘海。
• This is an enormous field of which l can touch only the fringe.这是一个很广阔的领域，我在这里只能谈个大概。

2 simplicity   

n.简单，简易；朴素；直率，单纯

参考例句：

• She dressed with elegant simplicity.她穿着朴素高雅。
• The beauty of this plan is its simplicity.简明扼要是这个计划的一大特点。

3 engineering   

n.工程，工程学，管理，操纵

参考例句：

• The science of engineering began as soon as man learned to use tools. 人类一学会使用工具,工程科学就开始了。
• It was the first great engineering works in the world. 这是世界上第一家大型的工程工厂。

4 devices   

n.设备；装置( device的名词复数 )；花招；（为实现某种目的的）计划；手段

参考例句：

• electrical labour-saving devices around the home 节省劳力的各种家用电器
• modern labour-saving devices such as washing machines and dishwashers 诸如洗衣机和洗碗机之类的现代化省力设备

5 appliances   

n.器具，器械，装置( appliance的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Dish washer is one of the appliances. 洗碗机是家用电器的一种。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• You can buy refrigerators, stoves, dishwashers, and other appliances there. 在那里可以买到冰箱、炉具、洗碗机和其他家电产品。 来自朗文快捷英语教程 1