《名人传记》之乔布斯如何改变世界14:音乐的国度没有时差

 　　Jobs pushes forward

　　乔布斯再接再厉

　　adding the mini, shuffle,and nano to his iPod empire.

　　iPod帝国相继推出了mini、shuffle和nano

　　From the time it launched, every generation just got kind of smaller,

　　从诞生之日起 每一代产品都更进一步

　　slimmer, sexier, slicker, tinier.

　　更苗条 更性感 更细腻 更小巧

　　The incredible shrinking iPod earned Apple a parody¹ on "Saturday night live".

　　iPod体型不可思议越来越小 《周六夜现场》对此恶搞了下苹果

　　Okay, wait a minute.Steve Jobs, I don't even think you really holding anything.

　　好的 稍等 史蒂夫·乔布斯 你手上什么也没有啊

　　I am, iPod Invsi Perfect stocking stuffer and it holds 8 million songs.

　　我有透明版iPod 完美的圣诞礼物 能存储八百万首歌

　　The iPod would soon hold TV shows,

　　随后iPod可以播放电视节目

　　music video, even feature films,

　　音乐视频 甚至电影

　　all downloadable on iTunes globally.

　　均可从iTunes上下载 不分地域

　　Whether it was in Asia, Australia,

　　无论是在亚洲还是澳洲

　　they were able to interact with music almost instantly as people could in the U.S.

　　都和在美国一样 在音乐的国度没有时差

　　The iPod is so popular,

　　iPod如此成功

　　even its commercials are capable of catapulting careers.

　　即使是它的广告都能创造事业奇迹

　　One, two, three, four,

　　一 二 三 四

　　tell me that you love me more.

　　告诉我 你更爱我

　　You look at an artist like Feist and her song "One, two, three, four"

　　比如说歌手菲斯特 她的歌《一二三四》

　　I mean this is the song that...

　　这首歌

　　it had cracked the very very bottom part of the billboard² chart.

　　它在公告牌榜单上几乎是垫底的

　　But it started running in apple commercials and literally³ like the next week,

　　但当它成为苹果广告的背景音乐后 仅仅一周

　　boom, it's at like number 20.

　　它便冲进了前二十

　　Boom, number ten.

　　很快又进入前十

　　Harry⁴ Schum, the star of the hit TV serious "Glee."

　　哈利·沈是热播剧集《欢乐合唱团》的主角

　　But you might not recognize him here,in apple's dancing silhouette⁵ commercial.

　　但在这个苹果黑影舞蹈广告中你可能认不出来他

　　I always heard that Steve Jobs has to prove it.

　　我时常听说史蒂夫·乔布斯想要证明

　　He's particular and he wants thing simple and

　　他很特别 想把事情变得简单

　　I think that's what shaped the form of silhouettes⁶.

　　我想这就是黑影舞蹈的设计初衷

　　A person dancing, maybe doing extraordinary moves,

　　一个人在跳舞 做一些精彩的动作

　　but in silhouette.

　　但是以黑影的形式

　　So it made you feel that, hey, I could be one of those people holding those iPods having fun

　　这让你感觉 我也可以这样 手持iPod 尽享乐趣

　　and I just thought it was so genius.

　　我认为这太有才了

1 parody   

n.打油诗文，诙谐的改编诗文，拙劣的模仿；v.拙劣模仿，作模仿诗文

参考例句：

• The parody was just a form of teasing.那个拙劣的模仿只是一种揶揄。
• North Korea looks like a grotesque parody of Mao's centrally controlled China,precisely the sort of system that Beijing has left behind.朝鲜看上去像是毛时代中央集权的中国的怪诞模仿，其体制恰恰是北京方面已经抛弃的。

2 billboard   

n.布告板，揭示栏，广告牌

参考例句：

• He ploughed his energies into his father's billboard business.他把精力投入到父亲的广告牌业务中。
• Billboard spreads will be simpler and more eye-catching.广告牌广告会比较简单且更引人注目。

3 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

4 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

5 silhouette   

n.黑色半身侧面影，影子，轮廓；v.描绘成侧面影，照出影子来，仅仅显出轮廓

参考例句：

• I could see its black silhouette against the evening sky.我能看到夜幕下它黑色的轮廓。
• I could see the silhouette of the woman in the pickup.我可以见到小卡车的女人黑色半身侧面影。

6 silhouettes   

轮廓( silhouette的名词复数 )； （人的）体形； （事物的）形状； 剪影

参考例句：

• Now that darkness was falling, only their silhouettes were outlined against the faintly glimmering sky. 这时节两山只剩余一抹深黑，赖天空微明为画出一个轮廓。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译
• They could see silhouettes. 他们能看得见影子的。