《名人传记》之乔布斯如何改变世界19:远见卓识到绝世天才

 　　And it's real now, isn't?

　　这是真的吗

　　It's real.

　　是的

　　Especially when people turn their Wi-Fi stuff off.

　　特别是当人们把Wi-fi关掉的时候

　　He generated the same kind of an excitement

　　他能带给你的刺激感

　　that you would get from the Bruce Springsteen concerts.

　　与布鲁斯·斯普林斯汀演唱会不相上下

　　He was in that groove² and understood who his audience was.

　　他就有那种能力 很清楚观众是哪些人

　　The iPhone only expands that audience.

　　iPhone则带来了更多的观众

　　For those with disabilities,

　　对于残疾人来说

　　it's a miracle device.

　　这是创造奇迹的设备

　　As I can't imagine love without you

　　我无法想象失去你 我的爱会怎样

　　It allowed me to touch the various places on the actual phone

　　我点触屏幕的不同位置

　　and it will give you feedback to know where you were.

　　它会给我不同的反馈 让你知道点中了什么

　　I was able to download books.

　　我可以下载书籍

　　I was able to download music.

　　下载音乐

　　I was able to read text messages and send them here.

　　阅读短信 发送短信

　　Here's a text from my son Quami.

　　这是我儿子托米给我发的短信

　　Dad, I didn't get to see you before you took off.

　　爸 我没来得及送你上飞机

　　I hope you got some rest on the plane and continue to get rest.

　　我希望你在飞机上好好休息 放松一下

　　Your body deserves it. Love you.

　　你的身体需要休息 我爱你

　　So I just write him Capital K. Capital O. Capital I.

　　我要回复他 大写K 大写O 大写I

　　Your Message, I love you back, smiley.

　　您的信息是 我也爱你

　　It was exciting to know that millions of blind people and deaf people and those with physical disabilities were able to do it instantly.

　　看到千千万万的盲人和聋哑人 还有许多身体残疾的人都能很快熟悉iPhone的使用 这很令人激动

　　The massive power and unprecedented³ popularity of the iPhone pushes Jobs from visionary to iGenius.

　　iPhone的强大功能以及其受喜爱程度让乔布斯从一个远见卓识的人成为绝世天才

　　But unfortunately,the man who seems to have a solution for almost everything

　　但不幸的是 这个看似攻无不克的人

　　is increasingly haunted by his most personal challenge.

　　却在健康问题上频频出现危机

　　I now have the liver of a mid¹ 20's person

　　我现在的肝脏来自一个二十多岁年轻人

　　who died in a car crash

　　他不幸死于车祸

　　and was generous enough to donate their organs.

　　非常慷慨地捐献了他的器官

　　And I wouldn't be here without such generosity⁴.

　　不是他的慷慨 我绝不能站在这里

　　So I'm vertical⁵.

　　我又站起来了

　　I'm back at Apple.

　　回到了苹果公司

　　Loving every day of it.

　　享受在这的每一天

1 mid   

adj.中央的，中间的

参考例句：

• Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
• He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。

2 groove   

n.沟，槽；凹线，（刻出的）线条，习惯

参考例句：

• They're happy to stay in the same old groove.他们乐于墨守成规。
• The cupboard door slides open along the groove.食橱门沿槽移开。

3 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

4 generosity   

n.大度，慷慨，慷慨的行为

参考例句：

• We should match their generosity with our own.我们应该像他们一样慷慨大方。
• We adore them for their generosity.我们钦佩他们的慷慨。

5 vertical   

adj.垂直的，顶点的，纵向的；n.垂直物，垂直的位置

参考例句：

• The northern side of the mountain is almost vertical.这座山的北坡几乎是垂直的。
• Vertical air motions are not measured by this system.垂直气流的运动不用这种系统来测量。