《名人传记》之乔布斯最后一件事112:一个非常乐善好施的忠实朋友

 　　as the two got to know each other,

　　当他们俩人慢慢了解对方

　　Sheff realized he had a front row seat

　　席夫意识到，他对于

　　On what was then an unimaginable technological¹ future.

　　难以想象的未来技术有着非常前瞻性的看法

　　steve started drawing on a place mat.

　　史蒂夫开始在一块垫东西用的板上画画

　　We went back and forth², and basically by the end

　　我们继续调侃，后来，我发觉他画的那个东西

　　Of that constructed what looks exactly like an ipad.

　　真的看上去很像是 iPad

　　Steve said this machine,

　　史蒂夫说，这个机器，

　　This small device as big as a book,

　　这个小设备，这个和书差不多大小的设备

　　Would allow us to keep in touch with one another,

　　将会使我们与他人联系

　　It will replace the telephone and would replace bookstores.

　　它将会取代电话，取代图书馆

　　He saw it as a reader on this very small device

　　他把这个小设备当做一个阅读器，

　　And read it with editing capacity, note-taking capacity.

　　通过它阅读和记录东西

　　I mean, he really envisioned the ipad almost 30 years ago.

　　我的意思是，他真的在几乎30年前就已经预想到了iPad

　　jobs and sheff quickly became close friends.

　　乔布斯和席夫很快成为了亲密的朋友

　　Through the late sixties and seventies

　　在60年代末70年代初，

　　In very similar ways, gong through some of the counter culture,

　　一些叛逆的文化在传播

　　You know being, influenced by some of the eastern mysticism,

　　它们受到西方神秘主义的影响，

　　Buddhism³, the lsd culture, timothy leary.

　　受到佛教、迷幻药泛滥以及偍摩教的影响

　　turn on, tune⁴ in, rock out.

　　启动，调试，爆发

　　He was always so excited about everything,

　　他总是对任何事物充满激情

　　And we went to movies together, And we went to the opera together,

　　我们一起去看电影，一起去听歌剧

　　And he could talk about everything,

　　他可以谈论任何事情

　　And he was this incredibly giving, loyal friend.

　　他是一个非常乐善好施的忠实朋友

　　When I was having a hard time, we'd be on the phone,

　　当我遇到困难时，他会一个电话打过来

　　He'd drive up from silicon⁵ valley,

　　然后从硅谷开车过来

　　Take me out to dinner, hang out,

　　带着我一起吃个饭放松一下心情，

　　And take walks with me, and, um, that's pretty rare.

　　然后散步聊天，那真的很令人怀念

　　in 1984,

　　在1984年的时候，

　　they visited the home of yoko ono

　　他们一起去了约翰列侬家

　　For the ninth birthday party of sean, Her son with john lennon.

　　参加他9岁儿子Sean的生日PARTY，

　　Jobs took along a birthday gift that fascinated

　　乔布斯带来了一件不仅仅让Sean，

　　Not only sean but the whole star-studded guest list.

　　也让在场所有明星友人着迷不已的事情

1 technological   

adj.技术的；工艺的

参考例句：

• A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
• Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。

2 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

3 Buddhism   

n.佛教（教义）

参考例句：

• Buddhism was introduced into China about 67 AD.佛教是在公元67年左右传入中国的。
• Many people willingly converted to Buddhism.很多人情愿皈依佛教。

4 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

5 silicon   

n.硅(旧名矽)

参考例句：

• This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
• A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。