《名人传记》之乔布斯最后一件事115:重新审视自己

 　　but there were still people willing to back him With hard cash.

　　但是当时真的有人愿意用现金让乔布斯回去继续当

　　One of them was self-made texan billionaire

　　其中一个人就是德克萨斯州的总统候选人,

　　And former presidential candidate ross perot.

　　亿万富翁Ross PerotOne

　　He saw how wounded jobs had been by apple.

　　他知道乔布斯在苹果公司有多么成功和卓越

　　I think at first it was a tremendous disappointment,

　　我想一开始那确实是一种巨大的失落感，

　　Which I can certainly understand.

　　我能理解那种心情.

　　Secondly¹, he picked himself up, dusted himself off,

　　第二点，他重新站起来，重新审视了自己

　　And started all over again with very little hesitation²,

　　毫不犹豫地开始了重新来过

　　And I really admired that.

　　我真的非常赞赏这一点.

　　You know, otherwise you could sit around in a dark room

　　你知道吗，换成别人你会整日坐在一间黑屋子里，

　　And sulk about it, but that's not steve.

　　然后闷闷不乐 但是那不是史蒂夫.

　　Steve started a company called next

　　史蒂夫成立了另外一家叫做NeXT的公司

　　To do a computer that was gonna be what he thought Apple should have been.

　　建造他心目中的苹果电脑

　　Uh, to aim it at the education market because they

　　目标是教育市场因为他们……

　　Apple had had conspicuous³ success in education.

　　苹果在教育市场的成绩很出众

　　There were some people he could steal

　　他认为他能够从苹果的教育市场中，

　　from apple To market to that segment,

　　窃取一部分 市场用户，

　　And he thought starting small made sense.

　　这样他认为是可行的

　　but even starting small needs big money.

　　但是即使从这一小部分开始，也需要大量的资金

　　I invested $20 million in next.

　　我为NeXT公司投入了2000万美元

　　He contacted me, asked me to be a principal investor⁴

　　他联系到了我，希望我能成为主要投资方，

　　And to serve on the board with him,

　　和他一起开发主板

　　And I agreed to do it just because of my support for him,

　　我同意了，仅仅出于我对他的支持

　　And there was no question in my mind that if he

　　我从来没有想过他会

　　If he wanted to do it, it would get done.

　　如果他想做，他真的就能做成

　　He's great with attracting and motivating The best of the best people.

　　他非常善于拉拢和鼓动那些精英

　　He's great at encouraging men to be creative

　　他非常善于用奖励刺激员工创新，

　　And come up with new ideas and not just be little robots,

　　有新的想法，而不是机器人般的工作。

　　Which many big companies just want you to be a little robot

　　这种工作在很多大的公司都会有，希望你像小机器人一样，

　　And do what you're told to do,

　　做他们让你做的事情,

　　And the last thing they want to hear from you is a creative idea.

　　最重要 创意是他们最想从你身上听到的事情

　　Steve loved those creative ideas,

　　史蒂夫喜欢那些有创意的点子

　　And that was a magic part of the success of next.

　　这就是NeXT成功的魔力所在

1 secondly   

adv.第二，其次

参考例句：

• Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。
• Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。

2 hesitation   

n.犹豫，踌躇

参考例句：

• After a long hesitation, he told the truth at last.踌躇了半天，他终于直说了。
• There was a certain hesitation in her manner.她的态度有些犹豫不决。

3 conspicuous   

adj.明眼的，惹人注目的；炫耀的，摆阔气的

参考例句：

• It is conspicuous that smoking is harmful to health.很明显，抽烟对健康有害。
• Its colouring makes it highly conspicuous.它的色彩使它非常惹人注目。

4 investor   

n.投资者，投资人

参考例句：

• My nephew is a cautious investor.我侄子是个小心谨慎的投资者。
• The investor believes that his investment will pay off handsomely soon.这个投资者相信他的投资不久会有相当大的收益。