《名人传记》之乔布斯最后一件事117:成为亿万富翁

 　　Nobody had ever tested it, But at this point, I tested it.

　　没有人试过，但是在那个节骨眼上，我试了

　　I marched past him and I wrote on the whiteboard,

　　我走过去然后在白板上写字,

　　And he said, "y-y-you can't do that.

　　然后他说, "你你你.你不能那样做

　　And I said, "what? Write on a whiteboard?"

　　我说 "神马?在白板上写字?"

　　And he stormed out of the room,

　　然后他摔门而去

　　And then I was in shock for the next week or moths¹.

　　这件事让我起码惊吓了一周到一个月

　　I just didn't know what had happened.

　　我都不知道发生了什么

　　Everyone in steve jobs' life went through 3 phases

　　在史蒂夫乔布斯人生中有三类人

　　They were either being seduced³, ignored, or scourged⁵,

　　他们或被引诱吸引着，或者无视，或者根本就痛斥他

　　And it all depended upon whether he needed you or not.

　　这一切全部在于与他是否需要你

　　If he needed you, he was your best friend,

　　如果他需要你，他就是你最好的朋友，

　　And he would seduce² you,

　　并且他能够吸引你

　　And then you would work like a dog,

　　然后你就会想狗一样工作

　　And if you weren't working hard enough, he would scourge⁴ you,

　　如果你工作的不够努力，他就会折磨鞭笞你

　　And ultimately he would throw you away.

　　然后最终他会把你甩到一边

　　On the personal level, it was not fun,

　　在个人层面，这并不好玩，

　　It was not the way I want to be treated by another human being.

　　这不是其他人应该效仿的为人处事的方式

　　Steve ultimately betrayed everyone.

　　史蒂夫几乎背叛了所有人

　　and some said the new steve jobs wasn't afraid Of claiming all the credit, too.

　　甚至有些人说，新的史蒂夫乔布斯一点信用也没有了

　　disney took "toy story" and another one

　　迪斯尼带着玩具总动员和另外一部

　　Of their movies to new york for the critics to see,

　　他们自己的电影 去纽约参展

　　And the critics just they didn't even look at the other movie.

　　那些影评人甚至，他们甚至没有看另外一部电影

　　They just went nuts when they saw "toy story,"

　　当他们看到玩具总动员的时候简直疯掉了

　　And they came back and basically told steve

　　他们纷纷告诉乔布斯，

　　That it was going to be a huge success,

　　这将会取得巨大的成功

　　And that's when he that's the point his ability to see

　　而看到将来即将要发生的事情，

　　Something spectacular is about to happen.

　　就是他特别的能力

　　He just moved just in and exploited that right to the hilt,

　　他进来然后进行了恰当好处的解释

　　And I must say he did a great job.

　　不得不说那真的是很棒

　　He became a billionaire from it.

　　他因此成为亿万富翁.

　　awesome⁶.

　　难以置信.

　　So steve's genius is to move when he has a good idea.

　　史蒂夫的天才之处在于他能将自己的想法立刻付诸行动.

　　I don't think they're necessarily his ideas,

　　我不认为他们都懂得他的想法，

　　But, boy, does he know how to move

　　但是只要他知道如何去实行

　　And market them like crazy.

　　并且像疯子一样驱动他们实现这想法就够了

　　He the world's genius marketeer,

　　他是这世上最有天赋的商人

　　Including of his own self-image.

　　即使他自己也这么想象.

　　but the best was yet to come for jobs.

　　但是最好的事情之后才走向乔布斯

　　Apple was in trouble.

　　苹果公司有麻烦了

　　They wanted him back.

　　他们想要他回来.

　　they were begging him to come back

　　他们祈求他回来

　　Because they knew he could fix it,

　　因为他们知道他能挽救这些

　　And he did come back, and he fixed⁷ it,

　　然后他真的回来了，并且他真的修复了苹果公司

　　And the rest is history.

　　其他的都成为了历史.

1 moths   

n.蛾( moth的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The moths have eaten holes in my wool coat. 蛀虫将我的羊毛衫蛀蚀了几个小洞。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The moths tapped and blurred at the window screen. 飞蛾在窗帘上跳来跳去，弄上了许多污点。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 seduce   

vt.勾引，诱奸，诱惑，引诱

参考例句：

• She has set out to seduce Stephen.她已经开始勾引斯蒂芬了。
• Clever advertising would seduce more people into smoking.巧妙策划的广告会引诱更多的人吸烟。

3 seduced   

诱奸( seduce的过去式和过去分词 )； 勾引； 诱使堕落； 使入迷

参考例句：

• The promise of huge profits seduced him into parting with his money. 高额利润的许诺诱使他把钱出了手。
• His doctrines have seduced many into error. 他的学说把许多人诱入歧途。

4 scourge   

n.灾难，祸害；v.蹂躏

参考例句：

• Smallpox was once the scourge of the world.天花曾是世界的大患。
• The new boss was the scourge of the inefficient.新老板来了以后，不称职的人就遭殃了。

5 scourged   

鞭打( scourge的过去式和过去分词 )； 惩罚，压迫

参考例句：

• He was scourged by the memory of his misdeeds. 他对以往的胡作非为的回忆使得他精神上受惩罚。
• Captain White scourged his crew without mercy. 船长怀特无情地鞭挞船员。

6 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

7 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。