《名人传记》之乔布斯最后一件事127:全世界都会怀念乔布斯

 　　I think the world will miss steve jobs.

　　我认为全世界都会怀念乔布斯

　　He took stuff¹ to a new place,

　　他将我们带入新的世界

　　And I do identify with that.

　　我绝对认同这一点

　　It's exciting when you do that,

　　你在做这些的时候感到很有激情，

　　So I do find the excitement of that,

　　所以我也要找到我觉得有激情的事情

　　And he also made things that were beautiful,

　　他制造了许多美好的事物

　　Great to touch, great to hold, good to look at,

　　触摸起来很棒，握起来很棒，非常好看，

　　And different colors.

　　而且颜色丰富

　　The minute you understand that you can poke² life And actually something will

　　在你明白过来的那一刻，你会顿悟你的人生

　　You know, if you push in, something will pop out

　　你知道吗，如果你沉浸其中，有些东西会爆发出来

　　The other side, you can you can change it,

　　换句话说，你可以，你可以改变它

　　You can mold³ it,

　　你可以重塑它

　　Um, that's the most important thing.

　　恩，这就是最最重要的事情

　　there's one thing on which everyone agrees

　　有一件大家公认的事情

　　Steve jobs left a legacy⁴ that has changed the world.

　　史蒂夫乔布斯留下了改变世界的宝贵遗产

　　he had the ability to think up new ways Of doing things,

　　他拥有从不同角度思考和做事的能力

　　not just improve what we have,

　　而不是我们常常那种

　　Do a better version⁵ of something,

　　只是改善或者提高一点点的能力

　　But do it in a totally different way

　　他是从完全不同的方式去做事

　　That the world would swing towards.

　　这将会推动世界大步向前

　　and so we fall in love with steve because he gave us

　　我们爱上乔布斯，因为他给我们

　　These toys that were not only fun but really useful. Wow!

　　这些不仅仅好玩而且真的很好用的玩具

　　It's upended industry after industry,

　　他颠覆了整个产业

　　It's forced everyone else to follow in his path,

　　并且强迫每个人都跟随他的脚步

　　And it has touched billions of people.

　　并且与亿万人紧密相关

　　He will be regarded as the person who unlocked⁶

　　他将受人怀念，

　　The creativity⁷ of a whole generation.

　　作为解开一整代人创造力的人

1 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

2 poke   

n.刺，戳，袋；vt.拨开，刺，戳；vi.戳，刺，捅，搜索，伸出，行动散慢

参考例句：

• We never thought she would poke her nose into this.想不到她会插上一手。
• Don't poke fun at me.别拿我凑趣儿。

3 mold   

n.模子，模型，铸模；vt.造型，浇涛

参考例句：

• Too often we try to mold our children into something they do not wish to be.我们常常试图把孩子塑造成他们自己不想成为的样子。
• Try to compact the sand into the mold.设法把这沙土堆积到模子里。

4 legacy   

n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。

5 version   

n.版本；型号；叙述，说法

参考例句：

• His version of the events is pure supposition.他对这件事的说法纯属猜测。
• What is your version of this matter?你对这件事情的看法 怎么样？

6 unlocked   

v.开锁( unlock的过去式和过去分词 )；开启；揭开；开着，解开

参考例句：

• Don't leave your desk unlocked. 请不要忘记锁好办公桌。
• On no account should you leave the door unlocked. 你无论如何也不应该不锁门。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 creativity   

n.创造力，创造

参考例句：

• There is limited scope for creativity in my job.我的工作中发挥创造力的空间有限。
• She got an unusually low score for creativity.在创造力方面，她得了异乎寻常的低分。