《名人传记》之乔布斯一代创意天才129:革命先驱

 　　Steve Jobs has been called a revolutionary.

　　史蒂夫乔布斯被称为革命先驱

　　He changed the computer industry,

　　他改变了电脑行业

　　the movie industry, the music industry

　　电影行业、音乐行业

　　and the mobile phone industry.

　　和流动电话行业

　　His life has been an unusual journey

　　他的一生是不平凡的旅程

　　of successes and failures,

　　当中有成功也有失败

　　but he did it all with style.

　　但也有他自己的一套风格

　　This is the story of Steve Jobs.

　　以下是史蒂夫乔布斯的故事

　　Steve Jobs was put up for adoption¹ at birth.

　　乔布斯出生便被人领养

　　His biological parents were intellectuals,

　　他的亲生父母是知识份子

　　they were graduate students at the University of Wisconsin

　　他们是威斯康辛大学的毕业生

　　and they weren't married at the time

　　他们在乔布斯出世时还未结婚

　　so they were still in school

　　他们还在读书

　　so when Steve Jobs was born in 1955,

　　所以当乔布斯在1955年出生时

　　they put him up for adoption.

　　他们便将乔布斯交给人抚养

　　He was adopted by a family in San Francisco, California

　　领养他的是加州三藩市一个家庭

　　who very much wanted children

　　夫妇很想要小朋友

　　who were very loving, good parents.

　　他们是一对充满爱心的好父母

　　Steve Jobs grew up south of San Francisco in Silicon² Valley,

　　乔布斯在矽谷的三藩市南部长大

　　known for computer companies

　　矽谷就是那个有很多

　　like Hewlett Packard and Intel

　　电脑公司的地方,例如惠普...

　　that manufactured semiconductors³

　　以及用矽来制造半导体的公司

　　made of silicon.

　　像英特尔而闻名于世

1 adoption   

n.采用，采纳，通过；收养

参考例句：

• An adoption agency had sent the boys to two different families.一个收养机构把他们送给两个不同的家庭。
• The adoption of this policy would relieve them of a tremendous burden.采取这一政策会给他们解除一个巨大的负担。

2 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。

3 semiconductors   

n.半导体( semiconductor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Crystals may be insulators, semiconductors, or conductors. 晶体可以是绝缘体，半导体，或导体。 来自辞典例句
• Semiconductors containing such impurities are called p-type semiconductors. 含有这类杂质的半导体叫做P型半导体。 来自辞典例句