欧美文化博览 天才史蒂夫·乔布斯改变世界(14)

 

The iPod is so popular, even it's commercials are capable of catapulting careers.

iPod如此受欢迎，即使它的广告也能推动一种新兴职业的诞生。

"One, two, three, four, tell me that you love me more."

“一，二，三，四，告诉我你爱我爱的更多。”

You look at an artist like "Spice", the song "One, two, three, four" and this is a song that. It had cracked the very, very bottom part of the Billboard¹ chart but you know, it starts running in Apple commercials and literally² until next week, boom, it's No. 20; boom, it's No. 10.

你看Spice这样的艺术家，这是一首名叫“一，二，三，四”的歌。它在榜单中的成绩跌落低谷，但是你要知道，它在苹果公司广告的里却是红得发紫，而且到下周它将由第20位瞬间升至第10位。

Harry³ Schum is the star of the hit TV series “Glee”. But you might not recognize him here, in Apple's dancing silhouette⁴ commercial.

哈里·斯科姆是热播电视剧《欢乐合唱团》的当红演员。但你可能在苹果的舞蹈剪影广告中认不出他来。

I'd always heard that Steve Jobs, you know he has to prove it. He's particular and he wants things simple. And I think that's what shaped a form of silhouettes⁵. A person dancing, maybe do extraordinary moves, but a silhouette.So it made you feel that, hey, I could be one of those people holding this iPod having fun and I just thought it was so genius.

我一直听说史蒂夫·乔布斯异于常人，你知道他不得不证明自己。他独具慧眼，想要事物简约而不简单。我认为一种形式的轮廓就很好的诠释了这一观点。一个人跳舞，也许在做着不寻常的动作，但它只是一个剪影。它使你觉得，嘿，我也可以像这些人一样手持iPod在这里面玩耍，我只是觉得只有天才才能想出这样的设计。

1 billboard   

n.布告板，揭示栏，广告牌

参考例句：

• He ploughed his energies into his father's billboard business.他把精力投入到父亲的广告牌业务中。
• Billboard spreads will be simpler and more eye-catching.广告牌广告会比较简单且更引人注目。

2 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

3 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

4 silhouette   

n.黑色半身侧面影，影子，轮廓；v.描绘成侧面影，照出影子来，仅仅显出轮廓

参考例句：

• I could see its black silhouette against the evening sky.我能看到夜幕下它黑色的轮廓。
• I could see the silhouette of the woman in the pickup.我可以见到小卡车的女人黑色半身侧面影。

5 silhouettes   

轮廓( silhouette的名词复数 )； （人的）体形； （事物的）形状； 剪影

参考例句：

• Now that darkness was falling, only their silhouettes were outlined against the faintly glimmering sky. 这时节两山只剩余一抹深黑，赖天空微明为画出一个轮廓。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译
• They could see silhouettes. 他们能看得见影子的。