史蒂文·Jobs 04

[00:20.59]史蒂文·Jobs（Steven Jobs）
[00:38.54]convice 使信服
[00:42.80]end up 最终
[00:46.41]batch¹ 一批
[00:51.01]When twenty-one-year-old Jobs saw a computer
[00:54.61]that Wozniak had designed for his own use,
[00:58.16]he convinced Wozniak to assist him
[01:01.42]and started a company to market the computer.
[01:05.72]Apple Computer Co. was founded as a partnership
[01:09.50]on April 1, 1976.
[01:13.81]Though their initial plan
[01:15.57]was to sell just printed circuit boards,
[01:19.08]Jobs and Wozniak ended up creating
[01:22.09]a batch of completely assembled computers
[01:25.49]and thus entered the personal computer business.
[01:30.71]讲解
[02:06.57]When twenty-one-year-old Jobs saw a computer
[02:10.21]that Wozniak had designed for his own use,
[02:20.14]he convinced Wozniak to assist him
[02:22.84]and started a company to market the computer.
[02:33.35]Apple Computer Co. was founded as a partnership
[02:36.97]on April 1, 1976.
[02:46.13]Though their initial plan
[02:47.74]was to sell just printed circuit boards,
[02:56.01]Jobs and Wozniak ended up creating
[02:59.30]a batch of completely assembled computers
[03:08.92]and thus entered the personal computer business.
[03:18.24]多学一点
[03:21.95]convince  使确信，使信服
[03:25.75]persuade
[03:27.74]of
[03:30.09]He convinced me of his innocence².
[03:36.81]be convinced of  确信…
[03:41.11]I am convinced of his error.
[03:46.04]end up
[03:48.44]with
[03:49.84]doing
[03:51.60]以…告终，以…为结束
[03:55.31]end in
[03:58.55]He ended up admitting that he was mistaken.
[04:04.52]The whole lecture ended up with a beautiful song.
[04:12.44]batch  一批
[04:15.72]The second batch of sugar was better than the first.
[04:22.78]He received a batch of telegrams.
[04:46.18]come up with 想出… (主意)
[04:52.29]The first personal computer Jobs and Wozniak introduced,
[04:56.31]the Apple I, sold for US$666.66,
[05:02.88]a number Wozniak came up with
[05:05.40]because he liked repeating digits³.
[05:08.84]Its successor, the Apple II,
[05:11.71]was introduced the following year
[05:14.22]and became a huge success,
[05:16.65]turning Apple into an important player
[05:19.36]in the nascent⁴ personal computer industry.
[05:23.24]In December 1980, with a successful IPO,
[05:27.46]Apple Computer became a publicly traded corporation,
[05:31.84]making Jobs a multi-millionaire.
[05:36.86]讲解
[06:21.17]The first personal computer Jobs and Wozniak introduced,
[06:25.35]the Apple I, sold for US$666.66,
[06:41.06]a number Wozniak came up with
[06:43.41]because he liked repeating digits.
[06:52.27]Its successor, the Apple II,
[06:54.34]was introduced the following year
[06:56.94]and became a huge success,
[07:04.07]turning Apple into an important player
[07:06.33]in the nascent personal computer industry.
[07:16.41]In December 1980, with a successful IPO,
[07:20.63]Apple Computer became a publicly traded corporation,
[07:25.06]making Jobs a multi-millionaire.
[07:43.36]多学一点
[07:46.77]come up with  想出（主意等）
[07:51.94]He could not come up with a proper answer.
[07:58.50]with
[07:59.14]come up
[08:04.44]A number of questions came up at the meeting.
[08:31.87]lure 引诱
[08:35.57]challenge 向…挑战
[08:40.96]As Apple continued to expand,
[08:43.12]the company began looking for an experienced executive
[08:47.46]to help manage its expansion.
[08:50.55]In 1983, Jobs lured⁵ John Sculley away from Pepsi-Cola,
[08:56.76]to serve as Apple's CEO, challenging him,
[09:00.51]"Do you want to spend the rest of your life
[09:03.61]selling sugared water,
[09:05.72]or do you want a chance to change the world?"
[09:10.32]讲解
[09:40.72]As Apple continued to expand,
[09:43.07]the company began looking for an experienced executive
[09:47.27]to help manage its expansion.
[09:58.75]In 1983, Jobs lured John Sculley away from Pepsi-Cola,
[10:04.78]to serve as Apple's CEO,
[10:14.91]challenging him,
[10:16.12]"Do you want to spend the rest of your life
[10:19.20]selling sugared water,
[10:21.35]or do you want a chance to change the world?"
[10:36.47]多学一点
[10:40.11]lure  鱼饵 / 引诱，吸引
[10:48.99]Life in big cities lures⁶ many country boys.
[10:57.52]challenge  向…挑战
[11:00.97]I challenged him to show his proof.
[11:05.55]challenger  挑战者
[11:19.30]Beginnings of Apple Computer
[11:22.58]When twenty-one-year-old Jobs saw a computer
[11:26.15]that Wozniak had designed for his own use,
[11:29.81]he convinced Wozniak to assist him
[11:32.99]and started a company to market the computer.
[11:37.30]Apple Computer Co. was founded as a partnership
[11:41.06]on April 1, 1976.
[11:45.12]Though their initial plan
[11:47.09]was to sell just printed circuit boards,
[11:50.70]Jobs and Wozniak ended up creating
[11:53.68]a batch of completely assembled computers
[11:57.20]and thus entered the personal computer business.
[12:01.93]The first personal computer Jobs and Wozniak introduced,
[12:06.58]the Apple I, sold for US$666.66,
[12:13.05]a number Wozniak came up with
[12:15.61]because he liked repeating digits.
[12:18.86]Its successor, the Apple II,
[12:21.98]was introduced the following year
[12:24.40]and became a huge success,
[12:26.88]turning Apple into an important player
[12:29.87]in the nascent personal computer industry.
[12:33.35]In December 1980, with a successful IPO,
[12:37.62]Apple Computer became a publicly traded corporation,
[12:42.12]making Jobs a multi-millionaire.
[12:45.56]As Apple continued to expand,
[12:48.16]the company began looking for an experienced executive
[12:52.53]to help manage its expansion.
[12:55.48]In 1983, Jobs lured John Sculley away from Pepsi-Cola,
[13:01.87]to serve as Apple's CEO, challenging him,
[13:05.68]"Do you want to spend the rest of your life
[13:08.58]selling sugared water,
[13:10.40]or do you want a chance to change the world?"
[13:39.02]谢谢收听

1 batch   

n.一批(组，群)；一批生产量

参考例句：

• The first batch of cakes was burnt.第一炉蛋糕烤焦了。
• I have a batch of letters to answer.我有一批信要回复。

2 innocence   

n.无罪；天真；无害

参考例句：

• There was a touching air of innocence about the boy.这个男孩有一种令人感动的天真神情。
• The accused man proved his innocence of the crime.被告人经证实无罪。

3 digits   

n.数字( digit的名词复数 )；手指，足趾

参考例句：

• The number 1000 contains four digits. 1000是四位数。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The number 410 contains three digits. 数字 410 中包括三个数目字。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4 nascent   

adj.初生的，发生中的

参考例句：

• That slim book showed the Chinese intelligentsia and the nascent working class.那本小册子讲述了中国的知识界和新兴的工人阶级。
• Despite a nascent democracy movement,there's little traction for direct suffrage.尽管有过一次新生的民主运动，但几乎不会带来直接选举。

5 lured   

吸引，引诱（lure的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The child was lured into a car but managed to escape. 那小孩被诱骗上了车，但又设法逃掉了。
• Lured by the lust of gold,the pioneers pushed onward. 开拓者在黄金的诱惑下，继续奋力向前。

6 lures   

吸引力，魅力（lure的复数形式）

参考例句：

• He left home because of the lures of life in the city. 他离家是由于都市生活的诱惑。
• Perhaps it is the desire for solitude or the chance of making an unexpected discovery that lures men down to the depths of the earth. 可能正是寻觅幽静的去处，或者找个猎奇的机会的欲望引诱着人们进入地球的深处。