有声英语故事连载：《名人传记》之乔布斯 第4期

 

故事连载

He ultimately hits upon this idea

他最终认为

 

that computer technology can be the source of transcendence,

电脑技术将成为历史性的革命

 

that it can transform our lives,

我们的生活将彻底为之改观

 

that it can help us live on a different plane, a different dimension.

进入全新的维度和层面

 

But in the here and now in the mid 1970s

但在70年代中期

 

computers were prehistoric and enormous.

电脑犹如史前生物般庞大

 

Back in the 60s and 70s,

在六七十年代

 

think of what the computer looked like.

电脑的样子与今日大相径庭

 

They were the size of an office.

大小和房间差不多

 

 

 

 

Only the millitary and large banks could own one of these things.

只有军队和大型银行才能拥有这样一台装备

 

The very first Steve Jobs' computer

史蒂夫·乔布斯的第一台电脑

 

was acturally the brain child of his friend, Steve Wozniak.

实际上是他朋友史蒂夫·沃兹尼亚克的创意

 

Wozniak did the wiring and Jobs did the dreaming

沃兹尼亚克负责实际操作 而乔布斯负责构思未来

 

and be hold, the Apple 1.

各位请看 苹果一代

 

No power supply.No casing, just a beginning.

没有电源 没有封装 只是个雏形

 

Jobs and Waz unveiled the prototype to their fellow tech geeks at the Home Brew Computer Club in 1976.

1976年 乔布斯和沃兹在家用电脑俱乐部向其他研究技术的同仁们推出了苹果机的原型

 

Everybody kind of huddled over in a group

俱乐部中的所有成员都会聚在一起

 

and you can go over there and talk about building a 6502.

你可以上前和他们讨论如何制作6502微处理器

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the first meeting where I saw Steve Jobs,

我第一次在会上见到史蒂夫·乔布斯时

 

he was rushing around madly,

他疯狂地到处乱窜

 

trying to listen in on every one of those conversations

在场同时进行的众多讨论

 

that was going on simultaneously.

他都不想错过

 

He had a real intensity to his demeanor.

他的求知欲望很强烈

 

Jobs' imagined a machine for the people.

乔布斯为大家构思了一台机器

 

And he said he was the man to make it happen.

并且声称他要使之成为现实

The two Steves found an investor

这二人组找到了投资者

 

and formed Apple Computer Inc.

并成立了苹果电脑公司

 

The name apple, the friendly shape,

苹果一名琅琅上口 造型可人

 

the friendly advertising we did,

再加上很有亲和力的广告

 

Steve was a genius at marketing.

史蒂夫就是个营销天才

 

It helped bring this whole category of device to the world.

这样有益于把这一整套设备向全世界推广