有声英语故事连载:《名人传记》之乔布斯 第99期

故事连载

 

Steven Paul Jobs died on October 5, 2011

史蒂文.保罗.乔布斯于2011年10月5日去世

at the age of 56

享年56岁

a life cut short in its creative prime by cancer

因为癌症,一个生命短暂消失在了他最具有创造力的年纪

his death was not a surprise

他的死讯并不令人惊讶

and yet its impact reverberated around the world

却广泛的影响着整个世界

the news had spread, and the tributes were created

新闻和悼念活动被传递在

on the new idevices that his visionary genius had made

他用他天才的远见创造的所有设备上

his is a success story that could only have happened

他成功的故事仅仅只能发生在一个国度

in the U.S.A.

美国

 

I don’t mean to say that there aren’t geniuses

我并不是说世界上没有其他的天才人物能够

and world-changing people everywhere there are

如此广泛的改变人的生活... 绝对有...

but I think in Jobs’ case

但是我认为在乔布斯的例子上

the particular path of his career

独特之处在于他传奇人生的轨迹

this could only have happened in America

这只可能发生在美国

Steve Jobs’ world-class salesmanship found

从乔布斯著名的苹果产品发布会上

 

a global audience in his famous apple product presentations

全世界的观众 领略了他世界一流的销售技巧

he always had “one more thing” to announce

他常常宣布说 "还有一点"

everyone thinks, “wow. That’s that’s so much,”

所有人会想到, "哇喔. 这,这太值得了!

and, “well, we got one more thing,”

这样, "好吧, 这里还有一件事,"

and then you put your biggest thing at the end

于是你把你最重要的注意力放在了这件事上

because it’ll tip it

因为他提示了你

It’s good, uh it’s good showmanship really

这真的很棒,嗯,这真的是一种非常棒的演讲技巧

tragically that “one more thing”

可悲的事 "还有一件事"

has now become “one last thing.”

现在变成了 "最后一件事."

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