乔布斯传 第428期:产品线评估(6)
英语课
This ability to focus saved Apple. 这种专注的能力拯救了苹果。
In his first year back, Jobs laid off more than three thousand people, which salvaged 1 the company's balance sheet. 在他回归的第一年,乔布斯裁掉了3000多人,扭转了公司的财务状况。
For the fiscal 2 year that ended when Jobs became interim 3 CEO in September 1997, Apple lost $1.04 billion. 到1997年9月乔布斯成为临时CEO时,之前的一个财政年度苹果已经亏损了10.4亿美元。
"We were less than ninety days from being insolvent," he recalled. “我们离破产不到90天。”他回忆说。
At the January 1998 San Francisco Macworld, Jobs took the stage where Amelio had bombed a year earlier. 到1998年1月旧金山的Macworld大会上,乔布斯登上了一年前被阿梅里奥毁掉的舞台。
He sported a full beard and a leather jacket as he touted 4 the new product strategy. 他留着络腮胡子,穿着皮夹克,讲述着新的产品战略。
And for the first time he ended the presentation with a phrase that he would make his signature coda: "Oh, and one more thing..." 在结束演讲时,他第一次使用了后来变成他标志性结束语的那句话:“噢,还有一件事……”
This time the "one more thing" was "Think Profit." 这一次,“还有一件事”就是“考虑利润”。
When he said those words, the crowd erupted in applause. 当他说出这句话时,观众席爆发出了热烈的掌声。
After two years of staggering losses, Apple had enjoyed a profitable quarter, making $45 million. 在经历了两年的巨额亏损后,苹果终于在该季度赢利,获得了4500万美元利润。
For the full fiscal year of 1998, it would turn in a $309 million profit. 1998年整个财年,苹果实现了3.09亿美元的臝利。
Jobs was back, and so was Apple. 乔布斯归来,苹果归来。
(从火灾、海难等中)抢救(某物)( salvage的过去式和过去分词 ); 回收利用(某物)
- The investigators studied flight recorders salvaged from the wreckage. 调查者研究了从飞机残骸中找到的黑匣子。
- The team's first task was to decide what equipment could be salvaged. 该队的首要任务是决定可以抢救哪些设备。
adj.财政的,会计的,国库的,国库岁入的
- The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
- The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。
adj.暂时的,临时的;n.间歇,过渡期间
- The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
- It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。
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