乔布斯传 第438期:工作室探奇(1)
英语课
Inside the Studio 工作室探奇
The design studio where Jony Ive reigns 1, on the ground floor of Two Infinite Loop on the Apple campus, 乔尼·艾弗所在的设计工作室位于苹果公司园区无限循环路2号楼的一层，
is shielded by tinted 2 windows and a heavy clad, locked door. 隐在染色玻璃窗和厚重的钢制大门之后。
Just inside is a glass-booth reception desk where two assistants guard access. 走进去，会看到一张玻璃接待台和两名接待员。
Even high-level Apple employees are not allowed in without special permission. 甚至公司的高层员工都不被允许人内。
Most of my interviews with Jony Ive for this book were held elsewhere, 我为完成本书与乔尼所作的大部分采访都是在别处进行的，
but one day in 2010 he arranged for me to spend an afternoon touring the studio and talking about how he and Jobs collaborate 3 there. 不过在2010年的一个下午，他邀请我去他的工作室参观，并谈到了他和乔布斯是如何在这里合作的。
To the left of the entrance is a bullpen of desks with young designers; 大门入口的左边是一组年轻设计师的工位；
to the right is the cavernous main room with six long steel tables for displaying and playing with works in progress. 右边是一个类似洞穴的大房间，里面有6张长条钢桌，用来展示和试验设计中的产品。
Beyond the main room is a computer-aided design studio, filled with workstations, 大房间的旁边是一间由计算机辅助的设计工作室，里面全都是工作站。
that leads to a room with molding machines to turn what's on the screens into foam 4 models. 再往里走的一个房间有几台铸型机，可以把电脑屏幕上的设计制成发泡材料模型。
Beyond that is a robot-controlled spray-painting chamber 5 to make the models look real. 另外还有一台机器人控制的喷漆机器，可以让模型看起来更逼真。
The look is sparse 6 and industrial, with metallic 7 gray decor. 银色的金属装溃让整个房间看上去空旷又富有工业气息。
Leaves from the trees outside cast moving patterns of light and shadows on the tinted windows. 外面的树叶透过染色玻璃窗投下移动的光影。
Techno and jazz play in the background. 电子乐和爵士乐回荡在空气中。
n.君主的统治( reign的名词复数 )；君主统治时期；任期；当政期
- In these valleys night reigns. 夜色笼罩着那些山谷。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The Queen of Britain reigns, but she does not rule or govern. 英国女王是国家元首，但不治国事。 来自辞典例句
vi.协作，合作；协调
- The work gets done more quickly when we collaborate.我们一旦合作，工作做起来就更快了。
- I would ask you to collaborate with us in this work.我们愿意请你们在这项工作中和我们合作。
v./n.泡沫，起泡沫
- The glass of beer was mostly foam.这杯啤酒大部分是泡沫。
- The surface of the water is full of foam.水面都是泡沫。
n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所
- For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
- The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。
adj.稀疏的，稀稀落落的，薄的
- The teacher's house is in the suburb where the houses are sparse.老师的家在郊区，那里稀稀拉拉有几处房子。
- The sparse vegetation will only feed a small population of animals.稀疏的植物只够喂养少量的动物。
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