乔布斯传 第339期:飞越太空!(1)
英语课
There were two premieres of Toy Story in November 1995. 1995年11月，《玩具总动员》共举行了两场首映式。
Disney organized one at El Capitan, a grand old theater in Los Angeles, and built a fun house next door featuring the characters. 迪士尼在洛杉矶的埃尔卡皮坦大剧院举办了一场，还在隔壁建了一个游乐屋，展示所有的电影角色。
Pixar was given a handful of passes, but the evening and its celebrity 2 guest list was very much a Disney production; Jobs did not even attend. 皮克斯也有一些入场券，但是当晚的活动和邀请嘉宾的名单基本都是迪士尼决定的。乔布斯甚至都没去参加。
Instead, the next night he rented the Regency, a similar theater in San Francisco, and held his own premiere. 第二天晚上，乔布斯在旧金山租用了与前者不相上下的雷根西剧院，举办了他自己的首映式。
Instead of Tom Hanks and Steve Martin, the guests were Silicon 3 Valley celebrities 4, such as Larry Ellison and Andy Grove 5. 到场嘉宾不再是汤姆·汉克斯和史蒂夫·马丁这些影星，而是硅谷的那些大腕：拉里·埃利森、安迪·格鲁夫。
This was clearly Jobs's show; he, not Lasseter, took the stage to introduce the movie. 很显然这是一场史蒂夫的演出，他，而不是拉塞特占据了舞台，向观众介绍影片。
The dueling 6 premieres highlighted a festering issue: Was Toy Story a Disney or a Pixar movie? 这种双首映式的安排凸显出一个日益严重的问题。《玩具总动员》到底是一部迪士尼电影还是一部皮克斯电影？
Was Pixar merely an animation 7 contractor 8 helping 9 Disney make movies? 皮克斯只是帮助迪士尼制作电影的动画承包商吗？
Or was Disney merely a distributor and marketer helping Pixar roll out its movies? 抑或是，迪士尼只是帮助皮克斯出品电影的发行商和营销商？
The answer was somewhere in between. 正确的答案在某个折中位置。
The question would be whether the egos 10 involved, mainly those of Michael Eisner and Steve Jobs, could get to such a partnership 11. 问题是其中牵涉到的大腕们，主要是迈克尔·艾斯纳和史蒂夫·乔布斯，能否达成这样的合作关系。
n.无限，无穷，大量
- It is impossible to count up to infinity.不可能数到无穷大。
- Theoretically,a line can extend into infinity.从理论上来说直线可以无限地延伸。
n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望
- Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
- He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。
n.硅(旧名矽)
- This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
- A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。
n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉
- He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
- a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目
n.林子，小树林，园林
- On top of the hill was a grove of tall trees.山顶上一片高大的树林。
- The scent of lemons filled the grove.柠檬香味充满了小树林。
n.活泼，兴奋，卡通片／动画片的制作
- They are full of animation as they talked about their childhood.当他们谈及童年的往事时都非常兴奋。
- The animation of China made a great progress.中国的卡通片制作取得很大发展。
n.订约人，承包人，收缩肌
- The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
- The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的
- The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
- By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
自我，自尊，自负( ego的名词复数 )
- Their egos are so easily bruised. 他们的自尊心很容易受到伤害。
- The belief in it issues from the puerile egos of inferior men. 这种信仰是下等人幼稚的自私意识中产生的。
n.合作关系，伙伴关系
- The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
- Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。
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