《名人传记》之乔布斯一代创意天才143:惊人的转变
英语课
On April 28, 2003,
在2003年4月28日
the iTunes music store debuted 1.
iTunes音乐商店正式推出
More than one million songs
最初五天已有超过100万首
were downloaded in the first five days.
歌曲被下载
But the year would take a surprising
那年对乔布斯个人来说
turn for Jobs personally.
出现了惊人的转变
In 2003, Steve Jobs
在2003年乔布斯
was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
被确诊患上胰脏癌
a fairly rare form of pancreatic cancer
是比较罕见的一种胰脏癌
that isn't as, as fatal as pancreatic cancer often is
而情况没有一般的胰脏癌严重
but still a very dire 2 diagnosis 3.
但也是个可怕的疾病
And he wound up having to undergo surgery to remove a tumor 4
他之后要接受切除肿瘤的手术
and take his first leave
这次是他第一次
of absence from running Apple.
向苹果电脑公司请假
After his leave of absence,
在放完病假后
Steve Jobs returned to Apple
乔布斯回到苹果电脑公司
and in 2007 he was on stage
还在2007年
with a new product announcement:
上台宣布推出新产品
An iPod, a phone...
一部iPod,加上电话
are you getting it?
你们想像到吗？
Hundreds of Apple fans lined up
当iPhone在2007年6月29日
to buy the iPhone
推出的时候
when it released in the United States on June 29, 2007.
有数以百计的苹果迷排队购买
One year later,
一年后,乔布斯的健康
he began to look sick again,
看来再次出现问题
but he joked about it:
不过他说笑道
Before we do, I just wanted to mention this:
在开始前我想先说说这个问题：
1 debuted
初次表演，初次登台（debut的过去式与过去分词形式）
- In late 2003 a full-size SUV, the Pathfinder Armada, debuted. 2003年末，全尺寸SUV的探路者无敌舰队，推出。
- The album debuted at number two and quickly went platinum. 专辑一亮相就荣登排行榜第二名，很快就取得了白金销量。
2 dire
adj.可怕的，悲惨的，阴惨的，极端的
- There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.曾经有人就看电视太多的危害性提出严重警告。
- We were indeed in dire straits.But we pulled through.那时我们的困难真是大极了，但是我们渡过了困难。