时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:名人传记


《名人传记》之乔布斯一代创意天才132:苹果第二代电脑获得空前成功 - 英语课
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  1. 1 《名人传记》之乔布斯一代创意天才132:苹果第二代电脑获得空前成功 英语课
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   A year after the company started,


  在苹果电脑公司成立一年之后
  the Apple II computer debuted 1
  苹果第二代电脑
  at the West Coast Computer Faire
  在西岸电脑节首度推出
  in April 1977
  在1977年4月
  It had a sleek 2 plastic case,
  第二代电脑拥有流线型塑料外壳
  curved corners, color capabilities 3
  圆滑的角位和纷缤的色彩
  and the new apple rainbow colored logo.
  以及全新的苹果彩虹标志
  They were pretty and that was big.
  这电脑真的很漂亮而且还很大
  They were. . even then,
  它们即使是现在
  Steve's sensibility for design,
  也展现了乔布斯的设计灵感
  it was prettier than the other ones
  它们比较其他通常装在架上
  which were sort of rack-mounted labby things.
  那些很刻板的电脑漂亮得多
  Steve brought glamour 4 to computing 5,
  乔布斯为电脑和矽谷
  to Silicon 6 Valley,
  注入了魅力和生命力
  and thank God.
  真的感谢他
  Apple II became a huge success.
  苹果第二代电脑得到空前成功
  By June, the company
  同年6月,苹果电脑的营业额
  reached $1 million in sales.
  达100万美元
  By August, Apple was proftable.
  8月,公司开始录得盈利
  Apple soon introduced computer updates,
  之后推出电脑的更新技术
  a new disk drive and a printer.
  还有新磁碟驱动器和打印机
  It also began selling
  同时也开始销售
  a unique software program
  一款独一无二的软件程式
  that Steve Jobs knew would be a hit
  乔布斯知道这款软件一定会成功
  He calls me up and says
  他打电话给我说
  I got something to show you.
  我有东西要给你看
  I zip down there,
  于是我去了他那里
  I had learned by then
  因为我那时已学会了
  not to question, just go,
  不要问,只要去
  so I zip down to Cupertino and there he was,
  所以我去了库比蒂诺
  there was an Apple II on a desk
  那书桌上有部苹果第二代电脑
  and he said look at this.
  他叫我看看
  And there was a spreadsheet on the screen Visicalc,
  在屏幕上有个Visicalc试算表
  what became Visicalc.
  即是后来的Visicalc试算表软件
  So he says this is the killer 7 app.
  他说这是必杀的应用程式
  He used the term killer app for the Apple II.
  是为苹果第二代电脑创造的词汇

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 sleek
adj.光滑的,井然有序的;v.使光滑,梳拢
  • Women preferred sleek,shiny hair with little decoration.女士们更喜欢略加修饰的光滑闪亮型秀发。
  • The horse's coat was sleek and glossy.这匹马全身润泽有光。
3 capabilities
n.能力( capability的名词复数 );可能;容量;[复数]潜在能力
  • He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大,自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
  • Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为,标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
4 glamour
n.魔力,魅力;vt.迷住
  • Foreign travel has lost its glamour for her.到国外旅行对她已失去吸引力了。
  • The moonlight cast a glamour over the scene.月光给景色增添了魅力。
5 computing
n.计算
  • to work in computing 从事信息处理
  • Back in the dark ages of computing, in about 1980, they started a software company. 早在计算机尚未普及的时代(约1980年),他们就创办了软件公司。
6 silicon
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。
7 killer
n.杀人者,杀人犯,杀手,屠杀者
  • Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
  • The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。
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