时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:名人传记


英语课

   He was kind of an electronic hobbyist


  他可以说是个电子狂
  or amateur enthusiast 1
  或者业余的爱好者
  and he liked to buy used stereo equipment
  他很喜欢买些旧的立体声设备
  and fix it up and sell for a profit.
  自己修理好之后再拿去卖来赚钱
  The story about how Steve Jobs went to college,
  乔布斯怎样入读大学的故事
  I think s a fascinating story.
  我觉得非常有趣
  Steve decided 2 that he wanted to go
  乔布斯决定了入读
  to Reed College in Oregon
  俄勒岗州的里德学院
  which was an outstanding liberal arts college
  这是一间很好的美术大学
  and be was accepted.
  他成功被取录
  But his parents couldn't afford to send him there.
  但他的父母没有能力供他入读
  and the University found out very quickly
  大学也很快发现他
  that no one had paid the bills.
  没有缴交学费
  But, Steve wound up befriending the Dean of Students.
  不过乔布斯最终
  And Steve was so persuasive 3 that he convinced the Dean
  和校长交上朋友
  to let him stay there at college
  而且他还说服校长
  and to take the classes
  让他作为旁听生上课
  and live in the dormitory for free.
  而且还可以免费在宿舍留宿
  After a short time at Reed College,
  在里德学院入读一小段时间后
  Steve Jobs returned to San Francisco
  乔布斯回到三藩市
  where be began attending meetings of the Homebrew Computer Club
  还开始参加由一班电脑爱好者
  a group for computer hobbyists.
  组成的“家酿电脑学会”的聚会
  At one meeting,
  在一个聚会裹
  his friend Steve Wozniak showed off
  他的朋友沃兹尼瓦克展示了
  the homemade computer he made.
  一部自制的电脑
  It had a typewriter keyboard instead of lights and switches,
  电脑用打字机键盘代替灯和按键
  a television instead of a monitor
  用电视机做屏幕
  and a cheap $20 computer chip.
  以及有块价值20美元的芯片
  Steve Jobs was a visionary, he did see, early on,
  乔布斯非常有远见,他早就
  along with a small group of people who would go to
  和志同道合的电脑小组成员一起
  the homebrew computer club that
  看见这东西
  this was going to change the world.
  将会改变这个世界

1 enthusiast
n.热心人,热衷者
  • He is an enthusiast about politics.他是个热衷于政治的人。
  • He was an enthusiast and loved to evoke enthusiasm in others.他是一个激情昂扬的人,也热中于唤起他人心中的激情。
2 decided
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
3 persuasive
adj.有说服力的,能说得使人相信的
  • His arguments in favour of a new school are very persuasive.他赞成办一座新学校的理由很有说服力。
  • The evidence was not really persuasive enough.证据并不是太有说服力。
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