巴西币-
Unit 1
The Story of Steve Jobs
This
is
the
text
of
the
Commencement
Address
by
本文是苹果计算机公司和皮克斯动画
Steve
Jobs,
CEO
of
Apple
Computer
and
of
Pixar
工作室的首席执行官史蒂夫
?
乔布斯
Animation
Studios, at Stanford University, delivered on
于
2005
年
6
月
12
日在斯坦福大学毕
June 12, 2005.
业典礼上的演讲稿。
1
I
am
honored
to
be
with
you
today
at
your
1
今天，我很荣幸能来到这所世
commencement from one of the finest universities in
界顶尖大学参加你们的毕业典礼。我
the
world.
I
never
graduated
from
college.
Truth
be
大学没有毕业。说实话，现在是我最
told,
this
is
the
closest
I've
ever
gotten
to
a
college
接近大学毕业的时刻。我在里德学院
graduation. I dropped out of Reed College after the first
读了
6
个月就退学了，但是作为旁听
然后才
6
months,
but
then
stayed
around
as
a
drop-in
for
生又在那里待了
18
个月左右，
another 18 months or so before I really
quit
. So why
真正离开学校。那么我为什么要退学
did I drop out?
呢？
2
It
started
before
I
was
born.
My
biological
mother
2
这要从我还没有出生的时候说
was a young,
unwed
college graduate student, and she
起。我的生母是个年轻未婚的研究生，
decided
to
put
me
up
for
adoption
.
She
felt
very
因此她决定把我送给别人收养。她觉
strongly that I should be
adopted
by college graduates,
得我必须由有大学学历的人收养。于
so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth
是，她安排好了一切，只要我一出生，
by a lawyer and his wife except that when I popped out
就把我交给一位律师和他的妻子收
they decided at the last minute that they really wanted
养。但是我出生之后，他们在最后一
a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a
刻决定他们还是想要一个女孩。当时
call
in
the
middle
of
the
night
asking,
have
an
我父母还在候补名单上，一天半夜他
unexpected baby boy; do you want him?
They said,
们接到一个电话，问他们：
“
有个新生
My biological mother later found out that
儿，是意外怀上的，是个男孩，你们
my mother had never graduated from college and that
要吗？
”
他们 回答：
“
当然要。
”
但是，
my father had never graduated from high school. She
我的生母随后发现我母亲大学没有毕
refused
to
sign
the
final
adoption
papers.
She
only
业，我父亲甚至连高中也没毕业，因
relented
a few months later when my parents promised
此拒绝在最后几份领养文件上签字。
that I would someday go to college. This was the start
直到几个月后，我父母承诺将来一定
in my life.
让我上大学，她才同意了。这就是我
生命的开始。
3 And 17 years later I did go to college.
But I
naively
3 17
年后，我确实上了大学。但
chose
a
college
that
was
almost
as
expensive
as
是出于无知，我选了一所几乎与斯坦
Stanford, and all of my working-class parents' savings
福一样昂贵的学校，因此，工薪阶层
were
being
spent
on
my
college
tuition.
After
six
的父母把所有积蓄都花在了我的学费
6
个月过去了，
我看不 到其中的价
months,
I
couldn't
see
the
value
in
it.
I
had
no
idea
上。
what
I
wanted
to
do
with
my
life
and
no
idea
how
值所在。我不知道我的人生定位，也
college was going to help me figure it out. And here I
不知道大学将如何帮我找到答案，而
was spending all of the money my parents had saved
我正在这里耗尽父母一生的积蓄。所
their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trusted
以我决定退学，并相信一切都会顺利。
that it would all work out OK. It was pretty
scary
at the
这在当时看来非常可怕，但现在回头
time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions
看看，那是我做过的最棒的决定之一。
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I
ever
made.
The
minute
I
dropped out
I
could
stop
从退学的那一刻起，我就不用再上那
taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and
些不感兴趣的必修课，而开始去学那
begin
dropping
in
on
the
ones
that
looked
far
more
些看上去更有意思的课程。但一切也
interesting. It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm
不全是这么美妙。我没有自己的宿舍，
room,
so
I
slept
on
the
floor
in
friends'
rooms.
I
只有在朋友的房间里打地铺；我拣可
returned coke bottles for the five-cent deposits to buy
乐瓶子，把退来的
5
美分押金攒起来
food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town
去买吃的；而到了每个周日晚上，我
every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the
都会步行
7
英里，穿过城镇去克利须
Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I
那觉悟会的庙宇饱餐一顿。我喜欢这
stumbled
into by
following
my
curiosity
and
intuition
样。我依照好奇心和直觉做事，大多
turned out to be priceless later on. Let me give you one
事后证明是非常值得的。让我给你们
example: Reed College at that time offered perhaps the
举个例子：当当时里德学院开设可能
best
calligraphy
instruction in the country. Throughout
在全国是最好的书法课程。园里的每
the campus every poster
, every label on every drawer
,
一张海报、每一个抽屉的每张标签上
was beautifully hand
calligraphed
.
都有漂亮的书法。
4 Because I had dropped out and didn't have to take
4
因为我已经辍学，不用参加正
the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class
规的课程，所以我决定去上这门课，
to
learn
how
to
do
this.
I
learned
about
serif
and
学习书法。我了解了衬线和无衬线字
sanserif
typefaces
, about varying the amount of space
体，学会了如何在不同的字母组合间
between
different
letter
combinations,
about
what
改变间距，知道了如何让大字体显得
makes
great
typography
great.
It
was
beautiful,
很漂亮。这种科学所无法捕捉的、美
historical
,
artistically
subtle in a way that science can't
妙的、充满历史感的微妙艺术，让我
capture, and I found it
fascinating
.
心醉神迷。
5
None
of
this
had
even
a
hope
of
any
practical
5
这一切在我的生活中是否实
application
in
my
life.
But
ten
years
later
,
when
we
用，我不抱希望。直到
10
年后，当我
were
designing
the
first
Macintosh
computer
,
it
all
们在设计第一台麦金托什电脑时，我
came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac.
想起了这些东西。于是，我们把所有
It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I
这些都设计进了
Mac
机。这是第一类
had never dropped in on that single course in college,
拥有漂亮字体排版的电脑。如果我没
the
Mac
would
have
never
had
multiple
typefaces
or
有在大学旁听那门课程，
Mac
就不会
proportionally
spaced
fonts
.
And
since
Windows
just
有多种字体以及 间距分配合理的字
很可能现在的微软
PC
也不会有这
copied the Mac, it's likely
that no personal computer
型，
Windows
也
would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would
些字型
——
你们要知道，
have
never
dropped
in
on
this
calligraphy
class,
and
只是抄袭
Mac
，并非独创。如果我从
personal
computers
might
not
have
the
wonderful
未退学，我就绝不会旁听那门书法课，
typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to
而个人电脑可能也不会有现在这样美
connect the dots looking forward when I was in college.
妙的字体排版。在大学的时候，我当
But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years
然不可能把这些点点滴滴都串起来展
later
.
望未来。但在十年后再回首，一切都
变得非常、非常清晰。
6 Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward;
6
同样，你们现在也无法预见这
you can only connect them looking backwards. So you
类琐碎的经历之间能有什么联系，只
have
to
trust
that
the
dots
will
somehow
connect
in
有在回首往事时才能发现。你们要相
your future. You have to trust in something
—
your
gut
,
信，这些片断会在未来以某种方式连
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destiny
, life,
karma
, whatever
. This approach has never
接起来。你们必须相信一些东西
——
let me down, and it has made all the difference in my
勇气、命运、人生、因缘等等。这个
life.
方法从未让我失望，也正是它改变了
我的整个人生。
New Words
commencement
[C,
usu.
sing.]
a
ceremony
at
which
students
receive
their
academic
degrees
or
diplomas
学位授予典礼，毕业典礼
He made a speech at the commencement.
他在毕业典礼上作了演讲。
We will get our diplomas at the commencement in May or June.
我们将会在五、六月份举行的毕业典礼上拿到毕业证书。
[C, U]
beginning
开始，开端
The commencement of this year will be better.
今年将会有一个更好的开始。
Animation
n.
[U]
动画制作
n.
[C] a film or movie in which drawings of people and animals seem to move
动画片
quit
vi/vt.
to leave your job, school, etc.
离开；离校
He got his present job when he quitted/quit the army.
他退伍后找到了现在这份工作。
If I don't get a pay raise, I'll quit.
如果不给我加薪，我就不干了。
vi/vt.
(informal) to stop doing sth.
停止，戒掉
Quit fooling around!
别胡闹了
!
You must quit smoking. Most important of all, you should start taking exercise.
你必须戒烟；最重要的是，你该开始运动了。
biological
a.
connected with the processes that take place within living things
生物的；与生命过程有关
的
a child's biological parents
孩子的亲生父母
a.
connected with the science of biology
生物学
The school has a large biological laboratory.
这所学校有一个很大的生物实验室。
unwed
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not married
没有结婚的，未婚的
In 1993 alone, 26,270 babies were born to unwed teens.
仅仅在
1993
年便有
26270
名婴儿为未婚少女所生。
adoption
n.
[C, U] the act of adopting a child
收养，领养
He was pleased with the adoption of a little girl.
他很高兴收养了一个小女孩
.
n.
[U] the decision to start using sth. such as an idea, a plan or a name
采纳，采用
The adoption of this policy would relieve the unions of a tremendous burden.
采用这一政策将会减轻工会沉重的负担。
adopt
vt.
to take sb. else's child into your family and become its legal parent(s)
收养，领养
vt.
to formally accept a suggestion or policy by voting
正式通过，表决采纳（建议、政策等）
vt.
to start to use a particular method or to show a particular attitude towards sb./sth.
采
用（某方法）；采取（某态度）
relent
vi.
to finally agree to sth. after refusing
终于答应，不再拒绝
Afterwards she relented and let the children stay up late to watch TV.
后来她让步了，让孩子们看会儿电视，晚点再睡。
The police will not relent in their fight against crime.
警方在跟犯罪分子的斗争中决不手软
.
vi.
to become less determined, strong, etc.
减弱，变缓和
The pressure on us to finish this task will not relent.
为完成此项任务，我们受到的压力不会减轻。
naively
ad.
in a naive manner
无知地；天真地
They naively assume things can only get better.
他们天真地以为情况肯定会好转。
scary
a.
causing fear or alarm
引起恐慌的
That movie was too scary.
那部电影太吓人了。
stumble
vi.
1) to move or walk in an unsteady way
跌跌撞撞地走，蹒跚而行
A drunk stumbled past us.
有个喝醉的人跌跌撞撞地从我们身边走过。
The tired old man stumbled along.
那位疲惫的老人蹒跚而行。
vi.
2) to hit one's foot against sth. while one is walking or running and almost fall
绊脚
I stumbled over a tree root.
树根绊了我一下。
He stumbled on the staircase and hurt his leg.
他在楼梯上绊了一跤，伤了腿
.
intuition
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n.
1) [U] the ability to know sth. by using your feelings rather than considering the facts
直
觉力
Nobody told me where to find you. It was sheer intuition.
没有人告诉我到哪儿去找你。我纯粹是凭直觉找到你的。
Intuition told me you were an honest man.
直觉告诉我你是个诚实的人。
n.
2) [C]
（一种）直觉
I had a sudden intuition about the missing jewels.
我凭直觉突然知道失踪的珠宝的去向。
I had an intuition that we would win at last.
我有一种直觉，那就是我们最终会成功。
calligraphy
n.
[U] (the art of producing) beautiful handwriting
书法；书法艺术
I'm considering studying calligraphy or Chinese painting.
我正在考虑要学书法还是国画。
The graphic arts include calligraphy and lithography.
平面造型艺术包括书法和平版印刷术。
calligraph
vt.
to produce by means of calligraphy
用美术体书写
serif
n.
[U] a short line at the top or bottom of some styles of printed letters
sanserif
n.
[U]
无衬线字体
typeface
n.
[C]
（印刷用的）字体
typography
n.
[U]
印刷术，排版，版面设计
historical
a.
1) connected with the past
（有关）历史的
Are there any historical sites in this area?
这个地区有什么历史遗迹吗？
The book is based on historical events.
这本书是以历史事件为基础的。
a.
2) based on the study of history
有关历史研究的，历史学的
We have no historical evidence for it.
我们缺乏可以证明这一点的史学依据。
It's a historical fact.
这是历史事实。
artistically
ad.
in an artistic manner
艺术性地；在艺术上
She is artistically aware.
她艺术感很强。
The room is luxuriously and artistically furnished.
这个房间装饰得十分豪华雅致。
fascinating
衬线，截线
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a.
extremely interesting and attractive
极有吸引力的，迷人的
The results of the survey made fascinating reading.
调查结果读起来令人饶有兴趣。
proportionally
ad.
corresponding in size or amount
成比例地，相应地
Crime rate is proportionally much higher in the north of the country.
就比例而言，犯罪率在这个国家的北部要高得多。
Families with children spend proportionally less per person than families without children.
有孩子的家庭人均开销比没有孩子的家庭相对要少。
font
n.
[C]
字型，字体；铅字
gut
n.
[C, usu. pl.]
内心，直觉，本能
destiny
n.
1) [U] the power believed to control events
命运
Destiny drew us together.
命运把我们连在了一起。
n.
2) [C] what happens to sb./sth. (thought to be decided beforehand
by fate)
天数，天命
It was his destiny to die in a foreign country.
他注定要客死异国。
karma
n.
[U]
因缘，因果报应
Phrases and Expressions
be honored (to do sth.)
=
to feel proud and happy
（做某事）感到荣幸
I was honored to have been mentioned in his speech.
他在讲话中提到了我，真是荣幸。
I'm honored to meet you.
很荣幸见到您。
put (sb./sth.) up for
提供；推荐，提名
We decide to put up the family jewels for auction.
我们决定把家中的珠宝拿去拍卖。
Harrison put up for the secretaryship.
哈里森自荐秘书一职。
work out
1) to develop in a successful way
成功地发展
My first job didn't wok out.
我的第一份工作干得不好。
The new strategy may not work out well.
新战略也许不会产生令人满意的效果。
2) to train the body by physical exercise
锻炼身体
I work out regularly to keep fit.
我经常做运动以保持健康。
stumble into sth.
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to become involved in sth. by chance
无意间涉足某事
The urge to wider voyages caused men to stumble into New America.
扩大航行范围的紧迫要求使人类意外地发现了新美洲。
have a hope of
有
……
的希望
make all the difference
to have an important effect on sb./sth.; to make sb. feel better
有很大影响，使大不相同
A few kind words at the right time make all the difference.
在适当的时候说几句体贴话能产生很大的影响
.
Proper Nouns
Steve Jobs
Stanford University
Pixar Animation Studios
Reed College
Hare Krishna
Macintosh
史蒂夫
·
乔布斯
斯坦福大学
皮克斯动画工作室
里德学院
国际克利须那觉悟会
麦金托什电脑（苹果电脑中某系列个人电脑）
3.
Questions on the text
1. What did Steve Jobs do after he dropped out of Reed College?
He stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before he really quit.
2. What can we learn from Steve Jobs' narration about his biological mother?
His biological mother was a young college graduate student when she gave birth to Steve Jobs as
a
single
woman.
She
put
up
Steve
Jobs
for
adoption,
and
felt
strongly
that
her
son
should
be
adopted by college graduates and sent to college in the future.
3. What kind of people were Steve Jobs' adoptive parents?
His
parents
were
a
working-class
couple
without
a
college
degree. His
mother
never
graduated
from
college
and
his
father
never
graduated
from
high
school.
However,
they
did
send
their
adopted son to college as they had promised, and this cost them nearly all their savings.
4. Why did Steve Jobs drop out of Reed College?
Because he had no idea what he wanted to do with his life and no idea how college was going to
help him figure it out. Besides, the college was so expensive that all of his parents' savings were
being spent on his tuition.
5. What did Steve Jobs think about his decision of dropping out? Why?
He thought it was one of the best decisions he had ever made as he looked back on his past. After
he
dropped
out,
he
didn't
have
to
take
the
required
classes
and
he
had
the
opportunity
to
take
classes that interested him. Much of what he learned in this way proved priceless later on.
6. Why did Steve Jobs say his life as a drop-in in the college was not all romantic?
Because he was living a shabby life during the 18 months: he didn't have a dorm room, so he slept
on the floor in friends' rooms; he returned coke bottles for the five-cent deposits to buy food with;
he would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the
Hare Krishna temple.
7. What did Steve Jobs learn in the calligraphy class?
He
learned
about
serif
and
sanserif
typefaces,
about
varying
the
amount
of
space
between
different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great.
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