《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
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。