乔布斯,英文笔记,2013.2.28.docx

2013.2.28Friedland had heard Baba Ram Dass, the author of Be Here Now, give a speech in Boston, and like Jobs and Kottke had gotten deeply into Eastern spirituality. During the summer of 1973, he traveled to India to meet Ram Dasss Hindu guru, Neem Karoli Baba, famously known to his many followers as Maharaj-ji. When he returned that fall, Friedland had taken a spiritual name and walked around in sandals and flowing Indian robes. He had a room off campus, above a garage, and Jobs would go there many afternoons to seek him out. He was entranced by the apparent intensity of Friedlands conviction that a state of enlightenment truly existed and could be attained. “He turned me on to a different level of consciousness,” Jobs said. spiritual sprtl adj. 精神的, 心灵的 n. (尤指美国南部黑人的)圣歌 sandal sndl;sndl n. 便鞋, 凉鞋 consciousness knsnis n. 意识,知觉,自觉,觉悟 conviction knvikn n. 定罪, 信服, 坚信 eastern i:stn adj. 东部的, 东方的 entrance entrns n. 入口 v. 使出神,使入迷 vt. 使出神 spirituality spiritjuliti n. 精神性, 灵性 intensity intensiti n. 激烈,强度,强烈,剧烈 attain tein vt. &vi. 达到,获得 robe rub n. 长袍 v. (使)穿上长袍等Friedland found Jobs fascinating as well. “He was always walking around barefoot,” he later told a reporter. “The thing that struck me was his intensity. Whatever he was interested in he would generally carry to an irrational extreme.” Jobs had honed his trick of using stares and silences to master other people. “One of his numbers was to stare at the person he was talking to. He would stare into their fucking eyeballs, ask some question, and would want a response without the other person averting their eyes.” barefoot bfut;bfut adj. 赤脚的 adv. 赤脚地 =barefooted irrational irnl n. 无理数 adj. 无理性的, 不合理的 reporter rip:t n. 记者 strick strik 一束(梳理好的)麻或丝 intensity intensiti n. 激烈,强度,强烈,剧烈 extreme ikstri:m adj. 极度的,极端的,尽头的,严重的,末端的 n. 极端,极限 fascinate fsineit vt. 使.入迷,吸引住 vi. 有吸引力 hone hun n. 细磨刀石 v. 磨刀 fucking fki adj. 可恶的，十足的，异乎寻常的 adv. 非常地，无比地 trick trik n. 诡计，欺诈，把戏，诀窍 vt. 戏弄,欺骗 adj. 有诡计的，有阴谋的 master m:st n. 主人, 硕士, 母机 adj. 主人的, 主要的 v. 征服, 控制, 精通 stare ste(r) vt. 凝视,显眼,变硬 vi. 凝视 n. 凝视 avert v:t vt. 转开,避免,防止According to Kottke, some of Jobss personality traitsincluding a few that lasted throughout his careerwere borrowed from Friedland. “Friedland taught Steve the reality distortion field,” said Kottke. “He was charismatic and a bit of a con man and could bend situations to his very strong will. He was mercurial, sure of himself, a little dictatorial. Steve admired that, and he became more like that after spending time with Robert.” dictatorial diktt:ril adj. 独裁的，专政的 personality p:snliti n. 个性, 名人, 特色 distortion dist:n n. 扭曲, 变形, 曲解 mercurial m:kjuril adj. Mercury 神的,水星的,敏捷的 n. 水银剂,汞剂 situation sitjuein n. 位置, 形势, 局面, 处境, 状况, 职位 throughout ru(:)aut adv. 到处, 自始至终 prep. 遍及, 贯穿 charismatic krizmtik adj. 有魅力的 con kn vt. 精读,学习,默记, 掌舵, 欺骗 adv. 反对地 adj. 欺诈的 n. 反对论点，反对者,欺骗, 操舵台, 掌舵Jobs also absorbed how Friedland made himself the center of attention. “Robert was very much an outgoing, charismatic guy, a real salesman,” Kottke recalled. “When I first met Steve he was shy and self-effacing, a very private guy. I think Robert taught him a lot about selling, about coming out of his shell, of opening up and taking charge of a situation.” Friedland projected a high-wattage aura. “He would walk into a room and you would instantly notice him. Steve was the absolute opposite when he came to Reed. After he spent time with Robert, some of it started to rub off.” outgoing autgui n. 外出,开支,流出 adj. 喜欢外出的 计算机 输出 shell el n. 贝壳,壳,外形 vt. &vi. 去壳,脱落,炮击,拾贝壳 n.计算机 DOS命令 : 安装备用的COMMAND.COM文件, 并改变环境尺寸 self-effacing selfifeisi adj. 不出风头的，不喜出风头的，谦让的，谦卑的 private praivit adj. 私人的，隐蔽的 n. 士兵，列兵 reed ri:d n. 芦苇, 芦笛,簧片 Reed：里德（姓氏） aura :r n. 气味, 气氛; n. 光环, 光圈 charismatic krizmtik adj. 有魅力的 rub rb n. 摩擦,困难,障碍 vt. 擦, 搓, 涂抹上, 使不愉快 vi. 摩擦 charge t:d n. 电荷, 指控, 费用; 照顾, 责任 vt. &vi 控诉, 加罪于, 要价, 赊帐, 充电, 管理 wattage wtid n. 瓦特数On Sunday evenings Jobs and Friedland would go to the Hare Krishna temple on the western edge of Portland, often with Kottke and Holmes in tow. They would dance and sing songs at the top of their lungs. “We would work ourselves into an ecstatic frenzy,” Holmes recalled. “Robert would go insane and dance like crazy. Steve was more subdued, as if he was embarrassed to let loose.” Then they would be treated to paper plates piled high with vegetarian food. Holmes hulmz n. 霍姆斯或福尔摩斯(人名) Krishna krin n. (印度)讫哩什那神 n. 克利须那河(=Kistna) ecstatic eksttik n. 狂喜的人 adj. 狂喜的 hare h n. 野兔 tow tu n. 拖, 拖曳所用之绳, 麻的粗纤维 v. 拖, 曳 frenzy frenzi n. 狂暴, 狂怒 lung l n. 肺,呼吸器官 insane insein adj. 疯狂的,精神错乱的,荒唐的 vegetarian veditrin n. 素食者 adj. 素食的 pile pail n. 堆,桩,大量,核反应堆 vi. 形成堆,拥挤进入 vt. 堆积,装载 subdue sbdju: v. 使服从, 压制, 减弱 embarrass imbrs vt. 使.困窘,阻碍 vi. 变得困窘Friedland had stewardship of a 220-acre apple farm, about forty miles southwest of Portland, that was owned by an eccentric millionaire uncle from Switzerland named Marcel Mller. After Friedland became involved with Eastern spirituality, he turned it into a commune called the All One Farm, and Jobs would spend weekends there with Kottke, Holmes, and like-minded seekers of enlightenment. The farm had a main house, a large barn, and a garden shed, where Kottke and Holmes slept. Jobs took on the task of pruning the Gravenstein apple trees. “Steve ran the apple orchard,” said Friedland. “We were in the organic cider business. Steves job was to lead a crew of freaks to prune the orchard and whip it back into shape.” commune kmju:n n. 公社