乔布斯,英文笔记,2013.3.7.docx

2013.3.7At one point Jobs was told of a young Hindu holy man who was holding a gathering of his followers at the Himalayan estate of a wealthy businessman. “It was a chance to meet a spiritual being and hang out with his followers, but it was also a chance to have a good meal. I could smell the food as we got near, and I was very hungry.” As Jobs was eating, the holy manwho was not much older than Jobspicked him out of the crowd, pointed at him, and began laughing maniacally. “He came running over and grabbed me and made a tooting sound and said, You are just like a baby,” recalled Jobs. “I was not relishing this attention.” Taking Jobs by the hand, he led him out of the worshipful crowd and walked him up to a hill, where there was a well and a small pond. “We sit down and he pulls out this straight razor. Im thinking hes a nutcase and begin to worry. Then he pulls out a bar of soapI had long hair at the timeand he lathered up my hair and shaved my head. He told me that he was saving my health.” gathering gri n. 集会, 聚集 maniacally mnaikl adj. 发狂的, 狂乱的, 狂热的 =maniac estate isteit n. 财产,房地产,状态,遗产 Hindu hindu: n. 印度人，印度教信徒 adj. 印度的，与印度有关的 spiritual sprtl adj. 精神的, 心灵的 n. (尤指美国南部黑人的)圣歌 Himalayan himlein adj. 喜玛拉雅山的，巨大的 grab grb n. 抓,接应,掠夺 vt. &vi. 抓取,抢去，吸引注意 adj. 随意抓取的 shave eiv n. 修面,刮胡子 vt. 修面,剃,擦过,消减价格 vi. 刮胡子,勉强通过 worshipful w:ipfl adj. 崇拜的, 虔敬的 razor reiz n. 剃刀 crow kru n. 啼叫,乌鸦, 欢叫 vi. 啼叫,报晓,欢叫 vt. 洋洋夸口,自鸣得意 pond pnd n. 池塘 vt. 堵河成湖 vi. 形成池塘 nutcase ntkeis n. 疯子 relish reli n. 滋味, 享受, 爱好, 调味品 vt. 加调味料, 享受, 品味 vi. 有滋味 lather l n. (肥皂水的)泡沫 v. 起泡沫, 涂上肥皂沫 toot tu:t n. 发出鸣声或嘟嘟声 v. (使某物）发嘟嘟声，痛饮Daniel Kottke arrived in India at the beginning of the summer, and Jobs went back to New Delhi to meet him. They wandered, mainly by bus, rather aimlessly. By this point Jobs was no longer trying to find a guru who could impart wisdom, but instead was seeking enlightenment through ascetic experience, deprivation, and simplicity. He was not able to achieve inner calm. Kottke remembers him getting into a furious shouting match with a Hindu woman in a village marketplace who, Jobs alleged, had been watering down the milk she was selling them. guru guru:;guu: n. 古鲁(指印度教等宗教的宗师或领袖), 领袖, 专家 deprivation deprivein n. 剥夺, 剥夺官职, 免职 mainly meinli adv. 主要地 wisdom wizdm n. 智慧,学问 aimlessly eimlisli adv. 无目的地，漫无目的地 impart imp:t vt. 传授, 赋予, 告知 enlightenment inlaitnmnt n. 启蒙 n.【佛教】 开悟 ascetic setik adj. 禁欲的 n. 苦行者 furious fjuris adj. 狂怒的, 猛烈的 simplicity simplisiti n. 单纯, 简朴 allege led vt. 断言,宣称 inner in adj. 内部的,里面的,内心的 n. 里面,内部Yet Jobs could also be generous. When they got to the town of Manali, Kottkes sleeping bag was stolen with his travelers checks in it. “Steve covered my food expenses and bus ticket back to Delhi,” Kottke recalled. He also gave Kottke the rest of his own money, $100, to tide him over. tide taid n. 潮,趋势,潮流 vt. 使.随潮漂流 vi. 涌动 generous denrs adj. 慷慨的,宽宏大量的,丰盛的,味浓的 expense ikspens n. 消费,支出During his seven months in India, he had written to his parents only sporadically, getting mail at the American Express office in New Delhi when he passed through, and so they were somewhat surprised when they got a call from the Oakland airport asking them to pick him up. They immediately drove up from Los Altos. “My head had been shaved, I was wearing Indian cotton robes, and my skin had turned a deep, chocolate brown-red from the sun,” he recalled. “So Im sitting there and my parents walked past me about five times and finally my mother came up and said Steve? and I said Hi!” shave eiv n. 修面,刮胡子 vt. 修面,剃,擦过,消减价格 vi. 刮胡子,勉强通过 rob rb, rb v. 抢劫 vi. 抢劫,盗窃 vt. 非法剥夺,使丧失,抢劫 chocolate tklit n. 巧克力, 巧克力糖, 巧克力饮品 adj. 巧克力的, 有巧克力糖衣的, 巧克力色的 sporadically adv. 偶发地, 零星地 somewhat sm(h)wt pron. 一些,某物 adv. 多少,几分 Oakland uklnd n. 奥克兰(美国加利福尼亚州西部城市)They took him back home, where he continued trying to find himself. It was a pursuit with many paths toward enlightenment. In the mornings and evenings he would meditate and study Zen, and in between he would drop in to audit physics or engineering courses at Stanford. audit :dit n. 查帐,审计 vt. 审计,旁听 enlightenment inlaitnmnt n. 启蒙 n.【佛教】 开悟 meditate mediteit v. 想, 考虑, 计划 pursuit psju:t n. 追求, 追赶, 工作The SearchJobss interest in Eastern spirituality, Hinduism, Zen Buddhism, and the search for enlightenment was not merely the passing phase of a nineteen-year-old. Throughout his life he would seek to follow many of the basic precepts of Eastern religions, such as the emphasis on experiential praj, wisdom or cognitive understanding that is intuitively experienced through concentration of the mind. Years later, sitting in his Palo Alto garden, he reflected on the lasting influence of his trip to India:Coming back to America was, for me, much more of a cultural shock than going to India. The people in the Indian countryside dont use their intellect like we do, they use their intuition instead, and their intuition is far more developed than in the rest of the world. Intuition is a very powerful thing, more powerful than intellect, in my opinion. Thats had a big impact on my work. experiential ikspirienl;ikspirienl adj. 经验的, 凭经验的 cognitive kgnitiv adj. 认知的,认识的,有认识力的 religion rilidn n. 宗教;宗教信仰 merely mili adv. 仅仅,只不过 precept pri:sept n. 教训, 告诫, 训诫 spirituality spiritjuliti n. 精神性, 灵性 Buddhism budizm n. 佛教 hinduism hindu:iz()m n. 印度教 alto ltu n. 男最高音, 女最低音，中音部，中音乐器 adj. 中音部的 impact impkt; v.impkt n. 冲击(力), 冲突, 影响(力) vt. 挤入, 压紧; 撞击; 对.发生影响 intuitively intju:itivli adv. 直觉地, 直观地 cultural kltr()l adj. 文化的,和养动植物有关的 Palo n. 帕洛 concentration knsentrein n. 集中, 专心, 浓度 intellect intilekt n. 智力，思维逻辑领悟力，理解力/nn. 知识份子，智力高的人，才智超群的人Western rational thought is not an innate human characteristic; it is learned and is the great achievement of Western civilization. In the villages of India, they never learned it. They learned something else, which is in some ways just as valuable but in other ways is not. Thats the power of intuition and experiential wisdom. experiential ikspirienl;ikspirienl adj. 经验的, 凭经验的 innate ineit adj. 天生的,固有的 intuition intju(:)in n. 直觉, 直觉的知识 wisdom wizdm n. 智慧,学问 civilization sivilaizein;-liz- n. 文明,文化 rational rnl adj. 合理的,理性的,能推理的 n. 有理数Coming back after seven months in Indian villages, I saw the craziness of the Western world as well as its capacity for rational thought. If you just sit and observe, you will see how restless your mind is. If you try to calm it, it only makes it worse, but over time it does calm, and when it does, theres room to hear more subtle thingsthats when your intuition starts to blossom and you start to see things more clearly and be in the present more. Your mind just slows down, and you see a tremendous expanse in the moment. You see so much more than you could see before. Its a discipline; you have to practice it. capacity kpsiti n. 能力, 容量, 容积; 资格, 职位 adj. (达到最大容量)满的 restless restlis adj. 不安宁的, 焦虑的 craziness kreizinis n. 疯狂 blossom blsm n. 花,开花,全盛期 vi. 开花,成长 expanse ikspns n. 苍天，宽阔的区域, 广阔 tremendous trimends adj. 巨大的, 惊人的 subtle stl adj. 微妙的,敏感的,精细的,狡诈的,不明显的Zen has been a deep influence in my life ever since. At one point I was thinking about going to Japan and trying to get into the Eihei-ji monastery, but my spiritual advisor urged me to stay here. He said there is nothing over there that isnt here, and he was correct. I learned the truth of the Zen saying that if you are willing to travel around the world to meet a teacher, one will appear next door. monastery mnstri n. 修道院, 寺院 advisor