乔布斯,英文版,笔记2013.4.23.docx

2013.4.23Paul Jobs suspended his sideline of repairing old cars so that the Apple team could have the whole garage. He put in a long old workbench, hung a schematic of the computer on the new plasterboard wall he built, and set up rows of labeleddrawers for the components. He also built a burn box bathed in heat lamps so the computer boards could be tested by running overnight at high temperatures. When there was the occasional eruption of temper, an occurrence not uncommon around his son, Paul would impart some of his calm. “What’s the matter?” he would say. “You got a feather up your ass?” In return he occasionally asked to borrow back the TV set so he could watch the end of a football game. During some of these breaks, Jobs and Kottke would go outside and play guitar on the lawn.workbench[w?:kbent?;w?:k?bent?]?n. 工作台，手工台suspend[s?spend]?v. 推迟,悬(浮),挂,暂停,取消 vi. 吊,悬浮 vt. 悬,挂,吊,暂停,中止component[k?mp?un?nt]?n. 元件, 组件, 成份 adj. 组成的, 构成的label[leibl]?n. 标签,签条,商标,称谓 vt. 贴标签于,分类，把…称为 n. [计算机]标记, DOS命令 : 加上或修改磁盘的标签drawer[dr?:?]?n. 抽屉sideline[saidlain;said?lain]?n. (球场)边线schematic[skim?tik]?adj. 扼要的, 图解的plasterboard[plɑ:st?b?:d;plɑ:st??b?urd]?n. 石膏板row[r?u]?n. 排,船游,吵闹 vt. 划船,成排 vi. 划船,吵架ass[?s]?n. 驴,愚蠢的人,臀部 adv. (常用作后置)用于贬损或骂人lawn[l?:n]?n. 草地,草坪,上等细麻布occurrence[?k?:r?ns; -k?-]?n. 发生,事件,发现uncommon[?nk?m?n]?adj. 不寻常的,不凡的,罕有的 adv. 非常地guitar[gitɑ:]?n. 吉他 vi. 弹吉他bathed[beied]?adj. 沐浴的, 浸透的动词bathe的过去式及过去分词形式impart[impɑ:t]?vt. 传授, 赋予, 告知feather[fee?]?n. 羽毛,心情,种类,服饰 vt. 用羽毛装饰 vi. 长出羽毛temper[temp?]?n. 脾气, 心境, 调剂, 趋向, (金属回火后的)硬度和弹性 vt. 锻练, 调剂, 缓和, 使金属回火occasional[?kei?n?l]?adj. 偶然的, 不时的eruption[ir?p??n]?n. 爆发,喷发，出疹，长牙Clara Jobs didn’t mind losing most of her house to piles of parts and houseguests, but she was frustrated by her son’s increasingly quirky diets. “She would roll her eyes at his latest eating obsessions,” recalled Holmes. “She just wanted him to be healthy, and he would be making weird pronouncements like, ‘I’m a fruitarian and I will only eat leaves picked by virgins in the