喬布斯,英文,筆記1.23.docx

2013.1.23Jobs was often bullied, and in the middle of seventh grade he gave his parents an ultimatum. “I insisted they put me in a different school,” he recalled. Financially this was a tough demand. His parents were barely making ends meet, but by this point there was little doubt that they would eventually bend to his will. “When they resisted, I told them I would just quit going to school if I had to go back to Crittenden. So they researched where the best schools were and scraped together every dime and bought a house for $21,000 in a nicer district.” ultimatum ltimeitm n. 最后通牒 tough tf adj. 強硬的, 艱苦的, 棘手的, 嚴厲的 adv. 以強硬的態(tài)度 n. 暴徒; 惡棍 barely beli adv. 少量地,幾乎不地,勉強 scrape skreip n. 刮掉,擦掉,刮擦聲 vt.& vi. 刮掉,擦掉 Crittenden Parridge v Crittenden bend bend v. 彎曲, 屈服 n. 彎曲(物), 彎道 demand dim:nd n. 要求; 需求 v. 要求, 查問; 需要 bully buli n. 欺凌弱小者,土霸,開球 vt. 威脅,恐嚇,欺負The move was only three miles to the south, to a former apricot orchard in Los Altos that had been turned into a subdivision of cookie-cutter tract homes. Their house, at 2066 Crist Drive, was one story with three bedrooms and an all-important attached garage with a roll-down door facing the street. There Paul Jobs could tinker with cars and his son with electronics. Crist krist n.克里斯特(人名) subdivision sbdivin n. 細分, 再分的部分 orchard :td n. 果園 apricot eiprikt;eiprikt n. 杏子, 杏色 adj. 杏色的 tract trkt n. 廣闊的土地,地域,器官系統(tǒng),宣傳小冊子 cookie-cutter 千篇一律的東西,俗套 attach tt v. 附上, 系上, 貼上, 使依戀 tinker tik n. 修補匠, 焊鍋 n.（愛爾蘭語）吉卜賽 vi. 做焊鍋匠, 笨拙的修補 vt. 修補，調(diào)整，改進 drive draiv n. 駕車, 快車道, 推進力, 驅(qū)使, 路, 街 計算機 驅(qū)動器 v. 開車, 驅(qū)使, 駕進力Its other significant attribute was that it was just over the line inside what was then the Cupertino-Sunnyvale School District, one of the safest and best in the valley. “When I moved here, these corners were still orchards,” Jobs pointed out as we walked in front of his old house. “The guy who lived right there taught me how to be a good organic gardener and to compost. He grew everything to perfection. I never had better food in my life. Thats when I began to appreciate organic fruits and vegetables.” organic :gnik adj. 器官的,有機的,根本的,接近自然的 n. 有機物質(zhì) district distrikt n. 區(qū),地區(qū),行政區(qū) vt. 劃分區(qū)域,劃分地區(qū) orchard :td n. 果園 attribute tribju:t n. 屬性, 特征; 標志, 象征 vt. 歸于, 屬于 significant signifiknt adj. 有意義的, 意味深長的; 相當數(shù)量的; 重要的, 重大的 n. (復)有意義的事物; 標志 gardener g:dn(r) n. 園丁, 花匠, 園藝家 appreciate pri:ieit vt. 欣賞,感激,賞識 vt. 領會，充分意識 vi. 增值 compost kmpst n. 混合肥料，堆肥 vt.使成堆肥 perfection pfekn n. 完美, 完善 sunnyvale n. 森尼維耳市, 森尼韋爾(美國加利福尼亞州西部城市)Even though they were not fervent about their faith, Jobss parents wanted him to have a religious upbringing, so they took him to the Lutheran church most Sundays. That came to an end when he was thirteen. In July 1968 Life magazine published a shocking cover showing a pair of starving children in Biafra. Jobs took it to Sunday school and confronted the churchs pastor. “If I raise my finger, will God know which one Im going to raise even before I do it?”The pastor answered, “Yes, God knows everything.”Jobs then pulled out the Life cover and asked, “Well, does God know about this and whats going to happen to those children?”“Steve, I know you dont understand, but yes, God knows about that.” Lutheran lju:rn n. 路德會教友 adj. 路德教會的 starving st:vi adj. 饑餓的動詞starve的現(xiàn)在分詞形式 confront knfrnt vt. 面臨, 對抗, 遭遇 upb