《名人传记》之乔布斯一代创意天才140:成为亿万富翁

 　　Toy Story premiered in November of 1995

　　玩具总动员在1995年11月举行首映

　　and became an instant blockbuster.

　　然后很快成为票房冠军

　　Soon it was the third most successful

　　之后更成为有史以来第三部

　　animated¹ movie ever made.

　　最成功的动画电影

　　Steve Jobs saw his opportunity

　　乔布斯看到这是他的机会

　　And he said I am going to take this company public

　　他说我要将这公司上市

　　on the strength of this one movie

　　就凭这部电影动画

　　that we've come out with.

　　这么成功的机会上市

　　And it worked.

　　之后他真的实现了

　　Pixar went public and immediately

　　皮克斯动画成功上市

　　Steve Jobs became a billionaire.

　　史蒂夫乔布斯立刻成为亿万富翁

　　Despite his success with Pixar,

　　虽然皮克斯动画那么成功

　　Jobs didn't forget about

　　但乔布斯并没有忘记他的

　　his other company, NeXT.

　　另一间公司NeXT

　　He was looking at an unlikely partnership³:

　　他在想一个没什么可能的合作关系：

　　his old company, Apple-

　　就是和他的旧公司苹果电脑合作

　　on its second CEO after Sculley

　　继行政总裁史考力辞职之后

　　and plagued by tinancial osses.

　　该公司正面临重大的财政问题

　　Steve Jobs got back into

　　乔布斯展开了

　　talks with Apple,

　　和苹果电脑公司的谈话

　　a company he had been away from for more than a decade.

　　就是那间他离开超过10年的公司

　　So Apple and NeXT did a deal

　　苹果电脑公司最终

　　for almost $400 million

　　和NeXT达成协议

　　to buy NeXT software.

　　以4亿美元购入NeXT的软件

　　Steve Jobs went back to Apple

　　乔布斯终于在11年之后

　　after 11 years -

　　回到苹果电脑公司

　　at first as an advisor⁴,

　　首先出任顾问

　　but his role grew

　　他的职权

　　when it lost its CEO.

　　因第二任行政总裁的离开而扩大

　　Almost immediately, Steve Jobs filled the void -

　　史蒂夫乔布斯几乎立即填补当中的缺口

　　filled the power vacuum

　　即是权力上的空缺

　　and essentially⁵ took control of the company.

　　结果接管了整间公司

　　Jobs was named interim⁶ CEO,

　　乔布斯获委任为临时行政总裁

　　and he made some immediate² changes.

　　他马上执行了一些改变

　　He eliminated dozens of projects

　　他取消了很多计划

　　and employees in an effort

　　和解雇了不少员工

　　to cut costs.

　　希望可以为公司节流

　　In August of 1998,

　　在1998年8月

　　he introduced the iMac.

　　他推出了iMac

1 animated   

adj.生气勃勃的，活跃的，愉快的

参考例句：

• His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。
• We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。

2 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

3 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

4 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

5 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

6 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。