乔布斯传 第430期:乔尼·艾弗(2)

 Ive enrolled¹ in Newcastle Polytechnic² and spent his spare time and summers working at a design consultancy. 艾弗进入了纽卡斯尔理工学院学习，并利用业余时间和暑假在一家设计顾问公司工作。

One of his creations was a pen with a little ball on top that was fun to fiddle³ with. 他曾经设计了一支钢笔，笔帽上有一个可以拨弄的小球，

It helped give the owner a playful emotional connection to the pen. 让使用者和钢笔建立有趣的“情感互动”。

For his thesis he designed a microphone and earpiece -- in purest white plastic -- to communicate with hearing-impaired kids. 他的毕业设计是一套麦克风和听筒，由单一的白色塑料制成，用于和有听力缺陷的儿童交流。

His flat was filled with foam⁴ models he had made to help him perfect the design. 艾弗的公寓里摆满了发泡材料模型，这些模型帮助他获得了更完美的设计。

He also designed an ATM machine and a curved phone, both of which won awards from the Royal Society of Arts. 此外，他还设计过一台自动取款机和一款流线型电话机，这两个作品都曾获得英国皇家艺术学院奖。

Unlike some designers, he didn't just make beautiful sketches⁵; 和其他设计师不同，他不仅能勾画出精美的草图，

he also focused on how the engineering and inner components⁶ would work. 还关注工程学以及内部元件的工作原理。

He had an epiphany in college when he was able to design on a Macintosh. 大学时期，乔尼在使用麦金塔做设计时突然开窍了：

"I discovered the Mac and felt I had a connection with the people who were making this product," he recalled. “我开始了解Mac，并且觉得我和制造这个产品的那群人们在冥冥之中有种联系，”他回忆道，

"I suddenly understood what a company was, or was supposed to be." “我突然理解了公司是什么，或者说，‘应该是什么’。”

1 enrolled   

adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起

参考例句：

• They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起，他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 polytechnic   

adj.各种工艺的，综合技术的；n.工艺(专科)学校；理工(专科)学校

参考例句：

• She was trained as a teacher at Manchester Polytechnic.她在曼彻斯特工艺专科学校就读，准备毕业后做老师。
• When he was 17,Einstein entered the Polytechnic Zurich,Switzerland,where he studied mathematics and physics.17岁时，爱因斯坦进入了瑞士苏黎士的专科学院，学习数学和物理学。

3 fiddle   

n.小提琴；vi.拉提琴；不停拨弄，乱动

参考例句：

• She plays the fiddle well.她小提琴拉得好。
• Don't fiddle with the typewriter.不要摆弄那架打字机了。

4 foam   

v./n.泡沫，起泡沫

参考例句：

• The glass of beer was mostly foam.这杯啤酒大部分是泡沫。
• The surface of the water is full of foam.水面都是泡沫。

5 sketches   

n.草图( sketch的名词复数 )；素描；速写；梗概

参考例句：

• The artist is making sketches for his next painting. 画家正为他的下一幅作品画素描。
• You have to admit that these sketches are true to life. 你得承认这些素描很逼真。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 components   

（机器、设备等的）构成要素，零件，成分； 成分( component的名词复数 )； [物理化学]组分； [数学]分量； （混合物的）组成部分

参考例句：

• the components of a machine 机器部件
• Our chemistry teacher often reduces a compound to its components in lab. 在实验室中化学老师常把化合物分解为各种成分。