乔布斯传 第452期:回到未来(10)

 　　As always, Jobs was compulsive in preparing for the dramatic unveiling. 一直以来，乔布斯都会绞尽脑汁准备掲幕时那戏剧性的一刻。

　　Having stopped one rehearsal¹ because he was angry about the CD drive tray, 就在上次的预演因为CD托盘事件而中止之后，

　　he stretched out the other rehearsals² to make sure the show would be stellar. 他又预演了好几次，以确保在正式发布会上令人瞩目。

　　He repeatedly went over the climactic moment when he would walk across the stage and proclaim, "Say hello to the new iMac." 他一次次地演练那个高潮时刻--他走到舞台另一边，掲开遮布，然后宣布：“向新的iMac问好吧。”

　　He wanted the lighting³ to be perfect so that the translucence⁴ of the new machine would be vivid. 他要求灯光恰到好处，把iMac的半透明效果衬托得栩栩如生。

　　But after a few run-throughs he was still unsatisfied, 但是在几次预演之后，他仍然不满意，

　　an echo of his obsession⁵ with stage lighting that Sculley had witnessed at the rehearsals for the original 1984 Macintosh launch. 这也让人想起了1984年Mac电脑发布会预演时的那一幕，当时斯卡利目睹了他在舞台灯光上的纠结。

　　He ordered the lights to be brighter and come on earlier, but that still didn't please him. 他要求把灯光再调亮一些，而且开得再提早一些，但是他始终不满意。

　　So he jogged down the auditorium⁶ aisle⁷ and slouched into a center seat, draping his legs over the seat in front. 最后他走下舞台，坐在观众席正中央的位子上，把两条腿搭在前排的椅背上。

　　"Let's keep doing it till we get it right, okay?" he said. “你们调吧，直到调好为止。”他说。

1 rehearsal   

n.排练，排演；练习

参考例句：

• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
• You can sharpen your skills with rehearsal.排练可以让技巧更加纯熟。

2 rehearsals   

n.练习( rehearsal的名词复数 )；排练；复述；重复

参考例句：

• The earlier protests had just been dress rehearsals for full-scale revolution. 早期的抗议仅仅是大革命开始前的预演。
• She worked like a demon all through rehearsals. 她每次排演时始终精力过人。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 lighting   

n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光

参考例句：

• The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
• The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。

4 translucence   

n.半透明

参考例句：

• Translucence gives the material the ability to transmit and diffuse light. 半透明给予材质以传送和散播光的能力。
• Our factory's new products are a series of good quality plastic household utensils with spotless translucence. 洁白透明，质量上乘的家用塑料系列是本厂的新产品。

5 obsession   

n.困扰，无法摆脱的思想(或情感)

参考例句：

• I was suffering from obsession that my career would be ended.那时的我陷入了我的事业有可能就此终止的困扰当中。
• She would try to forget her obsession with Christopher.她会努力忘记对克里斯托弗的迷恋。

6 auditorium   

n.观众席，听众席；会堂，礼堂

参考例句：

• The teacher gathered all the pupils in the auditorium.老师把全体同学集合在礼堂内。
• The stage is thrust forward into the auditorium.舞台向前突出，伸入观众席。

7 aisle   

n.（教堂、教室、戏院等里的）过道，通道

参考例句：

• The aisle was crammed with people.过道上挤满了人。
• The girl ushered me along the aisle to my seat.引座小姐带领我沿着通道到我的座位上去。