2013.4.19
Jobs and Wozniak took the stage together for a presentation to the Homebrew Computer Club shortly after they signed Apple into existence. Wozniak held up one of their newly produced circuit boards and described the microprocessor, the eight kilobytes of memory, and the version of BASIC he had written. He also emphasized what he called the main thing: “a human-typable keyboard instead of a stupid, cryptic front panel with a bunch of lights and switches.” Then it was Jobs’s turn. He pointed out that the Apple, unlike the Altair, had all the essential components built in. Then he challenged them with a question: How much would people be willing to pay for such a wonderful machine? He was trying to get them to see the amazing value of the Apple. It was a rhetorical flourish he would use at product presentations over the ensuing decades.
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adj. 秘密的(使用密码的, 意义深远的)
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n. [计]千字节(1024字节)
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自酿，diy
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n. 陈述, 介绍, 赠与 n. [美]讲课, 报告
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n. 面板, 嵌板, 仪表盘, 座谈小组 v. 嵌镶专门问题小组
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vi. 繁荣,茂盛,活跃,手舞足蹈 vt. 挥舞 n. 挥舞,华丽词藻,茂盛,兴旺,炫耀
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n. 开关, 电门，闸，转换器, vt. &vi. 鞭打，转轨，交换，突然转变, 摆动，接通或切断…电流
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adj. 修辞学的, 符合修辞学的, 修辞的
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n. 陈述, 介绍, 赠与 n. [美]讲课, 报告
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n. 要素, 要点 adj. 必要的, 重要的, 本质的
The audience was not very impressed. The Apple had a cut-rate microprocessor, not the Intel 8080. But one important person stayed behind to hear more. His name was Paul Terrell, and in 1975 he had opened a computer store, which he dubbed the Byte Shop, on Camino Real in Menlo Park. Now, a year later, he had three stores and visions of building a national chain. Jobs was thrilled to give him a private demo. “Take a look at this,” he said. “You’re going to like what you see.” Terrell was impressed enough to hand Jobs and Woz his card. “Keep in touch,” he said.
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n. 震颤,激动 vt. (使)震颤,抖颤,激动 vi. 变激动
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adj. 粗劣的；二流货的；打折扣的
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n. 示威, 样本唱片
“I’m keeping in touch,” Jobs announced the next day when he walked barefoot into the Byte Shop. He made the sale. Terrell agreed to order fifty computers. But there was a condition: He didn’t want just $50 printed circuit boards, for which customers would then have to buy all the chips and do the assembly. That might appeal to a few hard-core hobbyists, but not to most customers. Instead he wanted the boards to be fully assembled. For that he was willing to pay about $500 apiece, cash on delivery.
Jobs immediately called Wozniak at HP. “Are you sitting down?” he asked. Wozniak said he wasn’t. Jobs nevertheless proceeded to give him the news. “I was shocked, just completely shocked,” Wozniak recalled. “I will never forget that moment.”
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n. 递送, 交付, 分娩
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n. 集合, 集会, 装配
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vi. 继续进行; 开始, 着手
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adv. 仍然, 不过 conj. 然而, 不过 ?
adj.坚定的,极度的,赤裸裸的 ? ['h?biist]
n. 沉溺于某种癖好者，业余爱好者 ? ['b??fut;'b???fut]
adj. 赤脚的 adv. 赤脚地 =barefooted
第二篇：乔布斯,英文版,笔记20xx.1.8
2013.1.8 “I wasn’t that into fixing cars,” Jobs admitted. “But I was eager to hang out with my dad.” Even as he was growing more aware that he had been adopted, he was becoming more attached to his father. One day when he was about eight, he discovered a photograph of his father from his time in the Coast Guard. “He’s in the engine room, and he’s got his shirt off and looks like James Dean. It was one of those Oh wow moments for a kid. Wow, oooh, my parents were actually once very young and really good-looking.” ? ['f?ut?grɑ:f, -gr?f]
n. 相片 vi. 照相,摄影 vt. 给...照相
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v. 采用, 收养, 接受
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v. 附上, 系上, 贴上, 使依恋
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vt. 允许进入,承认 vi. 允许进入,允许,承认
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vi. 挂出，闲逛，（俚语）居住
Through cars, his father gave Steve his first exposure to electronics. “My dad did not have a deep understanding of electronics, but he’d encountered it a lot in automobiles and other things he would fix. He showed me the rudiments of electronics, and I got very interested in that.” Even more interesting were the trips to scavenge for parts. “Every weekend, there’d be a junkyard trip. We’d be looking for a generator, a carburetor, all sorts of components.” He remembered watching his father negotiate at the counter. “He was a good bargainer, because he knew better than the guys at the counter what the parts should cost.” This helped fulfill the pledge his parents made when he was adopted. “My college fund came from my dad paying $50 for a Ford Falcon or some other beat-up car that didn’t run, working on it for a few weeks, and selling it for $250—and not telling the IRS.”
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n. 发电机, 发生器
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n. 元件, 组件, 成份 adj. 组成的, 构成的
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n. 意外的相见,遭遇 vt. &vi. 遇到,偶然碰到,遭遇
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n. 电子学，电子器件
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n. 汽化器
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n. 废品旧货栈
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vt. 打扫, 排除废气 vi. 到处觅食，(在废物中)寻觅（有用之物）
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n. 面临（困难），显露，暴露,揭露,曝光
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n. 买卖约定者，讨价还价者
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n. 计算器,计算者,柜台 [计算机] 计数器 adj. 相反的 adv. 与…相反地 vt. 反对,反击 vi. 反对,反击
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vt. 转让,越过,处理,协商 vi. 协商
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n. 基金 v. 资助 vt. 为...提供资金
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vt. 履行,完成
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n. 保证,誓言,抵押,抵押品 vt. 保证,誓言,举杯祝...健康
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abbr. 美国国税局 (=Internal Revenue Service)
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n. 浅滩 v. 涉过, 涉水 Ford：福特汽车，福特（人名）
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n. 猎鹰
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adj. 破旧的，破烂的
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n. 初步, 初级，发育不全的器官 (复数）rudiments: 基本原理，初级阶段