《名人傳記》之喬布斯一代創(chuàng)意天才130:入讀里德學(xué)院

He was kind of an electronic hobbyist

他可以說(shuō)是個(gè)電子狂

or amateur enthusiast

或者業(yè)余的愛(ài)好者

and he liked to buy used stereo equipment

他很喜歡買(mǎi)些舊的立體聲設(shè)備

and fix it up and sell for a profit.

自己修理好之后再拿去賣(mài)來(lái)賺錢(qián)

The story about how Steve Jobs went to college,

喬布斯怎樣入讀大學(xué)的故事

I think s a fascinating story.

我覺(jué)得非常有趣

Steve decided that he wanted to go

喬布斯決定了入讀

to Reed College in Oregon

俄勒崗州的里德學(xué)院

which was an outstanding liberal arts college

這是一間很好的美術(shù)大學(xué)

and be was accepted.

他成功被取錄

But his parents couldn't afford to send him there.

但他的父母沒(méi)有能力供他入讀

and the University found out very quickly

大學(xué)也很快發(fā)現(xiàn)他

that no one had paid the bills.

沒(méi)有繳交學(xué)費(fèi)

But, Steve wound up befriending the Dean of Students.

不過(guò)喬布斯最終

And Steve was so persuasive that he convinced the Dean

和校長(zhǎng)交上朋友

to let him stay there at college

而且他還說(shuō)服校長(zhǎng)

and to take the classes

讓他作為旁聽(tīng)生上課

and live in the dormitory for free.

而且還可以免費(fèi)在宿舍留宿

After a short time at Reed College,

在里德學(xué)院入讀一小段時(shí)間后

Steve Jobs returned to San Francisco

喬布斯回到三藩市

where be began attending meetings of the Homebrew Computer Club

還開(kāi)始參加由一班電腦愛(ài)好者

a group for computer hobbyists.

組成的“家釀電腦學(xué)會(huì)”的聚會(huì)

At one meeting,

在一個(gè)聚會(huì)裹

his friend Steve Wozniak showed off

他的朋友沃茲尼瓦克展示了

the homemade computer he made.

一部自制的電腦

It had a typewriter keyboard instead of lights and switches,

電腦用打字機(jī)鍵盤(pán)代替燈和按鍵

a television instead of a monitor

用電視機(jī)做屏幕

and a cheap $20 computer chip.

以及有塊價(jià)值20美元的芯片

Steve Jobs was a visionary, he did see, early on,

喬布斯非常有遠(yuǎn)見(jiàn)，他早就

along with a small group of people who would go to

和志同道合的電腦小組成員一起

the homebrew computer club that

看見(jiàn)這東西

this was going to change the world.

將會(huì)改變這個(gè)世界