喬布斯,一個時代的巨人走了

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編者注：兩個有名的蘋果，一個“砸”出了萬有引力定律；一個被史蒂夫·喬布斯玩得魅力四射，吸引玩家無數，正是這樣一位被業界評價為“創造天才”的人物，在與癌癥抗爭數年后，于2011年10月5日辭世，年僅56歲。

Steve Jobs’s father Abdulfattah John Jandali and his mother Joanne Simpson fell in love with each other when they studied in the University of Wisconsin (威斯康辛大學).Later,Simpson waspregnant(懷孕的)but she wasunmarried (未婚的).Jandali wanted to marry her.But because Jandali was aSyrian(敘利亞人),Simpson’s father was against it.

史蒂夫·喬布斯的父親阿卜杜拉法塔赫·約翰·詹達利與他的母親喬安妮·辛普森在威斯康辛大學讀書時相戀。后來辛普森未婚懷孕，詹達利雖然希望和她結婚，但因為他是敘利亞人，遭到辛普森父親的反對。

On February 24th,1955,Steve Jobs was born.And then Simpson moved to San Francisco and sent Jobs to Paul Jobs and Clara.Jobs’sfoster parents (養父母)were bluecollar workers in California.They were very kind to him,so Jobs received good education.

1955年2 月24日，史蒂夫·喬布斯出生了。之后，辛普森搬到舊金山，將喬布斯送給了保羅·喬布斯和克萊拉。喬布斯的養父母是加州藍領工人，他們夫婦對喬布斯不錯，令喬布斯能夠接受到良好的教育。

In 1976,21-year-old Steve Jobs and 26-year-old Stephen Wozniak established the Apple in hisgarage(車庫).They made the first personal computer in the world named Apple I.It was sold at the price of$666.66.In 1983,Apple grew bigger and bigger,and Jobs invited John Sculley of Pepsi to be the CEO of Apple.But in 1985,Sculley drove away Jobs from Apple.After leaving Apple,Jobs established NeXT Computer Company.

1976年，21歲的喬布斯與26歲的斯蒂夫·沃茲尼亞克在自家的車庫里成立了蘋果公司。他們制造了世界上首臺個人電腦，并稱為Apple I，售價666.66美元。1983年，蘋果公司的業務越做越大，喬布斯邀請百事可樂公司的約翰·斯庫利出任蘋果公司總裁。但是，1985年，斯庫利把喬布斯趕出了蘋果公司。離開蘋果后，喬布斯創立了NeXT電腦公司。

In 1986,Jobs establishedPixar Animation Studios(皮克斯動畫工作室).In 2006,Pixar Animation Studios was bought by Disney,and Jobs became the largestshareholder(股東)of Disney.In 1996,Jobs returned to Apple and regain the power of Apple the next year.On August 24th,2011,Jobs resigned as the CEO of Apple.And he died because of thecancer of pancreas（胰腺癌）on October 5th,2011.

1986年，喬布斯成立了皮克斯動畫工作室。皮克斯公司于2006年被迪士尼收購，喬布斯也因此成為迪士尼最大的股東。1996年，喬布斯回到了蘋果，并于1997年重掌蘋果大權。2011年8月24日，喬布斯辭去蘋果公司總裁一職。2011年10月5日因胰腺癌逝世。

Jobs did very well in his career.What kind of man was he in daily life?In fact,when Jobs grew up,he always wanted to know who hisnatural parents(親生父母)were.When he knew that he had a younger sister,Mona Simpson,he was very happy.Jobs said,“We are of the same family.She is one of my best friends in the world.I call her every few days.”

喬布斯在事業上很出色，那么他在生活中又是怎樣的一個人呢？其實喬布斯長大后，一直想知道他的親生父母是誰。當他獲知自己還有一個妹妹莫娜·辛普森時，他非常高興。喬布斯說：“我們是一家人，她是我在世界上最好的朋友之一。我每隔幾天會給她打電話聊天。”

However,Jobs was not so kind to his natural father.Jobs’s father,Jandali,was 80 years old.He was the vice-president of a casino(賭場)hotel in Reno,Nevada State.

然而，對自己的生父，喬布斯卻并不熱情。喬布斯的生父詹達利現年80歲，是內華達州里諾一家賭場酒店副總裁。

Knowing that his son had become the CEO of Apple,Jandali sent e-mails to him several times,but Jobs neverreplied(回復).He hoped that Jobs could call him but he was afraid of calling his son.Jandali worried that Jobs would think he called him because of his money.Jandali said that he always wanted to see his son.Even drinking a cup of coffee with his son would make him comfortable.But this would not come true forever.

得知兒子成為蘋果公司總裁后，詹達利數次發送電子郵件給喬布斯，但從未得到回復。他既希望喬布斯能打電話過來，又害怕主動致電兒子。詹達利擔心，那樣做會讓喬布斯認為自己是看上了他的錢。詹達利說，他總想找機會與兒子見上一面，哪怕只是一起喝杯咖啡，都會讓他感到欣慰。只是，詹達利的這一心愿永遠也不能實現了。

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1.Why didn’t Joanne Simpson marry Jandali?

2.Who were Jobs’s foster parents?

3.Who made Apple I with Jobs?

4.When did Jobs return to Apple?

5.Was Jobs very kind to his father Jandali and his sister Simpson?