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He had been meaning to call Jobs when, that Labor Day weekend, Jobs called first.
勞工節(jié)那個(gè)周末，盧因本打算給喬布斯打電話，結(jié)果喬布斯先打了過(guò)來(lái)。
He drove to Jobs's unfurnished mansion,
他驅(qū)車來(lái)到喬布斯的空曠豪宅，
and they walked the grounds while discussing the possibility of creating a new company.
與他一邊散步一邊討論創(chuàng)辦新公司的可能性。
Lewin was excited, but not ready to commit.
盧因?qū)Υ撕芘d奮，不過(guò)還沒(méi)準(zhǔn)備好作出任何承諾。
He was going to Austin with Campbell the following week, and he wanted to wait until then to decide.
之后一周，他要同比爾·坎貝爾前往奧斯汀，他想在那之后再作決定。
Upon his return, he gave his answer: He was in.
從奧斯汀回來(lái)后，盧因給出了自己的答案：他決定加入。
The news came just in time for the September 13 Apple board meeting.
這個(gè)消息來(lái)得正是時(shí)候--9月13日，蘋果公司即將召開董事會(huì)會(huì)議。
Although Jobs was still nominally the board's chairman, he had not been to any meetings since he lost power.
盡管喬布斯名義上仍然是該公司的董事長(zhǎng)，但自從失去實(shí)權(quán)后，他就再?zèng)]有參加過(guò)蘋果公司的任何會(huì)議。
He called Sculley, said he was going to attend, and asked that an item be added to the end of the agenda for a "chairman's report."
他打電話給斯卡利，說(shuō)自己要參加這一天的董事會(huì)會(huì)議，并要求在議程最后加上一項(xiàng)“董事長(zhǎng)報(bào)告”。
He didn't say what it was about, and Sculley assumed it would be a criticism of the latest reorganization.
他沒(méi)有告訴斯卡利自己要報(bào)告什么，斯卡利以為他會(huì)對(duì)最新的重組進(jìn)行批評(píng)。
Instead, when his turn came to speak, Jobs described to the board his plans to start a new company.
相反，喬布斯在會(huì)議上描述了自己創(chuàng)辦新公司的計(jì)劃。
"I've been thinking a lot, and it's time for me to get on with my life," he began.
“我想了很多，現(xiàn)在是時(shí)候繼續(xù)我的生活了”他以此開始自己的發(fā)言。
"It's obvious that I've got to do something. I'm thirty years old."
“很明顯，我該做些什么了。我才30歲?！?/div>
Then he referred to some prepared notes to describe his plan to create a computer for the higher education market.
然后，他根據(jù)已經(jīng)準(zhǔn)備好的便箋，描述了自己的計(jì)劃--為髙等教育市場(chǎng)開發(fā)一款計(jì)算機(jī)。
The new company would not be competitive with Apple, he promised,
他承諾，新公司不會(huì)同蘋果公司存在競(jìng)爭(zhēng)關(guān)系，
and he would take with him only a handful of non-key personnel.
并且只會(huì)帶走少數(shù)非關(guān)鍵員工。
He offered to resign as chairman of Apple, but he expressed hope that they could work together.
他提出辭去蘋果公司董事長(zhǎng)一職，但希望仍能與蘋果公司合作。
Perhaps Apple would want to buy the distribution rights to his product, he suggested,
喬布斯提議，也許蘋果愿意購(gòu)買其產(chǎn)品的經(jīng)銷權(quán)，
or license Macintosh software to it.
或者授權(quán)新公司的產(chǎn)品使用麥金塔軟件。
