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On March 18, 1991, Steven Paul Jobs, thirty-six, married Laurene Powell, twenty-seven, at the Ahwahnee Lodge in Yosemite National Park.
1991年3月18日，36歲的史蒂夫·保羅·喬布斯和27歲的勞倫·鮑威爾在優山美地國家公園的阿瓦尼酒店舉行了婚禮。
Built in the 1920s, the Ahwahnee is a sprawling pile of stone, concrete, and timber designed in a style
阿瓦尼是由石頭、水泥和木頭堆砌的建筑，
that mixed Art Deco, the Arts and Crafts movement, and the Park Service's love of huge fireplaces.
設計風格混合了裝飾藝術、工藝美術運動的影響以及公園管理方對巨大的石頭壁爐的熱愛。
Its best features are the views. It has floor-to-ceiling windows looking out on Half Dome and Yosemite Falls.
它最大的特點就是風景優美。透過直通天花板的巨大落地窗，可以看到半月石山和優山美地瀑布。
About fifty people came, including Steve's father Paul Jobs and sister Mona Simpson.
大約50人參加了婚禮，包括史蒂夫的父親保羅·史蒂夫和妹妹莫娜·辛普森。
She brought her fiancé, Richard Appel, a lawyer who went on to become a television comedy writer.
莫娜帶來了未婚夫理查德·阿佩爾，他是個律師，后來成為電視喜劇作家。
(As a writer for The Simpsons, he named Homer's mother after his wife.)
（《辛普森一家》的創作者，其中霍莫的媽媽就是用了他妻子的名字）。
Jobs insisted that they all arrive by chartered bus; he wanted to control all aspects of the event.
喬布斯堅持他們都乘統一的包車前來。他想控制這場活動的每個方面。
The ceremony was in the solarium, with the snow coming down hard and Glacier Point just visible in the distance.
儀式在陽光廳進行，外面大雪紛飛，冰川觀景點在遠處隱約可見。
It was conducted by Jobs's longtime Sōtō Zen teacher, Kobun Chino,
儀式由喬布斯禪宗師父乙川弘文主持。
who shook a stick, struck a gong, lit incense, and chanted in a mumbling manner that most guests found incomprehensible.
乙川揮杖敲鑼，燃香誦經，大多數客人都難以理解。
"I thought he was drunk," said Tevanian. He wasn't.
“我以為他喝醉了。”泰瓦尼安說。其實他沒有。
The wedding cake was in the shape of Half Dome, the granite crest at the end of Yosemite Valley,
婚禮蛋糕是優山美地山谷盡頭那半月石山的形狀，
but since it was strictly vegan--devoid of eggs, milk, or any refined products--more than a few of the guests found it inedible.
但由于它是按嚴格素食標準制作的--沒有蛋、奶或任何精煉的食品--很多客人都覺得難以下咽。
Afterward they all went hiking, and Powell's three strapping brothers launched a snowball fight, with lots of tackling and roughhousing.
之后，他們一起去散步，鮑威爾的三個髙大威猛的兄弟開始打雪仗，場面激烈喧鬧。
"You see, Mona," Jobs said to his sister, "Laurene is descended from Joe Namath and we're descended from John Muir."
“你看，莫娜，”喬布斯跟他妹妹說，“勞倫是喬·納馬斯的后人，而我們是約翰·繆爾的后人。”
