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Amelio knew that bringing Jobs back into the fold would be a double-edged sword,
阿梅里奧知道，讓喬布斯重回蘋果是把雙刃劍，
but the same was true of bringing Gassée back.
但是讓加西回來也面臨同樣的問題。
Larry Tesler, one of the Macintosh veterans from the old days, recommended to Amelio that he choose NeXT, but added,
一位早年間麥金塔團隊的老員工拉里·特斯勒向阿梅里奧建議選擇NeXT，但是他加了一句：
"Whatever company you choose, you'll get someone who will take your job away, Steve or Jean- Louis."
“無論你選擇哪家公司，你都會面臨著自己的地位被人取代--史蒂夫或讓-路易。”
Amelio opted for Jobs. He called Jobs to say that he planned to propose to the Apple board that he be authorized to negotiate a purchase of NeXT.
阿梅里奧選擇了喬布斯。他給他打電話說，自己計劃向蘋果董事會提請授權他談判NeXT的收購事宜。
Would he like to be at the meeting? Jobs said he would.
他問喬布斯是否愿意參加會議，喬布斯說愿意。
When he walked in, there was an emotional moment when he saw Mike Markkula.
當喬布斯走進會議室，看到邁克·馬庫拉那一刻，場面很是動情。
They had not spoken since Markkula, once his mentor and father figure, had sided with Sculley there back in 1985.
馬庫拉曾經是他的導師，就像他的父親一樣，但自從他1985年站在斯卡利一邊之后，他們就再也沒講過話。
Jobs walked over and shook his hand. Jobs invited Amelio to come to his house in Palo Alto so they could negotiate in a friendly setting.
喬布斯走過去跟他握手。喬布斯邀請阿梅里奧去他在帕洛奧圖的家里談判，這樣可以有個友好的環境。
When Amelio arrived in his classic 1973 Mercedes, Jobs was impressed; he liked the car.
阿梅里奧開著經典的1973年款奔馳車出現，喬布斯對此印象深刻。他喜歡這部車。
In the kitchen, which had finally been renovated,
在裝修過的廚房里，喬布斯燒水泡茶，
Jobs put a kettle on for tea, and then they sat at the wooden table in front of the open-hearth pizza oven.
然后他們在比薩爐前的木頭餐桌邊落座。
