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Jobs did not come into the office regularly, but he was on the phone to Amelio often.
喬布斯不經(jīng)常來辦公室，但是他經(jīng)常給阿梅里奧打電話。
Once he had succeeded in making sure that Tevanian, Rubinstein, and others he trusted were given top positions,
一旦他成功地把泰瓦尼安、魯賓斯坦等他信任的人安插在髙管位置上后，
he turned his focus onto the sprawling product line.
他就把注意力轉(zhuǎn)向了雜七雜八的產(chǎn)品線。
One of his pet peeves was Newton, the handheld personal digital assistant that boasted handwriting recognition capability.
他的眼中釘之一就是牛頓，這是一款手持個人電子設(shè)備，宣稱有很好的手寫識別率。
It was not quite as bad as the jokes and Doonesbury comic strip made it seem, but Jobs hated it.
其實它也并非如大家玩笑中的以及《杜斯別里家族》連環(huán)畫里說得那么糟糕，但是喬布斯討厭它。
He disdained the idea of having a stylus or pen for writing on a screen.
他很鄙視用手寫筆在屏幕上寫字的想法。
"God gave us ten styluses," he would say, waving his fingers. "Let's not invent another."
“上帝給了我們十支手寫筆，”他會揮舞著他的手指說，“我們不要再多發(fā)明一個了。”
In addition, he viewed Newton as John Sculley's one major innovation, his pet project.
再加上，喬布斯把牛頓看做是約翰·斯卡利的主要發(fā)明，是斯卡利最喜愛的項目。
That alone doomed it in Jobs's eyes. "You ought to kill Newton," he told Amelio one day by phone.
僅這一點，就足以讓它在喬布斯的眼里永無出頭之日?！澳銘?yīng)該把牛頓砍掉?！币惶焖螂娫捊o阿梅里奧說。
It was a suggestion out of the blue, and Amelio pushed back.
這是個毫無來由的建議，阿梅里奧難以接受。
"What do you mean, kill it?" he said. "Steve, do you have any idea how expensive that would be?"
“什么意思，砍掉？”他說,“史蒂夫，你有沒有概念，那得要花多少錢？”
"Shut it down, write it off, get rid of it," said Jobs. "It doesn't matter what it costs.
“停產(chǎn)，核銷，處理掉?！眴滩妓拐f?！盎ǘ嗌馘X不重要。
People will cheer you if you got rid of it."
如果你把它處理掉，人們會為你喝彩?！?/div>
"I've looked into Newton and it's going to be a moneymaker," Amelio declared. "I don't support getting rid of it."
“我仔細(xì)研究了牛頓，它是能賺錢的?！卑⒚防飱W說，“我不支持把它處理掉?！?/div>
By May, however, he announced plans to spin off the Newton division, the beginning of its yearlong stutter-step march to the grave.
然而，到5月份，他宣布了分拆牛頓部門的計劃。之后經(jīng)過長達(dá)一年磕磕絆絆的跋涉，它的生命走向終結(jié)。
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| spin | [spin] |
想一想再看 v. (使)旋轉(zhuǎn)，疾馳，紡織，結(jié)網(wǎng)，眩暈 |
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| capability | [.keipə'biliti] |
想一想再看 n. 能力，才能，性能，容量 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| addition | [ə'diʃən] |
想一想再看 n. 增加，附加物，加法 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| comic | ['kɔmik] |
想一想再看 n. 連環(huán)圖畫，喜劇演員，喜劇元素 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| invent | [in'vent] |
想一想再看 vt. 發(fā)明，創(chuàng)造，捏造 |
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| screen | [skri:n] |
想一想再看 n. 屏，幕，銀幕，屏風(fēng) |
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| recognition | [.rekəg'niʃən] |
想一想再看 n. 認(rèn)出，承認(rèn)，感知，知識 |
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| innovation | [.inəu'veiʃən] |
想一想再看 n. 創(chuàng)新，革新 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| sprawling | ['sprɔ:liŋ] |
想一想再看 adj. 蔓生的，不規(guī)則地伸展的 v. （手腳）不自然地 |
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| announced | [ə'naunst] |
想一想再看 宣布的 |
