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That month Amelio had to face the annual stockholders meeting
當(dāng)月，阿梅里奧必須面對一年一度的股東大會，
and explain why the results for the final quarter of 1996 showed a 30% plummet in sales from the year before.
并解釋為什么1996財年最后一個季度的銷售量比上年同期暴跌了30%。
Shareholders lined up at the microphones to vent their anger.
股東們在麥克風(fēng)前排著隊發(fā)泄他們的憤怒。
Amelio was clueless about how poorly he handled the meeting.
阿梅里奧完全不知道自己把會議開得多么糟糕。
"The presentation was regarded as one of the best I had ever given," he later wrote.
“這是我做過的最好的一次演講?！彼髞韺懙?。
But Ed Woolard, the former CEO of DuPont who was now the chair of the Apple board (Markkula had been demoted to vice chair), was appalled.
然而蘋果董事會主席、杜邦公司前CEO埃德·伍拉德（馬庫拉當(dāng)時已降職為副主席）卻聽得大驚失色。
"This is a disaster," his wife whispered to him in the midst of the session. Woolard agreed.
“這真是場災(zāi)難?！彼拮勇牭揭话霑r在他耳邊說。伍拉德也這么認(rèn)為。
"Gil came dressed real cool, but he looked and sounded silly," he recalled.
“吉爾穿得很酷，可他無論看起來還是聽起來都很愚蠢?！彼貞浾f，
"He couldn't answer the questions, didn't know what he was talking about, and didn't inspire any confidence."
“他無法回答問題，不知道他自己在說什么，也沒有鼓舞起大家的信心?！?/div>
Woolard picked up the phone and called Jobs, whom he'd never met.
伍拉德拿起電話打給喬布斯，他們還從未見過面。
The pretext was to invite him to Delaware to speak to DuPont executives.
他借口說想邀請他去特拉華州給杜邦公司的髙管演講。
Jobs declined, but as Woolard recalled, "the request was a ruse in order to talk to him about Gil."
喬布斯婉拒了，但是伍拉德回憶，“那次邀請是個小伎倆，是為了能跟他討論吉爾的問題?！?/div>
He steered the phone call in that direction and asked Jobs point-blank what his impression of Amelio was.
他把談話引向那個方向，然后直截了當(dāng)?shù)貑枂滩妓箤Π⒚防飱W是什么印象。
| 重點單詞 | 查看全部解釋 | |||
| disaster | [di'zɑ:stə] |
想一想再看 n. 災(zāi)難 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| inspire | [in'spair] |
想一想再看 vt. 影響，使 ... 感動，激發(fā)，煽動 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| request | [ri'kwest] |
想一想再看 n. 要求，請求 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| confidence | ['kɔnfidəns] |
想一想再看 adj. 騙得信任的 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| plummet | ['plʌmit] |
想一想再看 n. 鉛錘，鉛垂線 vi. 垂直落下，暴跌 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| impression | [im'preʃən] |
想一想再看 n. 印象，效果 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| presentation | [.prezen'teiʃən] |
想一想再看 n. 陳述，介紹，贈與 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| vent | [vent] |
想一想再看 n. 排氣口，表達(dá)，發(fā)泄，火山口 v. 發(fā)泄，表達(dá)，排放 |
