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At an executive session of the board in June, with Amelio out of the room,
在6月的一次董事會上，阿梅里奧不在場時，
Woolard described to current directors how he calculated their odds.
伍拉德對當時的董事講述了他對形勢的判斷。
"If we stay with Gil as CEO, I think there's only a 10% chance we will avoid bankruptcy," he said.
“如果我們繼續讓吉爾擔任CEO，我想只有10%的機會可以避免破產，”他說，
"If we fire him and convince Steve to come take over, we have a 60% chance of surviving.
“如果我們解雇他并說服史蒂夫接任，我們有60%的機會生存下去。
If we fire Gil, don't get Steve back, and have to search for a new CEO, then we have a 40% chance of surviving."
如果我們解雇吉爾，史蒂夫不來，必須找一個新的CEO，那我們有40%的機會幸存。”
The board gave him authority to ask Jobs to return.
董事會授權他去問喬布斯是否愿意回來。
Woolard and his wife flew to London, where they were planning to watch the Wimbledon tennis matches.
伍拉德和妻子飛去倫敦，計劃在那兒觀看溫布爾登網球公開賽。
He saw some of the tennis during the day,
白天他看看網球，
but spent his evenings in his suite at the Inn on the Park calling people back in America, where it was daytime.
晚上就在公園酒店他的套房里給美國的相關人士打電話，因為美國是白天。
By the end of his stay, his telephone bill was $2,000.
到他離開時，電話費賬單髙達2000美元。
