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The old board met in late July to ratify the transition.
原董事會(huì)在7月底開會(huì)，批準(zhǔn)換屆。
Woolard, who was as genteel as Jobs was prickly, was mildly taken aback when Jobs appeared dressed in jeans and sneakers,
紳士風(fēng)范的伍拉德看到喬布斯穿著牛仔褲運(yùn)動(dòng)鞋來參加會(huì)議，不禁略為吃驚，
and he worried that Jobs might start berating the veteran board members for screwing up.
而他擔(dān)心喬布斯會(huì)責(zé)怪原董事會(huì)成員把事情搞砸了。
But Jobs merely offered a pleasant "Hi, everyone."
但是喬布斯只愉快地說了聲“嗨，大家好”。
They got down to the business of voting to accept the resignations,
他們就開始投票接受辭職，
elect Jobs to the board, and empower Woolard and Jobs to find new board members.
把喬布斯選入董事會(huì)，還授權(quán)伍拉德和喬布斯尋找新的董事會(huì)成員。
Jobs's first recruit was, not surprisingly, Larry Ellison.
不出所料，喬布斯的第一個(gè)人選是拉里·埃利森。
He said he would be pleased to join, but he hated attending meetings.
埃利森說他愿意加入，但他討厭參加會(huì)議。
Jobs said it would be fine if he came to only half of them.
喬布斯說他只要來參加一半的會(huì)議就行。
After a while Ellison was coming to only a third of the meetings.
過了一陣子，埃利森就只參加1/3的會(huì)議了。
Jobs took a picture of him that had appeared on the cover of Business Week
喬布斯找來一張埃利森被《商業(yè)周刊》登在封面的照片，
and had it blown up to life size and pasted on a cardboard cutout to put in his chair.
放大到真人大小，貼在一塊硬紙板上，放在他的椅子上。
