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Jobs particularly focused on the staircases, which echoed the one he had built at NeXT.
喬布斯尤其關注樓梯的設計，蘋果零售店的樓梯和他以前為NeXT辦公樓設計的樓梯如出一轍。
When he visited a store as it was being constructed, he invariably suggested changes to the staircase.
他每去一個正在興建的店鋪時，都會對樓梯的設計提出改進建議。
His name is listed as the lead inventor on two patent applications on the staircases,
為他設計的樓梯遞交的兩項專利申請書上都把他作為主要發明者：
one for the see-through look that features all-glass treads and glass supports melded together with titanium,
一個專利是采用了透明玻璃踏板和玻璃混合金屬鈦的支架；
the other for the engineering system that uses a monolithic unit of glass containing multiple glass sheets laminated together for supporting loads.
一個專利是采用含有多層玻璃壓制而成的整塊承重玻璃系統。
In 1985, as he was being ousted from his first tour at Apple,
1985年，在被蘋果驅逐之后，
he had visited Italy and been impressed by the gray stone of Florence's sidewalks.
喬布斯去了意大利，佛羅倫薩人行道上的灰藍色石頭給他留下了深刻印象。
In 2002, when he came to the conclusion that the light wood floors in the stores were beginning to look somewhat pedestrian
2002年喬布斯得出一個結論：淺色的木地板有些平庸
a concern that it' s hard to imagine bedeviling someone like Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
你很難想象這種擔憂會困擾微軟CEO史蒂夫·鮑爾默這樣的人
Jobs wanted to use that stone instead.
就決定改用那種石頭做地面。
Some of his colleagues pushed to replicate the color and texture using concrete, which would have been ten times cheaper,
一些同事建議他用混凝土，成本是石頭的1/10，而且也可以模仿出石頭的顏色和紋路，
but Jobs insisted that it had to be authentic.
但是喬布斯堅持必須用真正的石頭。
The gray-blue Pietra Serena sandstone, which has a fine-grained texture,
灰藍色的錫耶納沙石有著清晰的紋理感，
comes from a family-owned quarry, Il Casone, in Firenzuola outside of Florence.
來自佛羅倫薩外圍費倫佐拉的一個家庭自營采石場--IICasone。
"We select only 3% of what comes out of the mountain,
“我們只從山上采集的石頭中挑選3%，
because it has to have the right shading and veining and purity," said Johnson.
因為它們必須要有合適的顏色、紋路和純度。”約翰遜說。
"Steve felt very strongly that we had to get the color right and it had to be a material with high integrity."
“史蒂夫對石頭的顏色和完整性非常挑剔。”
So designers in Florence picked out just the right quarried stone, oversaw cutting it into the proper tiles,
所以佛羅倫薩的設計師千挑萬選，再叫人把它們切成尺寸適當的石塊，
and made sure each tile was marked with a sticker to ensure that it was laid out next to its companion tiles.
并在每一個石塊上面做好標記，以確定哪一塊石頭和哪一塊相鄰。
"Knowing that it's the same stone that Florence uses for its sidewalks assures you that it can stand the test of time," said Johnson.
約翰遜說：“鋪在佛羅倫薩人行道上的石頭，一定能經受住時間的考驗。”
