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On His iPod
他的iPod里面有什么歌？
As the iPod phenomenon grew, it spawned a question that was asked of presidential candidates, B-list celebrities,
隨著iPod現象越來越熱，從總統候選人、二線明星、
first dates, the queen of England, and just about anyone else with white earbuds: "What's on your iPod?"
到初次約會的人、英國女王，只要是戴著白色耳機的人，見面時都會被問到這樣一個問題：“你的iPod里面有什么歌？”
The parlor game took off when Elisabeth Bumiller wrote a piece in the New York Times in early 2005
這個熱門話題開始于《紐約時報》記者伊麗莎白·布米勒在2005年初寫的一篇文章，
dissecting the answer that President George W. Bush gave when she asked him that question.
文章是分析時任美國總統的喬治·W·布什在被問到這個問題時的回答。
"Bush's iPod is heavy on traditional country singers," she reported.
她寫道：“布什的iPod里面大部分都是傳統的鄉村音樂。
"He has selections by Van Morrison, whose 'Brown Eyed Girl' is a Bush favorite, and by John Fogerty, most predictably 'Centerfield.'"
其中包括范·莫里森，他的那首《棕色眼睛的女孩》是布什的最愛；還有約翰·弗格迪那首主打曲《中外場》。”
She got a Rolling Stone editor, Joe Levy, to analyze the selection,
她還找來《滾石》雜志的編輯斯蒂芬·列維分析布什的歌單，
and he commented, "One thing that's interesting is that the president likes artists who don't like him."
列維評論道：“有趣的地方在于總統喜歡的歌手都不喜歡他。”
"Simply handing over your iPod to a friend, your blind date,
“只要把你的iPod交給一個朋友、你初次約會的人，
or the total stranger sitting next to you on the plane opens you up like a book," Steven Levy wrote in The Perfect Thing.
或者是飛機上那個坐在你身旁的陌生人，你就像一本書一樣被打開了。”史蒂文·列維在《完美之物》一書中寫道。
"All somebody needs to do is scroll through your library on that click wheel, and, musically speaking, you're naked.
所有人只需要用轉盤瀏覽一遍你的歌曲庫，從音樂角度上說，你就一絲不掛了。
It's not just what you like -- it's who you are."
暴露的不僅僅是你的喜好--而是你是一個怎樣的人。
So one day, when we were sitting in his living room listening to music, I asked Jobs to let me see his.
所以，有一天，當我和喬布斯坐在他家的客廳里聽音樂時，我讓喬布斯給我看看他的iPod。
As we sat there, he flicked through his favorite songs.
他給了我一部他在2004年裝滿了音樂的iPod。
