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He then jumped from the sublime to the sixties: Donovan's "Catch the Wind."
然后他從宏偉的古典樂跳到了20世紀60年代，播放了多諾萬的《捕風》。
When he noticed me look askance, he protested, "Donovan did some really good stuff, really."
當看到我面露疑惑，他說：“多諾萬真的有些好作品，真的。”
He punched up "Mellow Yellow," and then admitted that perhaps it was not the best example.
他切換到了《柔美之黃》，但他后來也說這首歌也許不是最好的證明。
"It sounded better when we were young."
“我們年輕時覺得它更好聽。”
I asked what music from our childhood actually held up well these days.
我問他，有哪些我們童年時代的歌曲到如今都歷久彌新。
He scrolled down the list on his iPad and called up the Grateful Dead's 1969 song "Uncle John's Band."
他瀏覽了iPod的播放列表，找到了感恩而死樂隊1969年的歌曲《約翰叔叔的樂隊》。
He nodded along with the lyrics: "When life looks like Easy Street, there is danger at your door."
他隨著旋律點頭輕唱起來：“當生活看起來很簡單時，危險正在你門外...”
For a moment we were back at that tumultuous time when the mellowness of the sixties was ending in discord.
一時間，我們回到了那個躁動的、在沖突中戛然而止的60年代。
"Whoa, oh, what I want to know is, are you kind?"
“喔，哦，我想知道的是你還善良嗎？”
Then he turned to Joni Mitchell.
然后，他換到了瓊尼·米雪兒。
"She had a kid she put up for adoption," he said. "This song is about her little girl."
他說：“她把她的女兒送給別人收養了。這首歌就是關于這個女孩的。”
He tapped on "Little Green," and we listened to the mournful melody and lyrics that describe the feelings of a mother who gives up a child.
他播放了《小小格林》，我們聽著那悲傷的旋律和歌詞，描述了一個母親放棄孩子的感覺。
"So you sign all the papers in the family name
“你用你的新姓氏簽訂所有的文件，
You're sad and you're sorry, but you're not ashamed."
你覺得悲傷而遺憾，但是你不必羞愧。
I asked whether he still often thought about being put up for adoption.
我問喬布斯是否還會經常想起自己被收養的事情。
"No, not much," he said. "Not too often."
他說：“不，不怎么想。不太常想起。”
