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You Say You Want a Revolution
你說你想要一場革命
Back in 2002, Jobs had been annoyed by the Microsoft engineer who kept proselytizing about the tablet computer software he had developed,
2002年，微軟一位工程師把喬布斯惹毛了，他一直在吹噓自己研發(fā)的平板電腦軟件，
which allowed users to input information on the screen with a stylus or pen.
用戶可以用手寫筆在屏幕上輸入信息。
A few manufacturers released tablet PCs that year using the software, but none made a dent in the universe.
當年，一些制造商推出了使用該款軟件的平板電腦，但并未改變世界。
Jobs had been eager to show how it should be done right -- no stylus
喬布斯一直渴望向人們展示平板電腦的正確做法--沒有手寫筆
but when he saw the multi-touch technology that Apple was developing, he had decided to use it first to make an iPhone.
但是，當看到蘋果公司正在研發(fā)的多點觸摸技術(shù)后，他決定將其先用于iPhone。
In the meantime, the tablet idea was percolating within the Macintosh hardware group.
當時，平板電腦的想法還只是在麥金塔硬件團隊中醞釀。
"We have no plans to make a tablet," Jobs declared in an interview with Walt Mossberg in May 2003.
2003年5月，喬布斯接受沃爾特·莫斯伯格的采訪時說：“我們沒有制作平板電腦的計劃?！?/div>
"It turns out people want keyboards. Tablets appeal to rich guys with plenty of other PCs and devices already."
“事實證明，人們需要鍵盤。只有那些已經(jīng)有了許多電腦和計算機設(shè)備的有錢人才會對平板電腦感興趣?！?/div>
Like his statement about having a "hormone imbalance," that was misleading;
他這是在誤導(dǎo)競爭對手，就像宣稱自己只是“荷爾蒙失調(diào)”一樣；
at most of his annual Top 100 retreats, the tablet was among the future projects discussed.
事實上，在蘋果公司大多年度的百杰集思會上，平板電腦都被納入未來項目的討論之中。
"We showed the idea off at many of these retreats, because Steve never lost his desire to do a tablet," Phil Schiller recalled.
“我們在多次集思會上都會花大量時間討論平板電腦的想法，因為史蒂夫一直渴望制作這樣一款產(chǎn)品?！狈茽枴は栈貞浀馈?/p>
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| hormone | ['hɔ:məun] |
想一想再看 n. 荷爾蒙，激素 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| revolution | [.revə'lu:ʃən] |
想一想再看 n. 革命，旋轉(zhuǎn)，轉(zhuǎn)數(shù) |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| interview | ['intəvju:] |
想一想再看 n. 接見，會見，面試，面談 |
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| imbalance | [im'bæləns] |
想一想再看 n. 不平衡，失調(diào) |
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| misleading | [mis'li:diŋ] |
想一想再看 adj. 令人誤解的 |
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| universe | ['ju:nivə:s] |
想一想再看 n. 宇宙，萬物，世界 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| annoyed |
想一想再看 adj. 惱怒的；煩悶的 v. 使煩惱；打擾（annoy |
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| appeal | [ə'pi:l] |
想一想再看 n. 懇求，上訴，吸引力 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| screen | [skri:n] |
想一想再看 n. 屏，幕，銀幕，屏風 |
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| statement | ['steitmənt] |
想一想再看 n. 聲明，陳述 |
聯(lián)想記憶 |
