《名人传记》之乔布斯一代创意天才130:入读里德学院

He was kind of an electronic hobbyist

他可以说是个电子狂

or amateur enthusiast

或者业余的爱好者

and he liked to buy used stereo equipment

他很喜欢买些旧的立体声设备

and fix it up and sell for a profit.

自己修理好之后再拿去卖来赚钱

The story about how Steve Jobs went to college,

乔布斯怎样入读大学的故事

I think s a fascinating story.

我觉得非常有趣

Steve decided that he wanted to go

乔布斯决定了入读

to Reed College in Oregon

俄勒岗州的里德学院

which was an outstanding liberal arts college

这是一间很好的美术大学

and be was accepted.

他成功被取录

But his parents couldn't afford to send him there.

但他的父母没有能力供他入读

and the University found out very quickly

大学也很快发现他

that no one had paid the bills.

没有缴交学费

But, Steve wound up befriending the Dean of Students.

不过乔布斯最终

And Steve was so persuasive that he convinced the Dean

和校长交上朋友

to let him stay there at college

而且他还说服校长

and to take the classes

让他作为旁听生上课

and live in the dormitory for free.

而且还可以免费在宿舍留宿

After a short time at Reed College,

在里德学院入读一小段时间后

Steve Jobs returned to San Francisco

乔布斯回到三藩市

where be began attending meetings of the Homebrew Computer Club

还开始参加由一班电脑爱好者

a group for computer hobbyists.

组成的“家酿电脑学会”的聚会

At one meeting,

在一个聚会裹

his friend Steve Wozniak showed off

他的朋友沃兹尼瓦克展示了

the homemade computer he made.

一部自制的电脑

It had a typewriter keyboard instead of lights and switches,

电脑用打字机键盘代替灯和按键

a television instead of a monitor

用电视机做屏幕

and a cheap $20 computer chip.

以及有块价值20美元的芯片

Steve Jobs was a visionary, he did see, early on,

乔布斯非常有远见，他早就

along with a small group of people who would go to

和志同道合的电脑小组成员一起

the homebrew computer club that

看见这东西

this was going to change the world.

将会改变这个世界