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Jobs had begun to drop acid by then, and he turned Brennan on to it as well, in a wheat field just outside Sunnyvale.“It was great,” he recalled.“I had been listening to a lot of Bach.All of a sudden the wheat field was playing Bach.It was the most wonderful feeling of my life up to that point.I felt like the conductor of this symphony with Bach coming through the wheat.”

 symphony ['simfəni]

n.交响乐

 conductor [kən'dʌktə]

n.售票员，导体，指挥

 bach [bɑ:k]

n.巴赫(德国作曲家)

 sunnyvale

n.森尼维耳市, 森尼韦尔(美国加利福尼亚州西部城市)

 Brennan

布伦南

That summer of 1972, after his graduation, he and Brennan moved to a cabin in the hills above Los Altos.“I‟m going to go live in a cabin with Chrisann,” he announced to his parents one day.His father was furious.“No you‟re not,” he said.“Over my dead body.” They had recently fought about marijuana, and once again the younger Jobs was willful.He just said good-bye and walked out. marijuana [mæri'hwɑ:nə]

n.大麻

 fought [fɔ:t]

fight的过去式(分词)

 furious ['fjuəriəs]

adj.狂怒的, 猛烈的 willful ['wilful]

adj.任性的, 故意的, 有意的 cabin ['kæbin]

n.船舱,机舱,小木屋 vt.抑制 vi.住在小屋

Brennan spent a lot of her time that summer painting;she was talented, and she did a picture of a clown for Jobs that he kept on the wall.Jobs wrote poetry and played guitar.He could be brutally cold and rude to her at times, but he was also entrancing and able to impose his will.“He was an enlightened being who was cruel,” she recalled.“That‟s a strange combination.”

 entrance ['entrəns]

n.入口 v.使出神,使入迷 vt.使出神

 combination [ˌkɔmbi'neiʃən]

n.结合,联合，联合体

 impose [im'pəuz]

v.加上, 课征, 强迫, 征收(税款)

 brutally ['bru:təli]

adv.残忍地, 野蛮地, 冷酷无情地

 clown [klaun]

n.小丑, 粗鲁愚蠢的人 vi.扮小丑, 胡闹

 guitar [gi'tɑ:]

n.吉他 vi.弹吉他

 paint [peint]

n.油漆,颜料,绘画作品 vt.&vi.油漆,绘画

 enlightened [in'lait(ə)nd]

adj.被启发的, 进步的, 文明的动词enlighten的过去式和过去分词

Midway through the summer, Jobs was almost killed when his red Fiat caught fire.He was driving on Skyline Boulevard in the Santa Cruz Mountains with a high school friend, Tim Brown, who looked back, saw flames coming from the engine, and casually said to Jobs, “Pull over, your car is on fire.” Jobs did.His father, despite their arguments, drove out to the hills to tow the Fiat home. boulevard ['bu:lvɑ:;'bu:ləˌvɑ:d]

n.林荫大道

 casually ['kæʒjuəli]

adv.偶然地, 临时地, 随便地

 Cruz

n.克鲁兹

 skyline ['skailain;'skaiˌlain]

n.天涯, 地平线, 以天空为背景的轮廓

 flame [fleim]

n.火焰,火舌,鲜红色,光辉,恋人,怀念,辱骂信息 vi.焚烧,爆发,面红, 发辱骂信息 vt.用烟火发信号,用火对待,发辱骂信息

 Santa ['sæntə]

[美]=Santa Claus n.圣诞老人

 midway ['mid'wei]

adj.中途的, 中间的 adv.中途 n.中途, 中间, 娱乐场

In order to find a way to make money for a new car, Jobs got Wozniak to drive him to De Anza College to look on the help-wanted bulletin board.They discovered that the Westgate Shopping Center in San Jose was seeking college students who could dre up in costumes and amuse the kids.So for $3 an hour, Jobs, Wozniak, and Brennan donned heavy full-body costumes and headgear to play Alice in Wonderland, the Mad Hatter, and the White Rabbit.Wozniak, in his earnest and sweet way, found it fun.“I said, „I want to do it, it‟s my chance, because I love children.‟ I think Steve

looked at it as a lousy job, but I looked at it as a fun adventure.” Jobs did indeed find it a pain.“It was hot, the costumes were heavy, and after a while I felt like I wanted to smack some of the kids.” Patience was never one of his virtues. amuse [ə'mju:z]

v.消遣, 娱乐, 使...发笑

 san jose [.sænhəu'zei]

n.圣何塞(美国加利福尼亚西部一城市)

 costume ['kɔstju:m,-'tju:m]

n.服装,剧装 vt.提供服装, 为...设计服装 adj.服装打扮的 bulletin ['bulətin]

n.公示,公报,新闻快报,期刊 vt.发表,用公告通知

 patience ['peiʃəns]

n.耐心,毅力

 hatter ['hætə]

n.制帽人, 帽商

 lousy ['lauzi]

adj.多虱的, 可鄙的, 差劲的 smack [smæk]