The legacy of Steve Jobs 賈伯斯不滅的傳奇
Throughout his amazing career, Steve Jobs was viewed in many
different ways. Some felt he was an artist who took the design of Apple’s
products very seriously. Others saw him as a genius who created
evangelists rather than customers. Those who worked for him and had to
put up with his long tirades of verbal abuse sometimes considered him a
tyrant. One thing all of these people could agree on, though, was this:
Steve Jobs had a true passion for the work he did.
The enfant terrible of Silicon Valley’s rise to fame and fortune is now
almost a storybook legend. Jobs and his friend Steve Wozniak formed
their company in a small garage in Palo Alto, California, in the 1970s.
Their tiny company grew into one of the most profitable companies ever,
although Jobs to deal with many bumps in the road along the way.
At one point in his career, Jobs was actually kicked out of Apple by
the people he had hired. When it looked like Apple was going to fail in
the 1990s, Jobs made a comeback. He turned the company around,
redefining Apple’s spirit with the saying, “Think different.” This led to the
creation of the iPod, iPhone, and iPad, and these revolutionary products
brought new technology which has changed society.
It has now been more than one and a half years since Steve Job’s death,
and the fascination with Steve Jobs continues. His biography became an
instant best seller when it hit shelves shortly after his death. Now a film
about Jobs is being released, with Ashton Kutcher seems to be the
perfect actor to play Jobs. Kutucher is a lifelong fan and decadelong
stockholder in Apple, and he also bears an uncanny resemblance to the
younger Jobs.
The film was not an easy task, however. As the director, Koshua
Michael Stern, explained, “I think the challenge when dealing with such a
well-known and public figure is trying to get it right and to introduce a
character who, by nature, was enigmatic－meaning that very few people
really knew who this man really was”.
Audiences will have to judge if Stern and Kutcher succeeded in
portraying this complex man, nevertheless, Steve Jobs will be
remembered as someone who made a serious impact on society through
the products his company produces. He was a true wunderkind and
arguably one of the greatest geniuses of the twentieth century. To so
many people, Steve Jobs did more than just create Apple; Steve Jobs was
Apple.
Vocabulary
1. legacy [ˋlɛgəsɪ] n. 遺產
2. tyrant [ˋtaɪrənt] n. 暴君
3. revolutionary [͵rɛvəˋluʃən͵ɛrɪ] adj. 革命(性)的;突破的
4. lifelong [ˋlaɪf͵lɔŋ] adj. 終生的;畢生的
5. arguably [ˋɑrgjʊəblɪ] adv. 堪稱是
6. evangelist [ɪˋvændʒəlɪst] n. 傳道者
7. tirade [ˋtaɪ͵red] n. 長篇大論的批評或指責
8. best seller [bɛst] [ˋsɛlɚ] n. 暢銷書或唱片
9. enigmatic [͵ɛnɪgˋmætɪk] adj. 謎樣的;神秘的
10. wunderkind [ˋvʊndɚ͵kɪnt] n. 少年得志者;神童
11. REFERANCE: All Plus Interactive English Magazine