应用型大学英语3课后练习翻译

记者：您好，乔布斯先生。我可以就您的演讲进行采访吗？

Reporter: Hello, Mr. Jobs. Can I have an interview with you about your speech?

乔布斯：好的。

Jobs: Sure.

记者：您能够再谈一下您的身世吗？

Reporter: Can you tell your story to us again?

乔布斯：就像我刚才说的，我的生母是一个年轻未婚的研究生，所以她决定让别人收养我。我的养父母都不是大学毕业生，但他们答应会供我上大学，所以我的母亲才最终同意让他们收养我。

Jobs: Just as what I said, my biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate and she decided to put me up for adoption. However, neither of my parents who adopted me went to college. My biological mother agreed at last after they promised that someday I would go to college.

记者：不过您父母确实做到了他们所承诺的，送您上了大学。

Reporter: Your parents did do what they had promised. They sent you to college.

乔布斯：是的，17年后，我考进了里德学院。

Jobs: Yes, I went to Reed College 17 years later.

记者：但是您并未读完大学，能给我们讲一下您当时为什么要辍学吗？

Reporter: But you didn't graduate from college. Can you tell us why you dropped out?

乔布斯：好的，我在里德学院读了半年后就辍学了。一方面是因为学费太贵，我父母一生的积蓄都花在了我的学费上；另一方面，我看不出读大学的价值所在。所以我就辍学了。

Jobs: OK. I dropped out six months after I started my studies in Reed College. On the one hand, the tuition was so expensive that all my parents' savings were being spent on my tuition. On the other hand, I could not see the value of attending college. So I dropped out.

记者：那您怎么看当时这一决定的？

Reporter: What do you think of your decision of dropping out?

乔布斯：就像我刚才演讲中所提到的，这或许是我所做的最棒的决定之一。我辍学之后参加了书法班，学到了衬线和无衬线字体，10年后这些在设计Mac时都用上了，不然，很有可能现在的个人电脑就没有这种美妙的版面设计了。

Jobs: Just as I mentioned in my speech, that was probably one of the best decisions I ever made. Since I had dropped out of Reed College, I took a calligraphy class and learned about serif and sanserif typefaces which were designed into the Mac 10 years later. Otherwise, personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do.

记者：您的故事让我们学到了很多东西。谢谢您接受我的采访。

Reporter: We learn a lot from your story. Thanks for granting my interview.

马克：爸爸，您看，我找到了一份古文献。您知道它是讲什么的吗？

Mark: Dad, look! I found an ancient document. Do you know what it is about?

约翰：噢，是那份古埃及文献啊。它揭示了获取财富的神秘方法。

John: Oh, that ancient Egyptian document. It uncovers a mysterious formula for acquiring wealth. 马克：真的？您是怎么知道的？

Mark: Really? How do you know that?

约翰：或许你不相信，但我确实有语言天赋。

John: Maybe you won't believe it, but I do have a hidden talent for languages.

马克：那这份文献到底说了什么？

Mark: Indeed, what does this document talk about?

约翰：这份文献说，在埃及的中部有一座几千年的雕像，隐藏在距离一座大金字塔好几英里的山洞中。

John: It tells of a statue, thousands of years old, in the central part of Egypt, hidden in a cave miles from a large pyramid.

马克：找到雕像就能获得财富吗？

Mark: Will people acquire wealth if they find that statue?

约翰：不是的。首先你得准备一些特别的东西。文献上说这个雕像身上有8个小孔，寻宝人必须把宝石放进每个小孔中。

John: No, you should prepare some special things first. The text states that the statue had 8 orifices and that the seeker of wealth must place precious gems in each of the holes in the statue.

马克：那要花费很大一笔钱吧！

Mark: That must cost a lot!

约翰：是啊，差不多120万美元吧。不过这可是一笔真正值得的投资。

John: Um, nearly 1.2 million dollars. But that is a really great investment.