乔布斯,英文版笔记

2012.12.26

Like Paul Jobs, Joanne Schieble was from a rural Wisconsin family of German heritage. Her father, Arthur Schieble, had immigrated to the outskirts of Green Bay, where he and his wife owned a mink farm and dabbled successfully in various other businesses, including real estate and photoengraving. He was very strict, especially regarding his daughter’s relationships, and he had strongly disapproved of her first love, an artist who was not a Catholic. Thus it was no surprise that he threatened to cut Joanne off completely when, as a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin, she fell in love with Abdulfattah “John” Jandali, a Muslim teaching assistant from Syria.

∙dabble ['dæbl]

v. 喷洒，玩水, 泼溅，涉猎

∙mink[miŋk]

n. 貂, 貂皮衣

∙heritage ['heritidʒ]

n. 遗产, 继承物

∙rural ['rʊər(ə)l]

adj. 农村的

∙outskirt ['autskə:t]

n. 边界,郊外,外区

∙Catholic['kæθəlik]

adj. 天主教的, (catholic)普遍的, 广泛的n. 天主教徒

∙estate [i'steit]

n. 财产,房地产,状态,遗产

∙regard [ri'gɑ:d]

n. 关心; 考虑, 注意n. 尊敬; 问候; 事项vt. 视为; 尊重; 注视, 和...有关vi. 注视, 注意∙disapprove [ˌdisə'pru:v]

v. 不赞成

∙threaten['θretn]

vt. &vi. 威胁,构成威胁

∙graduate ['grædjueit, -dʒueit]

vt. 毕业;(在表、计、尺上)刻[分]度,定等级vi. 毕业,获学位,逐渐变得n. 毕业生adj. 毕业的,获得学位的

∙Muslim ['mʊzlim; (US) 'mʌzlem]

n. 穆斯林, 穆罕默德信徒

∙bay [bei]

adj. 红棕色n. 红棕色,隔间,配电间,犬吠,围困,海湾,月桂树,名望vi. 嗥叫vt. 吼叫着追赶或进攻,哀号,把...围困住

∙Syria ['siriə]

n. 叙利亚（亚洲国名）

∙engraving[in'greiviŋ]

n. 雕刻, 镌版术, 雕版动词engrave的现在分词

∙photo ['fəutəu]

n. 照片vt. &vi. 拍照adj. 摄影的

Jandali was the youngest of nine children in a prominent Syrian family. His father owned oil refineries and multiple other businesses, with large holdings in Damascus and Homs, and at one point pretty much controlled the price of wheat in the region. His mother, he later said, was a “traditional Muslim woman” who was a “conservative, obedient housewife.” Like the Schieble family, the Jandalis put a premium on education. Abdulfattah was sent to a Jesuit boarding school, even though he was Muslim, and he got an undergraduate degree at the American University in Beirut before entering the University of Wisconsin to pursue a doctoral degree in political science.

∙region ['ri:dʒən]

n. 地区,地域,地带,行政区

∙Muslim ['mʊzlim; (US) 'mʌzlem]

n. 穆斯林, 穆罕默德信徒

∙homs

胡姆斯（叙利亚城市）

∙refinery [ri'fainəri]

n. 精练厂

∙Damascus [də'mæskəs]

n. 大马士革（叙利亚首都）

∙holding ['həuldiŋ]

n. 把持, 支持, 保持vbl. 握住, 把持, 举行

∙prominent ['prɔminənt]

adj. 杰出的,显著的,突出的

∙jesuit ['dʒezjuit]

n. 阴险的人，阴谋家Jesuit: 耶稣会信徒

∙premium ['primjəm]

n. 额外费用, 奖金; 奖品保险费n. (商)溢价adj. 高价的; 优质的∙Muslim ['mʊzlim; (US) 'mʌzlem]

n. 穆斯林, 穆罕默德信徒

∙obedient [ə'bi:djənt, -diənt]

adj. 服从的, 顺从的

∙conservative [kən'sə:vətiv]

adj. 保守的,守旧的n. 保守派(党),保守的人

∙pursue [pə'sju:]

v. 追捕, 追求, 继续从事