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斯蒂夫喬布斯那些不爲人所知的祕密

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斯蒂夫喬布斯那些不爲人所知的祕密

Steve Jobs is a force of nature, a truly iconic man whose quirks are nearly as famous as the products he sells. Here are a few facts you may not have known about the Enfant Terrible of Silicon Valley.

史蒂夫•喬布斯是大自然鬼斧神工的產物,是個真正的偶像式人物,他的怪癖和他的產品一樣爲人矚目。關於這個在硅谷肆意耍寶的壞孩子,這裏我們要揭祕一些你可能還不瞭解的真相。

1. He`s dyslexic.

他有誦讀障礙。

Other notable dyslexic figures:

其他患有誦讀障礙症的著名人士包括:

Alexander Graham Bell

亞歷山大•貝爾(電話的發明者)

Albert Einstein

阿爾伯特•愛因斯坦(現代物理學的開創者和奠基人)

Henry Ford

亨利•福特(福特汽車公司的建立者)

2. He was a troublemaker.

他曾是個“大麻煩”。

Spent 3rd grade as a self-confessed, "little terror," who "... let snakes loose in the classroom and exploded bombs."

他坦白自己在三年級的時候曾像個“小恐怖分子”,“在教室裏放蛇,還曾經引爆過炸彈。”

3. He is employee No.0.

他是0號員工。

Apple`s first board of directors wanted all employees to have name badges. The badges were to show a name and a number in the order employees were hired.

蘋果的首屆董事會想讓所有員工佩戴胸牌,胸牌上有着員工的名字和編號,編號是按照員工入職順序來排的。

Steve Wozniak, Apple II engineer and co-founder, got Employee No.1. Jobs was assigned No.2 and protested until he received 0 because it came before 1.

斯蒂夫•沃茲尼亞克,蘋果2號機型的工程師,也是蘋果公司的聯合創始人,拿到了1號牌。喬布斯原本被分配到2號牌,但是他不停抗議,直到最後拿到1號前的0號牌才罷休。

4. He wasn`t the cleanest fellow.

他絕不是個愛乾淨的傢伙。

While he worked at Atari, he was moved to the night shift because he had poor personal hygiene and smelled terrible.

在雅達利公司工作期間,他曾因爲個人衛生糟糕且滿身異味而被調去上夜班。

5. He bought his first suit at 22.

22歲時他纔買了這輩子第一套西裝。

He needed one for the 1977 for the West Coast Computer Faire, where he presented the Apple II.

1977年時他需要參加西海岸電腦展來展示蘋果II型機,而不得不穿西裝。

6. He is a fruitarian.

他是位“果食主義”。

The company was named "Apple" in part because apples are his favorite food. Both he and his wife are strict vegans, eating no animal products whatsoever.

蘋果公司之所以用“蘋果”來命名,部分原因就是那是他最愛的食物。他和妻子兩個人都是忠實的素食主義者,從來不吃動物類食品。

7. He got the President of PepsiCo to work for Apple.

他挖來百事總裁爲蘋果打工。

He convinced John Sculley to quit PepsiCo and become Apple`s CEO by saying "Do you want to sell sugared water all your life or do you want to change the world?"

他對百事可樂總裁約翰•斯卡利說:“你是想一輩子賣糖水呢還是幹改變世界的大事業呢?”就這樣說服了斯卡利離開百事可樂,來蘋果做CEO。

8. His salary:

他的薪水:

Annual salary as CEO of Apple: $1

作爲蘋果公司的CEO年收入:1美元

Annual income from Disney shares: $48 million

每年從迪斯尼拿到的分紅:4800萬美元

9. He is a prankster.

他喜歡開玩笑。

During the introduction of the iPhone at Macworld 2007, he used the phone to call Starbucks and order 4000 lattes to go.

2007年當他在蘋果年會上介紹iPhone時,他用那部手機從星巴克訂了4000份拿鐵咖啡。