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　　The partnership paved the way for what would be a bigger adventure together. “If it hadn’t been for the Blue Boxes, there wouldn’t have been an Apple,” Jobs later reflected. “I’m 100% sure of that. Woz and I learned how to work together, and we gained the confidence that we could solve technical problems and actually put something into production.” They had created a device with a little circuit board that could control billions of dollars’ worth of infrastructure. “You cannot believe how much confidence that gave us.” Woz came to the same conclusion: “It was probably a bad idea selling them, but it gave us a taste of what we could do with my engineering skills and his vision.” The Blue Box adventure established a template for a partnership that would soon be born. Wozniak would be the gentle wizard coming up with a neat invention that he would have been happy just to give away, and Jobs would figure out how to make it user-friendly, put it together in a package, market it, and make a few bucks.” (Chapter 2 Odd Couple: The Blue Box)nS95UTime - 无忧时光

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　　这样的合作关系为以后更大的冒险铺平了道路。乔布斯后来回想道：“我百分之百确定，没有蓝盒子就没有苹果公司。沃兹和我学会怎样一起工作，我们也在解决技术难题和将发明投入生产的过程中获得了自信。”他们发明的蓝盒子只是用一小块电路板做成的小装置，但是却能控制价值数十亿美元的基础设施。“蓝盒子的成功简直让我们自信心爆棚。”沃兹也有同样的想法：“卖蓝盒子可能是个坏主意，但是的确让我们尝到了合作的甜头，我的工程技术和乔布斯的发展远见结合在一起可以做出一番成就。”蓝盒子的冒险经历建立了乔布斯和沃兹将来的合作模式：沃兹是那个有很多巧妙发明又愿意与人分享的安静天才，乔布斯则负责如何将沃兹的发明变得方便使用，然后包装并投入市场，赚点钱。nS95UTime - 无忧时光

　　【翻译笔记】nS95UTime - 无忧时光

　　1. pave the way: 为……铺平道路，为……做准备nS95UTime - 无忧时光

　　Scientists hope that data from this expedition will pave the way for a more detailed exploration of Mars.nS95UTime - 无忧时光
　　科学家们希望这次探险获得的数据能为将来的火星探测铺平道路。nS95UTime - 无忧时光

　　Worse still, as policymakers rush to implement reforms in response to one financial calamity, they are apt to create disorders that pave the way for the next disaster.nS95UTime - 无忧时光
　　更糟糕的是，当决策者匆忙实施改革以应对金融灾难时，往往容易造成新的混乱，为下一场灾难埋下隐患。nS95UTime - 无忧时光

　　2. come to the/a conclusion (that): 得出结论，做出总结。短语后常接修饰conclusion的同位语从句。nS95UTime - 无忧时光

　　From the foregoing discussion, we can come to the conclusion that the purpose of college education should always target at cultivating the overall abilities of the students.　　　nS95UTime - 无忧时光
　　基于以上论证，我们可以清楚地认识到：大学教育应该永远是以培养学生较强的综合能力为目标的。nS95UTime - 无忧时光

　　come to a conclusion除了有“得出结论”这意，还可以表示某事或过程“告一段落、圆满结束”。nS95UTime - 无忧时光

　　At last, the yearlong ordeal of buying a house came to a conclusion.nS95UTime - 无忧时光
　　这场长达一年的买房折磨终于结束了。nS95UTime - 无忧时光

　　3. make big bucks/make a few bucks: 赚大钱；小赚一笔nS95UTime - 无忧时光

　　I made some big bucks last week. I didn't expect that I could make so much money.nS95UTime - 无忧时光
　　上周我赚了一大笔钱，真没想到我能赚这么多。nS95UTime - 无忧时光

　　buck是口语用法，指一美元，一般泛指“钱”。nS95UTime - 无忧时光

　　4.蓝盒子：蓝盒子是用来破解电话系统的工具，内建电子零件，可模仿电信营运商的播话控制讯号。蓝盒子常被用来拨打免费电话。乔布斯和沃兹打造的蓝盒子现收藏在位于硅谷的电脑历史博物馆中。nS95UTime - 无忧时光