喬布斯傳:第一章:被遺棄與被選擇之領(lǐng)養(yǎng)(1)
來源:滬江聽寫酷
2011-11-10 13:30
圖:保羅·喬布斯和史蒂夫·喬布斯
每一個(gè)人都有自己小小的童年,然而,人們都是無法選擇自己的出生,無法預(yù)知自己的童年??鞓坊虮瘋?,似乎都是命中注定。蘋果之父喬布斯又有怎樣的童年呢?
HINTS:
Paul Reinhold Jobs
Coast Guard
World War II
Germantown
Wisconsin
Midwest
USS General M.C. Meigs
General Patton
San Francisco
James Dean
Clara Hagopian
Armenian
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When Paul Jobs was mustered out of the Coast Guard after World War II, he made a wager with his crewmates. They had arrived in San Francisco, where their ship was decommissioned, and Paul bet that he would find himself a wife within two weeks. He was a taut, tattooed engine mechanic, six feet tall, with a passing resemblance to James Dean. But it wasn’t his looks that got him a date with Clara Hagopian, a sweet-humored daughter of Armenian immigrants. It was the fact that he and his friends had a car, unlike the group she had originally planned to go out with that evening. Ten days later, in March 1946, Paul got engaged to Clara and won his wager. It would turn out to be a happy marriage, one that lasted until death parted them more than 40 years later.
Paul Reinhold Jobs had been raised on a dairy farm in Germantown, Wisconsin. Even though his father was an alcoholic and sometimes abusive, Paul ended up with a gentle and calm disposition under his leathery exterior. After dropping out of high school, he wandered through the Midwest picking up work as a mechanic until, at age 19, he joined the Coast Guard, even though he didn't know how to swim. He was deployed on the USS General M.C. Meigs and spent much of the war ferrying troops to Italy for General Patton. His talent as a machinist and fireman earned him commendations, but he occasionally found himself in minor trouble and never rose above the rank of seaman.
第二次世界大戰(zhàn)后,保羅喬布斯從海岸警衛(wèi)隊(duì)退伍時(shí),與他的隊(duì)員們打了一個(gè)賭。他們到達(dá)舊金山,在這里,他們的艦船退役了,保羅打賭說他要在兩周之內(nèi)給自己找一個(gè)妻子。他是個(gè)肌肉發(fā)達(dá)、有著文身的引擎機(jī)械師,6英尺高,長相酷似詹姆斯迪恩。他約到了克拉拉哈戈皮安,一個(gè)出身亞美尼亞移民家庭的甜美風(fēng)趣的女孩子。女孩看上的并不是他的容貌,而是他和他的朋友們可以使用一輛轎車,這是她當(dāng)晚原計(jì)劃的出行對象們做不到的。10天以后,1946年3月,保羅與克拉拉訂婚,同時(shí)也贏得了他的賭注。事實(shí)證明,這是一段幸福的婚姻,兩人廝守了40多年,直到死亡將他們分開。
保羅萊茵霍爾德喬布斯在威斯康星州日耳曼敦的一家奶牛場長大。盡管父親是個(gè)酒鬼,有時(shí)候還會(huì)虐待他,但在保羅粗獷的外表下還是有著一顆溫柔寧靜的心。高中退學(xué)后,他穿梭于中西部地區(qū),做著機(jī)械師的工作,直到19歲那年加入海岸警衛(wèi)隊(duì)——雖然他并不會(huì)游泳。他被安排在美國海軍的梅格斯號運(yùn)兵船上,戰(zhàn)爭中的大多數(shù)時(shí)間都在為巴頓將軍向意大利運(yùn)輸部隊(duì)。他作為一名機(jī)械師和鍋爐工的天賦為他贏得了不少獎(jiǎng)勵(lì),但他偶爾也會(huì)惹上一點(diǎn)兒小麻煩,所以軍銜從來沒有高過一等兵。