圖:保羅·喬布斯和史蒂夫·喬布斯

每一個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:
Joanne
salt-of-the-earth
Paul
Clara
Steven Paul Jobs
Jandali

【回顧】【喬布斯傳】第一章:祖父威脅 生母棄子(4) ?
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Joanne had one requirement: Her child must be adopted by college graduates. So the doctor arranged for the baby to be placed with a lawyer and his wife. But when a boy was born - on February 24th, 1955 - the designated couple decided that they wanted a girl and backed out. Thus it was that the boy became the son not of a lawyer but of a high school dropout with a passion for mechanics and his salt-of-the-earth wife who was working as a bookkeeper. Paul and Clara named their new baby Steven Paul Jobs. When Joanne found out that her baby had been placed with a couple who had not even graduated from high school, she refused to sign the adoption papers. The standoff lasted weeks, even after the baby had settled into the Jobs household. Eventually Joanne relented, with the stipulation that the couple promise - indeed sign a pledge - to fund a savings account to pay for the boy's college education. There was another reason that Joanne was balky about signing the adoption papers. Her father was about to die, and she planned to marry Jandali soon after. She held out hope, she would later tell family members, sometimes tearing up at the memory, that once they were married, she could get their baby boy back.
喬安妮立下了一條規(guī)定:領(lǐng)養(yǎng)她孩子的人必須是大學(xué)畢業(yè)生。所以醫(yī)生將這個孩子安排給了一位律師和他的妻子。1955年2月24日這一天,喬安妮生下了一個男孩。而安排好的那對夫婦希望領(lǐng)養(yǎng)的是女孩,所以他們退出了。因此,這個男孩沒能成為律師的兒子,而是成為了一個高中退學(xué)生的兒子,這個人對機(jī)械有著極高的熱情,還有一個身為記帳員的謙遜的妻子。保羅和克拉克給孩子取名為史蒂夫?保羅?喬布斯。 但是,喬安妮關(guān)于孩子的養(yǎng)父母必須是大學(xué)畢業(yè)生的要求并沒有改變。當(dāng)她發(fā)現(xiàn)這對夫婦甚至連高中都沒有念完時,她拒絕在領(lǐng)養(yǎng)文件上簽字。僵局持續(xù)了數(shù)周,即使史蒂夫已經(jīng)在喬布斯家安定下來。最終,喬安妮放寬了要求:喬布斯夫婦必須承諾——在一份保證書上簽字——設(shè)立??睿瓦@個孩子上大學(xué)。 喬安妮遲遲不愿在領(lǐng)養(yǎng)文件上簽字還有一個原因。她的父親快死了,而她計劃在父親死后與錢德里結(jié)婚。她還懷有一絲希望——一旦他們結(jié)婚,她就可以把兒子要回來。因為有時候想到兒子的事還是會很傷心,她準(zhǔn)備日后向家人和盤托出。