VOA慢速英语:Steve Jobs Step Down with Apple on Top

The chief executive who presented the latest, and coolest, electronics to the world has stepped down. Steve Jobs announced his resignation as head of Apple in a letter last week.
为全世界提供了最新最酷的电子产品的CEO已经辞职了。史蒂夫．乔布斯在上周的信中宣布了辞去苹果公司CEO的职务。

He wrote: “I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.”
他写道：“我一直说，如果有一天当我已不能再作为苹果首席执行官履行我的职责和满足人们对我的期望，我将会首先告诉你们。不幸的是，这一天已经到来了。”

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak started Apple Computer in nineteen seventy-six. The company sold a new kind of electronic device: the personal computer. Apple Computer grew more quickly than anyone could have imagined.
史蒂夫．乔布斯和史蒂夫．沃兹尼亚克于1976年创办了苹果电脑公司。该公司出售一种新的电子设备：个人电脑。苹果电脑公司的发展速度超出任何人的想象。

In nineteen eighty-five, however, Steve Jobs resigned after disputes with managers who had been brought in to direct business operations. He soon started his own software company, NeXT, and bought a computer animation studio. The Pixar movie studio would go on to create movies like Toy Story and Finding Nemo. They are two of the most successful animated films ever made.
然而，史蒂夫．乔布斯在1985年因与公司就引入用来指导商业运作的经历发生争议而辞职。他很快就开始了自己的软件公司NeXT，并收购了一家电脑动画工作室。Pixar电影工作室将继续创作像《玩具总动员》和《海底总动员》这样的电影。他们是有史以来最成功的两部动画电影。

Apple struggled during the nineteen nineties. Many products failed. The company began losing money and its stock price sank. In nineteen ninety-seven, Apple bought NeXT and brought back Steve Jobs. Apple used software developed at NeXT to create the Mac OS computer operating system. The next year, Apple became profitable. And a series of highly successful products followed. In two thousand one, Apple released the iPod, a digital music player. The iPhone arrived in two thousand seven.
苹果公司在十九世纪九十年代陷入困境。许多产品都失败了。该公司开始亏损，股价也逐渐缩水。在1997年，苹果公司收购了NeXT并带回了史蒂夫．乔布斯。苹果公司使用NeXT公司开发的软件创造出了Mac OS计算机操作系统软件。第二年，苹果开始盈利。并且一些列非常成功的产品紧随其后。2001年，苹果推出了数字音乐播放器iPod。2007年，iPhone上市。

Apple has also been a leader in online marketing. The iTunes Music Store sells songs for download. The App Store sells applications for computers and mobile devices.
苹果也成为了网络销售的领导者。iTunes音乐商店出售歌曲供用户下载。App Store出售计算机和移动设备的应用。

As Steve Jobs has noted, trial and error has always been part of the Apple model.
正如史蒂夫．乔布斯所指出的，尝试和错误一直都是苹果模式的一部分。

STEVE JOBS: "We just try to build products we think are really wonderful and that people might want.  And, sometimes we are right and sometimes we are wrong." (10 sec.)
乔布斯：“我们只是努力构建我们认为很好，人们也喜欢的产品。而有时我们是正确的，有时是错误的。”

Steve Jobs is closely linked with the success of Apple. Investors were scared when he announced he had an operation for pancreatic cancer in two thousand four.
史蒂夫．乔布斯与苹果的成功是紧密联系在一起。当乔布斯在2004年宣布他接受胰腺癌手术的时候，投资者都吓了一跳。

His decision to leave comes as Apple continues to release winning products. Apple sold over four and a half million iPads in the first three months of this year. The company holds the largest share of the growing tablet computer market.
苹果依然继续发布成功的产品，而乔布斯已决定离开。今年第一季度，苹果售出了超过450万台iPad。苹果公司占有日益增长的平板电脑市场最大的份额。

On August ninth, Apple first passed Exxon Mobil Corporation to become the most valuable publicly traded company in the world. Since then the two companies have traded the lead.
在8月9日，苹果首次超越埃克森美孚(Exxon Mobil)成为全球市值最高的公司。从那时起，两家公司一直处于交替领先位置。