乔布斯传 第323期:丽萨住了进来(5)

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　　as a springboard for her third novel, A Regular Guy, published in 1996.  作为了她第三部小说《凡人》的蓝本。该小说于1996年出版。

　　The book's title character is based on Jobs, and to some extent it adheres to reality:  这本书的主角是以乔布斯为原型，在一定程度上符合事实：

　　It depicts¹ Jobs's quiet generosity² to, and purchase of a special car for, a brilliant friend who had degenerative bone disease, 它描写了乔布斯对一位骨病不断恶化的朋友的低调慷慨，如何为对方购买一辆特制的汽车；

　　and it accurately³ describes many unflattering aspects of his relationship with Lisa, including his original denial of paternity. 它准确地描述了他和丽萨之间关系的诸多方面，包括他最初否认他们的血缘关系。

　　But other parts are purely⁴ fiction; Chrisann had taught Lisa at a very early age how to drive, for example,  但其他部分多为虚构：例如，虽然克里斯安在丽萨很小的时候就教她开车，

　　but the book's scene of "Jane" driving a truck across the mountains alone at age five to find her father of course never happened. 但是书里的“简”5岁时开着辆卡车翻山越岭去找她父亲的情节当然是从未发生过。

　　In addition, there are little details in the novel that, in journalist parlance⁵, are too good to check,  另外，小说里还有些小细节，用新闻学术语来说，是过于精致，无据可考，

　　such as the head-snapping description of the character based on Jobs in the very first sentence: "He was a man too busy to flush toilets." 例如全书第一句就当头一棒地如此描写基于乔布斯的这个角色：“他是个忙得连马桶都不冲的人。”

　　On the surface, the novel's fictional⁶ portrayal⁷ of Jobs seems harsh. 表面上，这部小说对乔布斯的虚构描述看起来很苛刻。

　　Simpson describes her main character as unable "to see any need to pander⁸ to the wishes or whims⁹ of other people." 辛普森描述她的主角，“不觉得有任何必要迁就其他人的希望或梦想”。

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