乔布斯传 第556期:他的iPod里面有什么歌(5)

（单词翻译）

He then jumped from the sublime¹ to the sixties: Donovan's "Catch the Wind."

然后他从宏伟的古典乐跳到了20世纪60年代，播放了多诺万的《捕风》。

When he noticed me look askance, he protested, "Donovan did some really good stuff, really."

当看到我面露疑惑，他说：“多诺万真的有些好作品，真的。”

He punched up "Mellow² Yellow," and then admitted that perhaps it was not the best example.

他切换到了《柔美之黄》，但他后来也说这首歌也许不是最好的证明。

"It sounded better when we were young."

“我们年轻时觉得它更好听。”

I asked what music from our childhood actually held up well these days.

我问他，有哪些我们童年时代的歌曲到如今都历久弥新。

He scrolled³ down the list on his iPad and called up the Grateful Dead's 1969 song "Uncle John's Band."

他浏览了iPod的播放列表，找到了感恩而死乐队1969年的歌曲《约翰叔叔的乐队》。

He nodded along with the lyrics⁴: "When life looks like Easy Street, there is danger at your door."

他随着旋律点头轻唱起来：“当生活看起来很简单时，危险正在你门外...”

For a moment we were back at that tumultuous time when the mellowness⁵ of the sixties was ending in discord⁶.

一时间，我们回到了那个躁动的、在冲突中戛然而止的60年代。

"Whoa, oh, what I want to know is, are you kind?"

“喔，哦，我想知道的是你还善良吗？”

Then he turned to Joni Mitchell.

然后，他换到了琼尼·米雪儿。

"She had a kid she put up for adoption⁷," he said. "This song is about her little girl."

他说：“她把她的女儿送给别人收养了。这首歌就是关于这个女孩的。”

He tapped on "Little Green," and we listened to the mournful melody and lyrics that describe the feelings of a mother who gives up a child.

他播放了《小小格林》，我们听着那悲伤的旋律和歌词，描述了一个母亲放弃孩子的感觉。

"So you sign all the papers in the family name

“你用你的新姓氏签订所有的文件，

You're sad and you're sorry, but you're not ashamed."

你觉得悲伤而遗憾，但是你不必羞愧。

I asked whether he still often thought about being put up for adoption.

我问乔布斯是否还会经常想起自己被收养的事情。

"No, not much," he said. "Not too often."

他说：“不，不怎么想。不太常想起。”