乔布斯传之节选一

Cinderella

from Chapter One

Steve Jobs knew from an early age that he was adopted. “My parents were very open with me about that,” he recalled. He had a vivid memory of sitting on the lawn of his house, when he was six or seven years old, telling the girl who lived across the street. “So does that mean your real parents didn’t want you?” the girl asked. “Lightning bolts went off in my head,” according to Jobs. “I remember running into the house, crying. And my parents said, ‘No, you have to understand.’ They were very serious and looked me straight in the eye. They said, ‘We specifically picked you out.’ Both of my parents said that and repeated it slowly for me. And they put an emphasis on every word in that sentence.”

“There’s some notion that because I was abandoned, I worked very hard so I could do well and make my parents wish they had me back, or some such nonsense, but that’s ridiculous,” he insisted. “Knowing I was adopted may have made me feel more independent, but I have never felt abandoned. I’ve always felt special. My parents made me feel special.” He would later bristle whenever anyone referred to Paul and Clara Jobs as his “adoptive” parents or implied that they were not his “real” parents. “They were my parents 1,000%,” he said. When speaking about his biological parents, on the other hand, he was curt: “They were my sperm and egg bank. That’s not harsh, it’s just the way it was, a sperm bank thing, nothing more.”

小远

史蒂夫·乔布斯在很小的时候就知道自己是被领养的，他回忆道：“我的父母在这件事情上对我很坦诚。” 他依然清楚地记得：大概在6、7岁的时候，坐在自家门前的草坪上，和住在对街的女孩说起这件事，女孩就问他：“这就是说你真正的父母不想要你咯？”乔布斯他自己说：“当时我一下子就懵了，哭着喊着跑回家。我的父母对我说：‘不是这样的，你得明白。’他们凝视着我的眼睛，很认真地说：‘是我们特意选择了你。’他们两个都对我说了这句话，还一遍一遍慢慢地说给我听，并且还强调了这句话里的每一个字。”我会有这样一些想法：正因为我是被遗弃的，所以我要非常努力地工作，变得很出色，从而让我的生父母希望有朝一日把我要回去。等等诸如此类的胡思乱想，这些想法的确很荒唐。”乔布斯强调说。

“我知道自己是被领养的这件事也许会让我觉得更加独立，但我从未觉得自己被抛弃了。一直以来我都认为自己很特别。是我的父母让我觉得我自己很特别。”每当有人说保罗·乔布斯和克拉拉·乔布斯是他的“养父母”或者暗示说他们不是他“真正”的父母时，过后他都会十分生气。他曾说：“他们百分之一千是我的父母。”另一方面，当谈到他的生身父母时，他只是简单地说：“他们只负责提供了精子和卵子。不是我说话难听，事实本就如此。一个给了精子，一个给了卵子，仅此而已。”

高翔

史蒂夫•乔布斯很早就知道他是被收养的。“我的父母对此并不避讳。”他回忆说。在他6、7岁的时候发生的事情依然历历在目，他坐在家里的草坪上，向住在街对面的女孩讲述自己的身世。结果那女孩问他：“这是不是说你的亲生父母不要你了？”“我如雷轰顶，”乔布斯说，“我记得我哭着跑回家。我的父母对我说：‘不，你必须明白。’他们神情严肃，直视我的眼睛告诉我‘我们特意挑选的你。’我父母都这么说，并且语速缓慢地向我重复。强调这句话中的每一个词语。
    “有人这样认为：因为我被遗弃了，所以我要努力工作，从而创造佳绩，让亲生父母后悔当初的决定，诸如此类的想法都是无稽之谈，”乔布斯坚持这样认为。“知道自己是被领养的可能会使我感觉更加独立，但我从不觉得自己被抛弃了。我总是感觉特别，我的父母使我感觉特别。”每当别人提到保罗和克拉拉是他的“养”父母或暗示他们不是乔布斯的亲生父母时，他都会非常生气。“他们百分之一千是我的父母。”他说。另一方面，当提到他的亲生父母时，他表现得很轻率：“他们不过是孕育我的精子和卵子的提供者罢了。我并非不敬，本来就是这样，他们就只是起到提供精子这样的作用吧。”