第十四章邁克·馬克庫(kù)拉（Mike Markkula）開(kāi)始為自己尋找接班人，他和喬布斯幾經(jīng)選擇，挑中了百事公司百事可樂(lè)部門(mén)總裁約翰·斯卡利John Sculley，他的百事挑戰(zhàn)（Pepsi Challenge）推廣活動(dòng)在廣告宣傳方面取得過(guò)巨大勝利（an advertising and publicity triumph）。為了挖角來(lái)這位產(chǎn)品營(yíng)銷(xiāo)專(zhuān)家，喬布斯展開(kāi)了持久而猛烈的求賢攻勢(shì)。喬布斯這段持續(xù)數(shù)月之久的“求愛(ài)之旅”（courtship）最終成功，喬布斯與斯卡利的甜蜜期（honeymoon）持續(xù)了幾個(gè)月，但好景不長(zhǎng)，兩人性格和價(jià)值觀的差異很快讓兩人出現(xiàn)了分歧?；仡檰滩妓沟那筚t之旅，他是怎樣最終說(shuō)服個(gè)性謹(jǐn)慎的斯卡利的呢？

【英語(yǔ)原文】

Sculley uttered one last demurral, a token suggestion that maybe they should just be friends and he could offer Jobs advice from the sidelines. “Any time you’re in New York, I’d love to spend time with you.” He later recounted the climactic moment: “Steve’s head dropped as he stared at his feet. After a weighty, uncomfortable pause, he issued a challenge that would haunt me for days. ‘Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water, or do you want a chance to change the world?’” Sculley felt as if he had been punched in the stomach. There was no response possible other than to acquiesce. “He had an uncanny ability to always get what he wanted, to size up a person and know exactly what to say to reach a person,” Sculley recalled. “I realized for the first time in four months that I couldn’t say no.” The winter sun was beginning to set. They left the apartment and walked back across the park to the Carlyle.(Chapter 13 Enter Sculley: Courtship)

【滬江譯文】

斯卡利最后還是有一些猶豫，所以他象征性的提議也許他們可以只做朋友，他可以從旁觀者的角度給喬布斯提建議?！懊看文銇?lái)紐約，我都會(huì)愿意跟你見(jiàn)面聊聊?！?斯卡利后來(lái)描述了事情發(fā)展的高潮。“喬布斯低著頭盯著腳看，我們之間有了一段沉重尷尬的靜默，然后他拋給我一個(gè)問(wèn)題，讓我好幾天都無(wú)法釋?xiě)选Ｋ麊?wèn)我：‘你是愿意剩下的半輩子賣(mài)糖水，還是愿意抓住這個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)改變世界？’” 斯卡利覺(jué)得喬布斯的話像是狠狠一拳打在他的胃上。除了默許，他不可能再有別的反應(yīng)?！皢滩妓褂心欠N超凡的能力，他總是能得到自己想要的東西，他能準(zhǔn)確的判斷一個(gè)人，也懂得如何勸說(shuō)才能抓住一個(gè)人的心。“斯卡利回憶道，”我后來(lái)意識(shí)到，這是四個(gè)月的時(shí)間里，我第一次無(wú)法開(kāi)口說(shuō)不。”冬日暖陽(yáng)漸漸就要下山了，他們離開(kāi)公寓，穿過(guò)公園，走回了卡萊爾酒店。

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1. demurral：名詞 demurral 表示“反對(duì)、異議；猶豫、顧慮”，特指經(jīng)過(guò)深思熟慮后正式提出的反對(duì)意見(jiàn)（considered expression of opposition, a formal objection）。動(dòng)詞形式為demur 提出異議（也可用作名詞），常用作法律詞匯。

Apart from the one small protest, which ended after some gentle placard-waving, there has been no whisper of public demurral.
除了一個(gè)小規(guī)模的抗議之外，沒(méi)有其他任何公眾抗議的流言。而這次抗議也只是揮舞了幾下標(biāo)語(yǔ)就結(jié)束了。

All articles held in house are deemed to give up, Party A has the right to handle, Party B is without demur definitely.
房屋留置的一切物品均視為放棄，甲方有權(quán)處置，乙方絕無(wú)異議。

2. sideline：作名詞時(shí)，表示球場(chǎng)邊線，副業(yè)（a subsidiary line of merchandise），局外人的觀點(diǎn)。

球類(lèi)運(yùn)動(dòng)術(shù)語(yǔ)中的邊線球 sideline ball 屬于界外球的一種。sideline product 指副業(yè)產(chǎn)品，一家公司兼營(yíng)其它業(yè)務(wù)可以說(shuō)sideline in。sidelined investors 指的是持觀望態(tài)度的投資者。sideline還可以用作動(dòng)詞，表示（由于受傷）退出比賽；把…排除在核心之外。

He runs a profitable sideline selling postcard to tourist.
他在干一個(gè)有收益的副業(yè)----向游客出售明信片。

As a journalist , I was on the sidelines during the political crisis.
我是記者，在這一政治危機(jī)時(shí)期我是目睹一切的局外人。

3. Sculley and Jobs：

喬布斯為了游說(shuō)斯卡利加入蘋(píng)果說(shuō)的那句極具煽動(dòng)性的“Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water, or do you want a chance to change the world?”至今為人津津樂(lè)道，不過(guò)斯卡利任職蘋(píng)果最廣為人知的事跡，就是把喬布斯掃地出門(mén)趕出了蘋(píng)果，斯卡利也因?yàn)檎袩o(wú)數(shù)非議。喬布斯與斯卡利在關(guān)系的甜蜜期也曾經(jīng)這樣一唱一和過(guò)：“Sculley confided that if he hadn’t become a businessman, he would be an artist. Jobs replied that if he weren’t working with computers, he could see himself as a poet in Paris.”

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