【英語原文】
He also flowered intellectually during his last two years in high school and found himself at the intersection, as he had began to see it, of those who were geekily immersed in electronics and those who were into literature and creative endeavors. “I started to listen to music a whole lot, and I started to read more outside of just science and technology—Shakespeare, Plato. I loved King Lear.” His other favorites included Moby-Dick and the poem of Dylan Thomas. I asked him why he related to King Lear and Captain Ahab, two of the most willful and driven characters in literature, but he didn’t respond to the connection I was making, so I let it drop. “When I was a senior I had this phenomenal AP English class. The teacher was this guy who looked like Ernest Hemingway. He took a bunch of us snowshoeing in Yosemite.” (Chapter 1 Childhood: School)
【譯文】
高中生涯的最後兩年裏，喬布斯的心智也迅速發展成熟。他開始發現自己站在人生的十字路口上：他既沉浸在電子學的浩瀚海洋裏，又愛上了文學和各種創造性努力。“我開始聽很多音樂， 我也開始讀很多科學領域外的.書籍，像莎士比亞和柏拉圖。我很喜歡《李爾王》這本書。” 他的心頭愛還包括美國小説《白鯨》和英國詩人狄蘭·托馬斯的作品。我曾經問過他，為什麼會喜歡李爾王和亞哈船長這兩個角色，他們是文學史上最任性、最執着的經典角色。不過他沒有理會我的這種聯想，我也自此揭過不提。“讀高中四年級的時候，我上了一門大學英語預修課程，這門課太棒了。教我們的老師長得很像美國作家海明威。他還帶我們一幫學生去優山美地國家公園玩雪。”
【翻譯筆記】
1. immerse in: 把……浸在水中；全神貫注於， 專心於。常用於被動語態。
We immersed all the dirty plates in the soapy water and left them to soak.我們把所有的髒盤子都泡在肥皂水中讓它們浸泡一會兒。
The entire family is immersed in scientific research.這個家的所有人都潛心於科學研究。
2. let it drop: 相當於口語中“Drop it!”用法，let sth. drop 表示停止談論某件事，不再提某個話題。
He's apologized, so I think you should let it drop now. 他已經道歉了，所以我想你現在應該不要再提這件事。
3. Moby-Dick: 19世紀美國作家梅爾維爾（Herman Melville）的代表作，這是小説家在1851年發表的一篇海洋題材作品，小説描寫了亞哈船長（Captain Ahab）為了追逐並殺死白鯨莫比·迪克（Moby-Dick）最終與白鯨同歸於盡的故事。《白鯨》是19世紀浪漫主義文學的代表作之一，文中的主角亞哈船長也是文學史上的經典角色。
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