乔布斯英语演讲：斯坦福大学2005年毕业典礼上的演讲(8)

None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, its likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.

当时看起来这些东西在我的生命中，好像都没有什么实际应用的可能。但是十年之后,当我们在设计第一台Macintosh电脑的时候,就不是那样了。我把当时我学的那些家伙全都设计进了Mac。那是第一台使用了漂亮的印刷字体的电脑。如果我当时没有退学, 就不会有机会去参加这个我感兴趣的美术字课程, Mac就不会有这么多丰富的字体，以及赏心悦目的字体间距。那么现在个人电脑就不会有现在这么美妙的字型了。当然我在大学的时候，还不可能把从前的点点滴滴串连起来,但是当我十年后回顾这一切的时候,真的豁然开朗了。

If I have never... ， I would have never...

如果我没有...，我就永远不会...

1.If I had never met you, I would have never known what the love is.
如果我从未见过你，我就永远不会知道爱是什么。

2.If I had never experienced hard time , I would never known what the happiness is
如果我从未经历过艰难的时光，我永远不会知道幸福是什么。

3.If I had never been to this coffee house , I would have never met you
如果我从去过这家咖啡馆，我就不会遇见你。

drop in

投入;顺便拜访;降下

1.Please drop in when you have time.
有空儿来玩儿。

2.I just drop in on him for a chat.
我只是顺便来和他聊聊天。

3.There was a sudden drop in the temperature.
气温急剧下降。

look forward to sth

期待

1.I am looking forward to seeing you again
我期待着再次见到你。

2.I am looking forward to your reply.
我期待着你的答复

3.I look forward to meeting her again.
我期待着再次见到她。

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