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1、AmericanIcon(byWalterIsaacson)1.ThesagaofSteveJobsistheSiliconValleycreationmythwritlarge:launchingastart-upStart-up:theprocessofstartingabusinessorotheractivityintheproverbialProverbial:well-knowngarageandbuildingitintotheworld'smostvaluablecompany.Hedidn'tinve
2、ntmanythingsoutrightOutright:completeandtotal,buthewasamasteratarrangingideas,artandtechnology（文章主体部分将从这三方面展开）inwaysthatrepeatedlyinventedthefuture.HedesignedtheMacafterappreciatingthepowerofgraphicinterfaces（界面）//inawaythatXerox（富士施乐静电印刷复制）wasunabletodo,andhecr
3、eatedtheiPodaftergraspingthejoyofhavingathousandsongsinyourpocket//inawaythatSony,whichhadalltheassetsandheritage,nevercouldaccomplish.（排比句）Someleaderspushinnovationsbybeinggoodatthebigpicture.Othersdosobymasteringdetails.Jobsdidboth,relentlesslyRelentless:deter
4、mined,andneverstoppingyourattemptstoachievesth..（最后这句是下文的总起句）2.Herevolutionizedsixindustries:personalcomputers,animatedmovies,music,phones,tabletcomputinganddigitalpublishing.Youmightevenaddaseventh:retailing,whichJobsdidnotquiterevolutionizebutdidreimagine.Alon
5、gtheway,heproducednotonlytransformingproductsbutalso,onhissecondtry,alastingcompany,endowedwithhisDNA,thatisfilledwithcreativedesignersanddaredevilDaredevil:adaringrisk-takerengineerswhowillcarryforwardhisvisionVision:avividmentalimage;areligiousormysticalexperi
6、enceofasupernaturalapperance.3.Jobsthusbecamethegreatestbusinessexecutiveofourera,theonemostcertaintoberememberedacenturyfromnow.HistorywillplacehiminthepantheonPantheon:神殿；众神rightnexttoThomasEdisonandHenryFord.Morethananyoneelseofhistime,hemadeproductsthatwerec
7、ompletelyinnovative,combiningthebeautyofpoetryandthepowerofprocessors.WithaferocityFerocity:violenceorextremeforcethatcouldmakeworkingwithhimasunsettlingasitwasinspiring,healsobuiltwhatbecame,atleastforaperiodthispastmonth,theworld'smostvaluablecompany.Andhewasa
8、bletoinfuseintoitsgeneticcodethedesignsensibilities,perfectionismandimaginationthatmakeitlikelytobe,evendecadesfromnow,thecompanythatthrivesbestattheintersectionofart
