大学英语六级考试(Cet6)阅读理解辅导材料(7)
<p> <span word="My">My</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="story">story</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="love">love</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="loss">loss</span>.</p><p> 我的第二个故事是关于爱和损失的.</p><p> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="lucky">lucky</span> - <span word="I">I</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="loved">loved</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="life">life</span>. <span word="Woz">Woz</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="Apple">Apple</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="garage">garage</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> 20. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="worked">worked</span> <span word="hard">hard</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="in">in</span> 10 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="Apple">Apple</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="grown">grown</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="garage">garage</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="a">a</span> $2 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="over">over</span> 4000 <span word="employees">employees</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="released">released</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="finest">finest</span> <span word="creation">creation</span> - <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Macintosh">Macintosh</span> - <span word="a">a</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="earlier">earlier</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="turned">turned</span> 30. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="fired">fired</span>. <span word="How">How</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="fired">fired</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="started">started</span>? <span word="Well">Well</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Apple">Apple</span> <span word="grew">grew</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="hired">hired</span> <span word="someone">someone</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="thought">thought</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="talented">talented</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="run">run</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="me">me</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="things">things</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="well">well</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="visions">visions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="future">future</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="diverge">diverge</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="eventually">eventually</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="falling">falling</span> <span word="out">out</span>. <span word="When">When</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="did">did</span>, <span word="our">our</span> <span word="Board">Board</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Directors">Directors</span> <span word="sided">sided</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="him">him</span>. <span word="So">So</span> <span word="at">at</span> 30 <span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="out">out</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="publicly">publicly</span> <span word="out">out</span>. <span word="What">What</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="focus">focus</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="entire">entire</span> <span word="adult">adult</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="gone">gone</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="devastating">devastating</span>.</p><p> 我非常幸运，因为我在很早的时候就找到了我钟爱的东西。<span word="Woz">Woz</span>和我在二十岁的时候就在父母的车库里面开创了苹果公司。我们工作得很努力，十年之后，这个公司从那两个车库中的穷光蛋发展到了超过四千名的雇员、价值超过二十亿的大公司。在公司成立的第九年，我们刚刚发布了最好的产品，那就是<span word="Macintosh">Macintosh</span>.我也快要到三十岁了。在那一年，我被炒了鱿鱼。你怎么可能被你自己创立的公司炒了鱿鱼呢? 嗯，在苹果快速成长的时候，我们雇用了一个很有天分的家伙和我一起管理这个公司，在最初的几年，公司运转的很好。但是后来我们对未来的看法发生了分歧，最终我们吵了起来。当争吵不可开交的时候，董事会站在了他的那一边。所以在三十岁的时候，我被炒了。在这么多人的眼皮下我被炒了。在而立之年，我生命的全部支柱离自己远去，这真是毁灭性的打击。</p>
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