乔布斯传 第322期:丽萨住了进来(4)
英语课
Jobs's ups and downs with Lisa continued after she moved to Manhattan as a freelance writer. 在丽萨搬到曼哈顿成为自由作家之后，乔布斯跟她的关系继续起伏不定。
Their problems were exacerbated 1 because of Jobs's frustrations 2 with Chrisann. 他们的问题随着乔布斯对克里斯安的不满而愈加恶劣。
He had bought a $700,000 house for Chrisann to use and put it in Lisa's name, 他给她买了一座价值70万美元的房子，记在了丽萨名下。
but Chrisann convinced her to sign it over and then sold it, 但是克里斯安说服丽萨签字转到自己名下，然后把房子卖了，
using the money to travel with a spiritual advisor 3 and to live in Paris. 用这钱跟一个精神导师出去旅行，并在巴黎生活了一阵子。
Once the money ran out, she returned to San Francisco and became an artist creating "light paintings" and Buddhist 4 mandalas. 钱花完以后，她回到旧金山，成为一个艺术家，创作“光绘”和佛教曼荼罗。
"I am a 'Connector' and a visionary contributor to the future of evolving humanity and the ascended 5 Earth," “我是个‘通灵者’，我对进化的人性和升华的地球的未来作出富有远见的贡献，”
she said on her website (which Hertzfeld maintained for her). 她在她的网站上说（赫茨菲尔德帮她维护这个网站），
"I experience the forms, color, and sound frequencies of sacred vibration 6 as I create and live with the paintings." “当我创作这些画并和它们共处时，我体验着神圣微振的形状、颜色和音频。”
When Chrisann needed money for a bad sinus infection and dental problem, 有一次她需要钱治疗严重的鼻窦感染，
Jobs refused to give it to her, causing Lisa again to not speak to him for a few years. 乔布斯拒绝支付费用，这又导致丽萨好几年没跟他说话。
v.使恶化，使加重( exacerbate的过去式和过去分词 )
- The symptoms may be exacerbated by certain drugs. 这些症状可能会因为某些药物而加重。
- The drugs they gave her only exacerbated the pain. 他们给她吃的药只是加重了她的痛楚。 来自《简明英汉词典》
挫折( frustration的名词复数 )； 失败； 挫败； 失意
- The temptation would grow to take out our frustrations on Saigon. 由于我们遭到挫折而要同西贡算帐的引诱力会增加。
- Aspirations will be raised, but so will frustrations. 人们会产生种种憧憬，但是种种挫折也会随之而来。
n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者
- They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
- The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。
adj./n.佛教的，佛教徒
- The old lady fell down in adoration before Buddhist images.那老太太在佛像面前顶礼膜拜。
- In the eye of the Buddhist,every worldly affair is vain.在佛教徒的眼里，人世上一切事情都是空的。
v.上升，攀登( ascend的过去式和过去分词 )
- He has ascended into heaven. 他已经升入了天堂。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The climbers slowly ascended the mountain. 爬山运动员慢慢地登上了这座山。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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