It's long been known that Apple CEO Steve Jobs fathered a daughter, Lisa, out of wedlock, and did not acknowledge her until later in life. (Apple's ill-fated Lisa is apocryphally said to be named after her.) Now, Lisa Brennan-Jobs is an accomplished magazine writer. Her latest assignment: a story in February's Vogue. But my eyes stopped on the magazine's contributors page, which featured a striking photo of Brennan-Jobs. She is the very image of her father.

长期以来人们都知道苹果公司的CEO斯蒂夫.乔布斯有一个私生女丽莎，而且直到后来他才承认她（据说苹果公司的Lisa是以她命名的）。现在，丽莎.布伦南.乔布斯是一位有名的杂志撰稿人。她最新的文章发表在二月的Vogue杂志上。但我的目光停留在了杂志的贡献者页上，其中展现了一张布伦南-乔布斯的靓照。她很像她的父亲。

看着照片，看着与乔布斯很像的他女儿的脸，引发我很多思考。他们哪里相像？是否布伦南-乔布斯继承了斯蒂夫的才华，非凡的领导力和他差劲的脾气？她是否像他父亲一样适合运作苹果公司？以男性为主的高新技术产业是否接受她？

Seeing the picture, seeing Jobs's face on his daughter, got me thinking. In what other ways are they similar? Did Brennan-Jobs inherit Steve's brilliance, his charisma, his infamoustemper? Would she be as suited to the job of running Apple as her father? Would the male-dominated technology industry accept her?

对于布伦南-乔布斯来说，这并不是一个大问题--虽然由她来做Macworld的演讲人是一个绝妙的想法。但是，这仍是是一个以男性至上的科技领域。如果斯蒂夫是个女孩会怎样呢？他能创立苹果公司，筹集风险资本并带领公司占领公众领域吗？女性首席执行官们仍然寥寥无几;eBay首席执行官惠特曼退休后取而代之的是一位男性，又少了一个。这是朝着不太正确的方向发展。

This is not so much a question about Brennan-Jobs -- though it's an intriguing thought to imagine her delivering a Macworld keynote. No, it's about the still-rampant sexism in tech. What if Steve had been a girl? Would he have been able to start Apple, raise venture capital, take the company public? Women CEOs are still few and far between; with eBay CEO Meg Whitman's retirement, replaced by a man, we have one fewer. That's a movement in the wrong direction.

• acknowledge [ək´nɔlidʒ] vt.(公开)承认；感谢 (初中英语单词)
• writer [´raitə] n.作者；作家 (初中英语单词)
• striking [´straikiŋ] a.显著的，明显的 (初中英语单词)
• temper [´tempə] n.韧度 v.锻炼；调和 (初中英语单词)
• running [´rʌniŋ] a.奔跑的；流动的 (初中英语单词)
• venture [´ventʃə] n.投机 v.冒险；敢于 (初中英语单词)
• movement [´mu:vmənt] n.活动；运动；动作 (初中英语单词)
• seeing [si:iŋ] see的现在分词 n.视觉 (高中英语单词)
• inherit [in´herit] v.继承；遗传 (高中英语单词)
• accomplished [ə´kʌmpliʃt] a.完成了的；熟练的 (英语四级单词)
• retirement [ri´taiəmənt] n.退休；撤退；幽静处 (英语四级单词)
• assignment [ə´sainmənt] n.分配；分派；任务 (英语六级单词)
• brilliance [´briljəns] n.光辉，辉煌 (英语六级单词)
• infamous [´infəməs] a.声名狼藉的 (英语六级单词)