英語趣聞——庫克

本期導讀：

庫克的生活有多自律？

庫克的生活有多低調？

庫克的生活有多健康？

Fact One:

Cook follows a very strict routine. He gets up early and begins composing emails (as early as 4:30am). Despite being the boss, he is normally the first at work and usually carries out Sunday night telephone meetings to discuss plans for the coming week.

庫克的作息表很嚴格。他早早起床，有時在4點半就開始寫郵件。儘管身為老闆，他經常是最早上班的，而且親自召開周日晚的電話會議來討論下周的工作。

follow a strict routine 按照嚴格的流程/有嚴格的作息

Fact Two:

Cook doesn』t live flamboyantly. Remaining truthful to his humble background, Cook stays in a rather average 4-bedroom condo in Palo Alto, California.

庫克不喜歡高調。一直不忘自己平凡的出身，庫克住在加州Palo Alto區的一間普通的四室公寓里。

flamboyant a.炫耀的 = showy

humble background 平凡的出身

condo = condominium （購買的）公寓

apartment （出租的）公寓

Fact Three:

In 1996, Cook has a health scare and he was falsely diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. This harrowing experience encouraged Cook to watch out for his own health, going cycling and hiking, in addition to adhering to a firm gym routine.

在1996年，庫克被誤檢出多發性硬化症。這可怕的經歷讓庫克開始注意自己的健康，他開始騎行和徒步，並堅持嚴格的健身計劃。

diagnose v.診斷

multiple sclerosis 多發性硬化症

watch out for ……. 注意。。。

adhere to… 堅持