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2013.2.19One night Wozniak drove down from Berkeley to Jobs’s house to try it. They attempted to call Wozniak’s uncle in Los Angeles, but they got a wrong number. It didn’t matter; their device had worked. “Hi! We’re calling you for free! We’re calling you for free!” Wozniak shouted. The person on the other end was confused and annoyed. Jobs chimed in, “We’re calling from California! From California! With a Blue Box.” This probably baffled the man even more, since he was also in California.annoy[?n?i]?vt. vi. 使...苦恼,骚扰, 使生气confuse[k?nfju:z]?vt. 混乱,狼狈,困惑baffle[b?fl]?v. 困惑, 为难los[l?:s]?abbr. 暂停的时间（=length of stay）Los Angeles[l?s?nd??l?s]?n. 洛杉矶(美国城市)berkeley[b?:kli]?n. 伯克利(男子名，美国加州西部城市)chime[t?aim]?n. 鸣, 钟, 和协 v. 鸣, 打, 和协At first the Blue Box was used for fun and pranks. The most daring of these was when they called the Vatican and Wozniak pretended to be Henry Kissinger wanting to speak to the pope. “Ve are at de summit meeting in Moscow, and ve need to talk to de pope,” Wozintoned. He was told that it was 5:30 a.m. and the pope was sleeping. When he called back, he got a bishop who was supposed to serve as the translator. But they never actually got the pope on the line. “They realized that Woz wasn’t Henry Kissinger,” Jobs recalled. “We were at a public phone booth.”daring[d??ri?]?adj. 大胆的 n. 冒险精神pope[pu:p]?n. 罗马教皇Moscow[m?sk?u]?n. 莫斯科(俄罗斯首都)Vatican[v?tik?n]?n. 梵谛冈(罗马教廷所在地), 教皇政府intone[int?un]?v. (以拖长的单调音)吟咏, 吟咏, 唱或吟咏(圣歌)summit[s?mit]?n. 顶点;最高阶层 vi. 参加最高级会议,爬到最高点henry[henri]?n. 亨利(男子名)bishop[bi??p]?n. 主教 n. （国际象棋中的）象It was then that they reached an important milestone, one that would establish a pattern in their partnerships: Jobs came up with the idea that the Blue Box could be more than merely a hobby; they could build and sell them. “I got together the rest of the components, like the casing and power supply and keypads, and figured out how we could price it,” Jobs said, foreshadowing roles he would play when they founded Apple. The finished product was about th