Was it the mechanical clock, eyeliner, Tesla coil or aqueduct.

是机械时钟, 眼线, 特斯拉线圈还是沟渠。

If you've ever seen a Tesla coil in action – that's just a fancy version of a step-up transformer.

如果你曾经见过特斯拉线圈在运行—— 那只是升压变压器的一个奇特版本。

We will give you a couple of seconds to think about it… Some of you who looked into the inventor probably said the Tesla coil or maybe AC electricity.

我们会给你几秒钟的时间来思考… … 有些研究过发明家的人可能会说特斯拉线圈或交流电。

You may know the name as a world-leading car company or a rock band, an airport, a processor, or the units of measurement in an MRI machine, or those illuminating Tesla coils.

你可能知道这个名字是世界领先的汽车公司或摇滚乐队、机场、 处理器、 MRI 机器中的测量单位， 或那些照亮特斯拉线圈的单位。

One course that Jobs took would become part of Silicon Valley lore: the electronics class taught by John McCollum, a former Navy pilot who had a showman's flair for exciting his students with such tricks as firing up a Tesla coil.

乔布斯听的一门课日后成为了硅谷传奇的一部分，这就是约翰·麦科勒姆(John McCollum)教授的电子学。约翰以前是海军飞行员，他像个杂耍艺人般，通过各种小把戏来激起学生的兴趣，比如让特斯拉线圈产生电火花。