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Marlene Castro knew the tall blonde woman only as Laurene, her mentor. They m

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问题    Marlene Castro knew the tall blonde woman only as Laurene, her mentor. They met every few weeks in a rough Silicon Valley neighborhood the year that Ms. Castro was applying to college, and they e-mailed often, bonding over conversations about Ms. Castro’s difficult childhood. Without Laurene’s help, Ms. Castro said, she might not have become the first person in her family to graduate from college.
   It was only later, when she was a freshman at University of California, Berkeley, that Ms. Castro read a news article and realized that Laurene was Silicon Valley royalty, the wife of Apple’s co-founder, Steven P. Jobs.
   "I just became 10 times more appreciative of her humility and how humble she was in working with us in East Palo Alto," Ms. Castro said.
   The story, friends and colleagues say, is classic Laurene Powell Jobs. Famous because of her last name and fortune, she has always been private and publicity-averse. Her philanthropic work, especially on education causes like College Track, the college preparatory organization she helped found and through which she was Ms. Castro’s mentor, has been her priority and focus.
   Now, less than two years after Mr. Job’s death, Ms. Powell Jobs is becoming somewhat less private. She has tiptoed into the public sphere, pushing her agenda in education as well as global conversation, nutrition and immigration policy.
   "She’s been mourning for a year," said Larry Brilliant, an old friend of Mr. Jobs. "Her life was about her family and Steve, but she is now emerging as a potent force on the world stage, and this is only the beginning."
   But she is doing it her way. "It’s not about getting any public recognition for her giving, it’s to help touch and transform individual lives," said Laura Andreessen, a philanthropist and lecturer on philanthropy at Stanford who has been close friends with Ms. Powell Jobs for two decades.
   While some people said Ms. Powell Jobs should have started a foundation in Mr. Jobs’s name after his death, she did not, nor has she increased her public giving.
   Instead, she has redoubled her commitment to Emerson Collective, the organization she formed about a decade ago to make grants and investments in education initiatives and, more recently, other areas.
   "In the broadest sense, we want to use our knowledge, our network and our relationships to try to affect the greatest amount of good," Ms. Powell Jobs said in one of a series of interviews with The New York Times.
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答案    当初，马琳-卡斯特罗只知道这位身材高挑、一头金发的女士是她的导师劳伦。在卡斯特罗女士准备申请大学那年，她们每隔几周都会在硅谷一个治安状况差的社区里见面，也会经常互通邮件，常聊起卡斯特罗苦难的童年。卡斯特罗女士说，要不是有劳伦帮助，她可能不会成为家里的第一个大学毕业生。
   直到后来，卡斯特罗女士在加州大学伯克利分校读大一的时候，才从一篇新闻报道中得知劳伦原来是硅谷多人，是苹果公司联合创始人史蒂夫-乔布斯(Steven Jobs)的夫人。
   卡斯特罗女士说，  “她太低调了，这一点让我万分钦佩。在东帕罗奥多给我们指导的时候，一点架子都没有。”
   朋友和同事们都说，这就是典型的劳伦-鲍威尔-乔布斯。因嫁入豪门、家财万贯而出名，但却一向为人低调，不愿抛头露面。慈善工作是她的首要任务和工作重点。她尤其关心教育事业，成立了“大学之路”这样的大学预科机构，也正是由此成了卡斯特罗的导师。
   现在，乔布斯先生去世己近两年，乔布斯女士不再默默无闻。她悄然步入公众视野，致力于实现自己设定的目标，这不仅涉及教育，还涉及全球对话、营养和移民政策。
   乔布斯的老友拉里-布莱恩特说：  “一年来，她沉浸在哀思中。过去，家庭和丈夫曾经是她生活的全部。但如今，她正成为世界舞台上一股强大的力量，而这仅仅是个开始。”
   不过，劳伦是在以自己的方式行事。慈善家、斯坦福大学慈善课讲师劳拉-安德烈森说，  “她的付出不是为了博得公众认可，而是为了感化和改变一个人的生活。”劳拉-安德烈森和乔布斯夫人是20年的挚友。
   有人建议乔布斯先生辞世后，乔布斯夫人应该以他的名义成立一个基金会，但她没有这样做，也没有增加她的社会捐赠。
   她所做的是，加倍努力地为“爱默森联合会”工作。这个组织是大约10年前由她创立的，旨在为发展教育事业提供捐助和投资。最近，又开始向更多领域延伸。
   乔布斯夫人曾接受过《纽约时报》的系列采访。她说：  “从最广泛的意义上讲，我们是想利用自己的知识、网络和社会关系，尽可能地多做善事。”
解析    本文是一篇人物特写，讲述了乔布斯遗孀劳伦-鲍威尔-乔布斯的故事。文章分为三个部分。前三段为第一部分，讲述了一段轶事：一个被劳伦帮助过的女孩进入大学之后，才偶然发现劳伦原来就是乔布斯夫人。第四段为第二部分，总结乔布斯在世时大家对劳伦的印象是低调，不喜抛头露面。后六段构成第三部分，讲述乔布斯去世后，劳伦坚持以自己的方式投身慈善事业，其中还穿插了两位挚友对她的评价。
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