2005年，乔布斯在斯坦福大学毕业典礼上发表演讲时称，正是他在里德大学上的书法课构成了第一代Macintosh电脑里字体的基础。

In a2005 commencement speech he gave at Stanford University, Jobs credited a calligraphy class he took at Reed College with forming the basis for the typography used in the first Macintosh computer.

这些对我的一生本应该是毫无实际用处的，可是十年后，在我们设计第一台麦金塔（Macintosh）电脑的时候，书法课上的所学全都浮现在我的脑海里。

None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me.

当时，里德学院的书法课大概是全国最好的。

ReedCollegeat that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction inthe country.

所以我决定去参加一门书法课，去学写字。

I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this.

在这个键盘的年代，有人似乎认为书法课即将灭亡。

In this age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are

要是我当初没有退学，我绝不会碰巧选了这门书法课，

If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class,

这其中有一门书法课非常吸引他，因为他注意到校园里的大多数海报都画得很漂亮。

Among them was a calligraphy class that appealed to him after he saw posters on campus that were beautifully drawn.

继之，概括地总结了新课改书法课的教学特性并论述新课改高中书法课审美教育的中心地位和重要性。

Next, briefly summarized the new curriculum teaching characteristics and discusses calligraphy aesthetic education curriculum reform of high school calligraphy central position and importance.

书法课是一门能使我国书法艺术得到继承和发展，对学生进行美感教育的课程。

Calligraphy is a course meant to carry forward and develop the tradition of calligraphy in our country and to educate students in aesthetic feeling.