▸ 在zài2007年nián冬季dōng jì，两位liǎng wèi住zhù在zài旧金山jiù jīn shān的de室友shì yǒu

In the winter of 2007, two roommates living in San Francisco

▸ 他们tā men是shì设计师shè jì shīJoe Gebbia和hé工程师gōng chéng shīBrian Chesky

They were designer Joe Gebbia and engineer Brian Chesky

▸ 他们tā men发现fā xiàn自己zì jǐ无法wú fǎ负担fù dān高昂gāo áng的de房租fáng zū。

They found themselves unable to afford the high rent.

▸ 一次yī cì大型dà xíng设计shè jì会议huì yì让ràng城市chéng shì里lǐ的de旅馆lǚ guǎn一yī房fáng难求nán qiú。

During a large design conference, hotels in the city were fully booked.

▸ 他们tā men便biàn突发tū fā奇想qí xiǎng，在zài小小的xiǎo xiǎo de客厅kè tīng里lǐ放fàng了le三sān张zhāng充气chōng qì床垫chuáng diàn

They had a sudden idea to place three air mattresses in their small living room.

▸ 并bìng提供tí gòng自制zì zhì早餐zǎo cān，向xiàng旅客lǚ kè出租chū zū空间kōng jiān，取名qǔ míngAirBed & Breakfast。

They provided homemade breakfast and rented the space to travelers, naming it 'AirBed & Breakfast'.

▸ 这次zhè cì原型yuán xíng实验shí yàn吸引xī yǐn了le三sān位wèi客人kè rén，也yě让ràng他们tā men意识yì shí到dào:

This prototype experiment attracted three guests and made them realize:

▸ 人们rén men渴望kě wàng的de不bù只zhǐ是shì睡shuì一yī晚wǎn的de地方dì fang，而ér是shì真诚zhēn chéng的de连结lián jié与yǔ在地zài dì体验tǐ yàn。

People crave not just a place to sleep for a night, but genuine connections and local experiences.

▸ 为了wèi le实现shí xiàn更gèng完善wán shàn的de平台píng tái，他们tā men邀请yāo qǐng好友hǎo yǒuNathan Blecharczyk一起yī qǐ，开始kāi shǐ编写biān xiě网站wǎng zhàn。

To build a more complete platform, they invited their friend Nathan Blecharczyk to join them and began coding the website.

▸ 创业chuàng yè初期chū qī并bìng不bù顺利shùn lì:他们tā men不断bù duàn重写chóng xiě程序码chéng shì mǎ，投资人tóu zī rén一次yī cì又yòu一次yī cì地dì拒绝jù jué他们tā men。

The early days of the startup were not smooth: they kept rewriting code, and investors rejected them time and again.

▸ 甚至shèn zhì为了wèi le筹集chóu jí种子zhǒng zǐ资金zī jīn，还hái设计shè jì了le幽默yōu mò的de「Obama O's」谷物gǔ wù包装bāo zhuāng。

They even designed humorous 'Obama O's' cereal boxes to raise seed funding.

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