这本书的进度有点慢了。
14. Cassation in C, K.63 莫扎特遗兴曲
Cassation常用意思 : legal (esp in France) annulment, as of a judicial decision by a higher court (尤在法国)撤销原判
但是它还有室外组曲的意思,维基百科
Cassation is a minor musical genre related to the serenade and divertimento. In the mid-to-late 18th century, cassations commonly comprised loosely assembled sets of short movements intended for outdoor performance by orchestral or chamber ensembles.毕竟不常用,属于编外词汇。
When he was four years old, he picked up my violin and played it perfectly without a single lesson.
He hardly has to be taught anything: he never went to school.
莫扎特从小是神童,可是最怕聪明的孩子还那么刻苦......
there was Wolfgang already talking with the boy in sign language.
手语sign language
the other day he sent his sister a round which he had written.
the other day: a few days ago 时态 past simple
根据中文a round此处指圆舞曲,但圆舞曲其实就是指华尔兹,waltz,包括下一章中出现的minuet(小步舞曲Menuett)就是华尔兹的前身。对音乐不大懂,先放着吧。
The Pope's singers are very angry at losing their music.
be angry with 后接人,生某人的气;be angry at 后接原因,为某事而生气。
释义出自百度知道。
It's from the Vatican!
The Vatican is the city state in Rome ruled by the Pope which is the centre of the Roman Catholic Church. You can also use the Vatican to refer to the Pope or his officials. 梵蒂冈; 天主教教皇 (或教廷)
Read on. It appears he wishes to bend the rules somewhat...
接着读下去。看起来他似乎是希望通融处理……
When you bend the rules, you are not exactly following them, but you are not breaking them either.
出自voa一分钟视频
Come out, Sir Wolfgang! Your guard of honor is ready to escort you!
快出来,沃尔夫冈先生!你的仪仗队已经准备好陪您前去了!
guard of honor就是指仪仗队也可以说Honor Guard或者Ceremonial Guard
15. Minuet, Don Giovanni, K.527《唐·乔望尼》
这首曲子很活泼,毕竟是一首小步舞曲。
Minuet: N-COUNT 可数名词
In the music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, a minuet is a piece of music with three beats in a bar which is played at moderate speed. (流行于17、18世纪的) 米奴哀舞曲; 小步舞曲
本章中还出现了两句关于小步舞曲的评论,Minuets are old-fashioned. You need a good beat. Something you can dance to.
释义出自柯林斯
歌词部分:
I love to dance a minuet. Fair ladies in a circle.
Hear them playing. Hear them braying. Come and sing a song with us!
I love to dance a minuet. Fair ladies in a circle.
Dance, dance, dance, dance monkey, Prance monkey, Show us your steps!
(overlapping): Come and sing a song with us. A song with us. Dance, dance, dance, dance monkey, Prance monkey, Show us your steps! I love to dance a minuet, Fair ladies in a circle.
overlapping此处指所有声音交织在一起
If one thing overlaps another, or if you overlap them, a part of the first thing occupies the same area as a part of the other thing. You can also say that two things overlap. 与…互搭; 与…复叠; (使) 相叠
Listen to that organ-grinder's music. His monkey is dancing.
An organ grinder was an entertainer who played a barrel organ in the streets. (街头) 手摇风琴师
在贝多芬在我家楼上也出现了这个词。
When they had passed by, I continued to cross the bridge to find an organ grinder had stopped to listen, too.
单词释义出自柯林斯。
今天这张唱片就是这样了。时间听长了会觉得略无聊。我果然喜新厌旧......