Unit 2 Section Ⅳ Extended reading & Project-【金版教程】2024-2025学年高中英语选择性必修第一册创新导学案word（译林版2020）

Section Ⅳ　Extended reading & Project

Beethoven: a remarkable life

贝多芬：非凡的一生

On 7 May 1824, a crowd of music lovers streamed into a theatre in Vienna to hear the first­ever performance of the great Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9.

1824年5月7日，一群音乐爱好者涌入维也纳一家剧院，去听伟大的路德维希·凡·贝多芬《第九交响曲》的首场演出。

The crowd immediately recognized that they were listening to something truly special, and they broke into enthusiastic cheers at the end of the symphony.

听众立刻意识到他们正在听真正特别的东西，交响乐结束时，他们爆发出热情的欢呼。

•Beethoven, who was almost completely deaf at this point in his life, was unaware of the audience's response until one of the singers turned him around to face the crowd.

贝多芬在他人生的这个阶段几乎完全失聪了，直到一位歌手把他转过身来面对人群，他才意识到观众的反应。

Before him, he saw a sea of people all standing, clapping, and waving their hats and handkerchiefs to express their appreciation of his masterwork.

在他面前，他看到人群都站着，鼓掌，挥舞着他们的帽子和手帕来表达他们对他杰作的赞赏。

①remarkable  adj. 非凡的，奇异的，显著的，引人注目的 ②stream  vi.& vt. 鱼贯而行，涌动；流，流动 n. 小溪；(人)流，(车)流 ③enthusiastic   adj.  热情的，热心的 ④handkerchief n. 手帕，纸巾 ⑤who引导非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词Beethoven；until引导时间状语从句。

Symphony No. 9 was Beethoven's last major piece of music in a vast body of works written throughout his remarkable life.

贝多芬非凡的一生中创作了大量作品，《第九交响曲》是他最后一首重要乐曲。

As a gifted child, Beethoven was pushed by his father to study music day and night.

作为一个有天赋的孩子，贝多芬在父亲的管教下夜以继日地学习音乐。

Not long after, he began to be appreciated for his piano performances.

不久之后，他的钢琴演奏开始受到赏识。

By the time he was a teenager, he had already enjoyed a reputation as a wonderful young musician.

在他十几岁的时候，他已经享有了作为一名出色的年轻音乐家的声誉。

Many important figures in the music world, including the brilliant musician Mozart, started making predictions about Beethoven's extraordinary future.

音乐界的许多重要人物，包括才华横溢的音乐家莫扎特，开始预测贝多芬非凡的未来。

However, life took a sharp turn.

然而，生活发生了巨变。

In his late twenties, Beethoven suffered one of the worst possible twists for a musician: he started to lose his hearing.

在他快三十岁的时候，贝多芬遭受了一个对于音乐家来说可能最糟糕的转变：他开始失去听力。

⑥vast adj. 大量的，辽阔的，巨大的 ⑦gifted adj. 有才华的，有天赋的 ⑧reputation  n. 名誉，名声 ⑨brilliant  adj. 聪颖的，技艺高的；巧妙的；很成功的；明亮的 ⑩prediction   n. 预言，预测 ⑪extraordinary  adj. 不寻常的，非凡的；意想不到的，令人惊奇的

The loss of his hearing deeply depressed Beethoven.

听力的丧失使贝多芬非常沮丧。

•He was so upset that, at first, he wanted to keep it a secret.

起初，他非常沮丧，想要保守这个秘密。

In a letter to his brothers, he wrote, “... how could I possibly admit a weakness in the one sense which should be more perfect in me than in others, a sense which I once possessed in the greatest perfection ...”

他在给弟弟的信中说道：“……这样一种在我身上本应比别人更加完美的感官，一种我曾经拥有的最完美的感官，如今怎能让我承认它有了缺陷……”

Even in his darkest moments, however, Beethoven never abandoned hope.

然而，即使在他最黑暗的时刻，贝多芬也从未放弃希望。

Despite his hearing loss, he was determined to find a way to continue living a life full of music.

尽管听力受损，但他决心找到办法让生活继续充满音乐。

⑫depress vt. 使抑郁，使沮丧；使萧条，使不景气 ⑬upset adj. 难过的，失望的　vt. 使烦恼；搅乱；打翻 ⑭possess  vt. 具有(特质)；拥有；支配，控制 ⑮abandon  vt. 中止，放弃，不再有；抛弃；舍弃 ⑯“so ... that ...”结构，意为“如此……以至于……”，引导结果状语从句。

He used a variety of hearing aids to try to increase the amount of sound he could take in.

他尝试各种各样的助听设备，让自己听到更多的声音。

•When composing music at the piano, he would put one end of a pencil in his mouth and place the other end against the instrument so that he could feel the notes.

当他在钢琴上作曲时，他会把铅笔的一头放进嘴里，另一头抵在乐器上，这样他就能感觉到音符。

•Although Beethoven was able to continue composing music, it became increasingly difficult for him to perform in public.

虽然贝多芬能够继续创作音乐，但对他来说在公众场合表演越来越困难。

When Beethoven presented Symphony No. 9 in Vienna in 1824, it was his first time on stage in over ten years.

1824年，贝多芬在维也纳演出《第九交响曲》，这是他十多年来第一次登台演出。

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Since that day, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 has become one of the most famous and treasured pieces in the history of classical music.

从那天起，贝多芬的《第九交响曲》就成为古典音乐史上最著名和最珍贵的作品之一。

The first movement starts quietly, but all of a sudden the whole orchestra breaks into an energetic theme.

第一乐章开始时很安静，但突然整个管弦乐队进入了一个充满活力的主题。

You can soon feel the determination—a quality Beethoven understood well because of his hearing difficulties—coursing through the music.

很快你就能感受到这种贯穿在音乐中的决心，这是贝多芬因自己的听力问题而深刻体会到的品质。