英语听力：Beethoven 贝多芬 - 08

 It's in the Eroica that for the first time everyone is convinced this really is Beethoven's voice. The extraordinary thing about the premiere of Beethoven 3rd was that it was done of course in a very small room, in the Lobkowitz's palace, but I think the biggest problem that many people had with it is that it went on much too long. It was too loud, interfered¹ too much with their conversation, those of them who were not really music fans. And they thought it was rather a monstrosity, a great carbuncular symphony.

 

You cannot believe that a human being can invent that. As a musician, I must say it is incredible. One cannot believe. The melodies are so simple, the material is so simple. Every brick is simple, but the building is incredible.

 

The Eroica was a sensation because of its dimension. A symphony could last half an hour but never an hour, absolutely. The dimensions of the first movement are the dimensions of a whole symphony of Mozart or of Haydn. You hear the development of harmony, the development of melody, the rhythmic² richness. There was no symphony before which was so obvious connected with this style. And it tells so much without being the program music.

 

The Eroica symphony, the story of a hero, was originally dedicated³ to Napoleon Bonaparte, the great republican. But when Napoleon crowned himself Emperor, Beethoven flew into a rage. The name Bonaparte is so violently erased⁴ that there is a hole in the score.

 

I believe that the Eroica is about Beethoven himself. It's the first piece in which he clearly shows us the kinds of sounds that appeared in his ears, these deaf noises ... which becomes a recurring⁵ motive⁶ in every other piece after this time. And then of course finally this wild last movement, this pyrotechnical display of counterpoint on the most trivial of subjects as if to say that his mastery is supreme⁷. He can now take the stage as a successor of Mozart and Haydn.

1 interfered   

v.干预( interfere的过去式和过去分词 )；调停；妨碍；干涉

参考例句：

• Complete absorption in sports interfered with his studies. 专注于运动妨碍了他的学业。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I am not going to be interfered with. 我不想别人干扰我的事情。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 rhythmic   

adj.有节奏的，有韵律的

参考例句：

• Her breathing became more rhythmic.她的呼吸变得更有规律了。
• Good breathing is slow,rhythmic and deep.健康的呼吸方式缓慢深沉而有节奏。

3 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

4 erased   

v.擦掉( erase的过去式和过去分词 )；抹去；清除

参考例句：

• He erased the wrong answer and wrote in the right one. 他擦去了错误答案，写上了正确答案。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He removed the dogmatism from politics; he erased the party line. 他根除了政治中的教条主义，消除了政党界限。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 recurring   

adj.往复的，再次发生的

参考例句：

• This kind of problem is recurring often. 这类问题经常发生。
• For our own country, it has been a time for recurring trial. 就我们国家而言，它经过了一个反复考验的时期。

6 motive   

n.动机，目的；adv.发动的，运动的

参考例句：

• The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
• He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。

7 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。