欧美文化博览 柴可夫斯基 生命中的女性(5)

Tchaikovsky was deeply affected¹.

柴可夫斯基被深深地影响了。

When I read this terrible judgment², I hardly knew what I was doing and everything went black before my eyes.

当我读到这点,我不知道自己在做什么而且在我眼前的一切都是漆黑一片。

My head began to spin and I ran out of the café like a mad man.

我的头开始天旋地转，之后我就像一个疯子般跑出咖啡馆。

I was not aware of what I was doing or where I was going.

我不晓得自己在做什么或者是要去哪里。

The whole day long I wandered the streets repeating to myself, I am sterile³ and shall never amount to anything.

整整一天我徘徊街头并对自己重复道,我是个另类,永远不会做任何事。

But alone among the critics, his friend Herman Laroche had seen his potential.

但在批评家中的唯一一人,他的朋友赫尔曼?拉罗什则看出他的潜力。

I tell you frankly⁴ that I consider yours is the greatest musical talent to which Russia can look forward.

我坦白地告诉你,我认为你具有俄罗斯可以期待的最伟大的音乐天赋。

I see in you the greatest, or rather the only hope for our musical future.

我看到你最伟大的,或者说是我们音乐的未来唯一希望。

Your own original creations will probably not make their appearance for another five years.

你自己的原创作品可能不会在另一个五年内出现。

But they will surpass everything that we have heard since Glinka.

但它们将超过自从格林卡以来我们听到过的一切。

To sum up, I do not honor you so much for what you have done as for what the force of vitality⁵ of your genius will accomplish one day.

总之, 因为我并不这么尊重你的你的所做，但你的天才的生命力终有一天将得以施展。

Tchaikovsky responded to both the encouragement and the criticism by plunging⁶ himself so fiercely into the composition of his first symphony that he came close to collapse⁷ from exhaustion⁸.

柴可夫斯基通过让自己沉浸在第一首交响乐的创作回应鼓励和批评，他是自己如此强烈,几近疲惫崩溃。

1 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

2 judgment   

n.审判；判断力，识别力，看法，意见

参考例句：

• The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
• He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。

3 sterile   

adj.不毛的，不孕的，无菌的，枯燥的，贫瘠的

参考例句：

• This top fits over the bottle and keeps the teat sterile.这个盖子严实地盖在奶瓶上，保持奶嘴无菌。
• The farmers turned the sterile land into high fields.农民们把不毛之地变成了高产田。

4 frankly   

adv.坦白地，直率地；坦率地说

参考例句：

• To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
• Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。

5 vitality   

n.活力，生命力，效力

参考例句：

• He came back from his holiday bursting with vitality and good health.他度假归来之后，身强体壮，充满活力。
• He is an ambitious young man full of enthusiasm and vitality.他是个充满热情与活力的有远大抱负的青年。

6 plunging   

adj.跳进的，突进的v.颠簸( plunge的现在分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降

参考例句：

• War broke out again, plunging the people into misery and suffering. 战祸复发，生灵涂炭。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He is plunging into an abyss of despair. 他陷入了绝望的深渊。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

8 exhaustion   

n.耗尽枯竭，疲惫，筋疲力尽，竭尽，详尽无遗的论述

参考例句：

• She slept the sleep of exhaustion.她因疲劳而酣睡。
• His exhaustion was obvious when he fell asleep standing.他站着睡着了，显然是太累了。