英语听力精选进阶版 7889

Helen: 42 部歌剧 operas，30 部大型音乐作品 oratorios¹

Along with instrumental music, shorter cantatas², small vocal³ pieces, harpsichord⁴ suites⁵, concerti⁶ grossi.

Helen: 器乐演奏 instrumental music, 短篇清唱套曲 shorter cantatas, 大键琴组曲 harpsichord suites, 大协奏曲 concerti grossi.

Rob: All this music by just one person, so who is this prolific⁷ composer?

Helen: 谁是这个 prolific composer 多产作曲家？猜不出来？Here is another hint.

Well he was born in Germany, but in 1727, he did become a naturalised Englishman. So he was born a German, but died an Englishman.

Helen: 生于18 世纪，在德国出生，但后来又加入英国国籍。

Rob: It can't be any other but George Fredric Handel.

Helen: 我们今天的主题人物就是作曲家乔治·弗里德里希·亨德尔 Handel.

Rob: Today we hope to find out more about his life and music at the Handel House Museum.

Helen: 大家好我是 Helen. 那么让我们走进位于伦敦中心的亨德尔博物馆，听听副馆长 Martin Wyatt 的介绍。

The House was built in 1721 and Handel moved in here in 1723, he was the first occupant of the house. And he lived then here for 36 years, upto his death in 1759.

Helen: Handel 在这幢典型的18世纪排房屋里生活了36年，直到他1759年去世。

The feel that we want to give is really is that this is Handel's house, as he had lived in it.

Almost as though you step in to the room, as though Handel has just stepped out of the room. You've just missed him.

Rob: What Martin says is that the museum wants to give visitors the feel that they are visiting Handel's home.

Helen: 走进 Handel 的家，好像感觉他刚刚才离开。Almost as though we stepped into the room, and Handel has just stepped out of the room.

Rob: Well, we've just missed him.

Helen: 我们就差一点点儿就碰上他了。 Handel 一生中的音乐风格有不少的变化，他的与众不同之处是什么呢？ 请听 Martin 的介绍。

Rob: See if you can hear the three countries that influenced his music.

The oratorios he wrote towards the end of his life, these large musical works, he combined the tradition of German church music, with the tradition of Italian opera, structures of Italian opera, and great choral tradition that he found in England, and really for the first time, brought all those traditions together, and created what is essentially⁸ an entirely⁹ different musical, a new musical form.

Helen: Handel 从他的家乡德国受到了传统教堂音乐的熏陶 church music. 然后他又去了意大利学习了 Italian Opera 歌剧，后来他定居英国，又发现了合唱团音乐 choral tradition.

Rob: And what Handel did was to bring all these different musical styles together, he created oratorios that are essentially an entirely new musical form.

Helen: Handel 把三个国家的音乐风格都融为一体，体现在他后半生的作品中，oratorios 大型音乐作品。这完全是他的创新。

Rob: He was well respected and almost had a celebrity¹⁰ status in his day. Interestingly, like many musicians, he was talented in language as well.

There are some great anecdotes¹¹ about Handel, he obviously had a great sense of humour, and a lot of the anecdotes that have come down to us, kind of displayed this humour.

Helen: Handel 很幽默，he had a great sense of humour.

But I understand he was fluent in English, French and Italian, and he needed all of those in the worlds in which he lived, and of course his native language of German.

And one of the stories that's most often told about him was that he was able to swear in six or seven languages all at the same time and often in the same sentence.

Helen: Handel 精通最少4种语言。

Rob: And one of the anecdotes is that he was able to swear in six or seven language and often in the same sentence.

Helen: Handel 的过人之处是能用6或7种语言骂人， swear 就是说脏话，而且是在同一个句子里。

Rob: That is pretty impressive; sadly recording¹² equipment didn't exist then to capture his language talent.

Helen: Well, we are privileged to have his music heritage preserved for us. 在 Handel House 博物馆中我们能感受到他的精神和音乐。

Rob: In the intimate surrounding of the house, visitors are often treated to performances from real musicians.

Helen: 说不定能激发起我们内在的音乐潜力成为下一个 Handel。谢谢收听。

Rob: Bye.

1 oratorios   

n.（以宗教为主题的）清唱剧，神剧( oratorio的名词复数 )

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2 cantatas   

n.大合唱( cantata的名词复数 )；清唱剧

参考例句：

• It has been said that Bach's cantatas represent the fifth Gospel. 从前有人称巴哈的大合唱为第五福音书。 来自互联网
• Cantatas, The Flowering and Fading of Love: VI. Ahi qual cruccio, qual pena, La gelosia. 六首康塔塔，“爱情之花的盛开与凋谢”：第六首：哎呀，多么悲伤，多么痛苦，“嫉妒” 来自互联网

3 vocal   

adj.直言不讳的；嗓音的；n.[pl.]声乐节目

参考例句：

• The tongue is a vocal organ.舌头是一个发音器官。
• Public opinion at last became vocal.终于舆论哗然。

4 harpsichord   

n.键琴（钢琴前身）

参考例句：

• I can tune the harpsichord as well as play it.我会弹奏大键琴，同样地，我也会给大键琴调音。
• Harpsichord music is readily playable.古钢琴音乐可以随时演奏。

5 suites   

n.套( suite的名词复数 )；一套房间；一套家具；一套公寓

参考例句：

• First he called upon all the Foreign Ministers in their hotel suites. 他首先到所有外交部长住的旅馆套间去拜访。 来自辞典例句
• All four doors to the two reserved suites were open. 预定的两个套房的四扇门都敞开着。 来自辞典例句

6 concerti   

协奏曲( concerto的名词复数 )

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7 prolific   

adj.丰富的，大量的；多产的，富有创造力的

参考例句：

• She is a prolific writer of novels and short stories.她是一位多产的作家，写了很多小说和短篇故事。
• The last few pages of the document are prolific of mistakes.这个文件的最后几页错误很多。

8 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

9 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

10 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

11 anecdotes   

n.掌故，趣闻，轶事( anecdote的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• amusing anecdotes about his brief career as an actor 关于他短暂演员生涯的趣闻逸事
• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman. 他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。