hypnotic adj. 催眠的 brisker adj. 轻快的,活泼的 presto n. 急板乐段或乐章 virtuosic adj. 艺术的 soporific adj. 催眠的 wheeze v. 喘息 timbre n. 音色,音质 难句突破: Free of narrative but rich in associations and imagery -- Einstein as a madly ecstatic violinist but also as the father of nuclear power -- the work unfolded inexorably, its repeated musical phrases creating rhythmic wheels within wheels. [主体句式] The work unfolded. [结构分析] 这是一个简单句,前面的现在分词短语是作为句子的伴随状语(分词被省略),而最后面的是一个带有主语的分词独立结构,也是句子的伴随状语;而破折号之间的句子是一个独立的结构,用来说明前面的伴随状语。 [句子译文] 爱因斯坦不仅是一个疯狂着迷的小提琴家,也是核能之父,而这部作品没有多少叙述,却充满了联想和想象,它冷酷地展现在大家面前,不停重复的音乐措辞在圆圈里又创造出有节奏感的圆圈。 The version that Mr. Glass and his ensemble presented at Carnegie Hall on Thursday evening swept away the elements that made the work a happening and transformed it into a concert piece: three hours long, with an intermission and with formal seating rules in force. |