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【昨日回顾】
By all accounts he was a free thinking person, and a courageous one, and I find courage an essential quality for the understanding, let alone the performance, of his works.

人们普遍认为，他(贝多芬)是个思想自由、充满勇气的人，我发现勇气这一品质，是理解他作品的关键，不用说也是演出其作品的关键。

【今日长难句】
Beethoven's habit of increasing the volume with an intense crescendo and then abruptly following it with a sudden soft passage was only rarely used by composers before him.

【结构解析】
1. 句子主干为被动句，即：Beethoven's habit of… was only rarely used by composers before him. 
2. of increasing the volume with an intense crescendo and then abruptly following it with a sudden soft passage 为“habit”的后置定语，解释其内容。

【词的处理】
volume  / ˈvɔlju:m; NAmE ˈvɑ:l-; -jəm / n. 音量
intense / inˈtens / adj. 很大的，十分强烈的
crescendo / krəˈʃendəu; NAmE -dou / n. 声音渐增
abruptly / əˈbrʌptli / adv. 突然地
sudden / ˈsʌdn / adj. 突然的
passage / ˈpæsidʒ / n. 章节；乐段
rarely / ˈreəli; NAmE ˈrerli / adv. 很少
composer / kəmˈpəuzə(r); NAmE -ˈpouz- / n. 作曲家

【参考译文】
Beethoven's habit of increasing the volume with an intense crescendo and then abruptly following it with a sudden soft passage was only rarely used by composers before him.
译文1：贝多芬有一种习惯，就是最大限度地增高音量，然后突然跟上轻柔的乐段。他之前的作曲家很少使用这种方式。
译文2：贝多芬习惯于最大限度增高音量，然后突然跟上轻柔的乐段，在他之前，作曲家很少使用这种方式。

【明日预告】
Especially significant was his views of freedom， which， for him， was associated with the rights and responsibilities of the individual； he advocated freedom of thought and of personal expression.