长难句20190819 / 四六文摘

【昨日回顾】

In musical expression, he did not feel restrained by the weight of convention. 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.

在音乐表达上，贝多芬并没有受到常规性压力的束缚。人们普遍认为，他(贝多芬)是个思想自由、充满勇气的人。我发现勇气是理解他作品的一个重要素质。更不用说的是：勇气也是演出其作品的关键。

【今日长难句】

This courageous attitude in fact becomes a requirement for the performers of Beethoven's music. He was not interested in daily politics, but concerned with questions of moral behavior and the larger questions of right and wrong affecting the entire society.

【结构解析】

1. 首句比较简单，主干为“主系表”结构，即：This courageous attitude/ becomes /a requirement for the performers of Beethoven's music. 译为：这种勇敢的态度/品行成为了贝多芬音乐演奏者必备的一项必备条件。in fact 作为修饰成分，翻译时前置即可。

2. 今天临时兴起，增加一个写作练习任务，试尝试写一句话：事实上，持之以恒成了考研成功必备的一项基本条件。（答案见后面）

3. 第二句为“主系表”结构，其中but连接的两个并列的表语，即：He /was/ not interested in… but concerned with ….

4. concerned with之后是由and连接的两个宾语，即：questions of moral behavior 和the larger questions of right and wrong

5. affecting the entire society 为the large questions 的后置定语。

【词的处理】

courageous / kəˈreidʒəs / adj. 勇敢的

requirement / riˈkwaiəmənt/ n. 必要条件

performer / pəˈfɔ:mə(r) / n. 演奏者

be interested in …对……感兴趣

be concerned with …关心……

moral / ˈmɔrəl/ adj. 道德的

affect / əˈfekt / vt. 影响

【参考译文】

事实上，这种勇敢的品格成为了贝多芬作品演奏者的一项必要条件。他对日常的政治不感兴趣，但对道德行为以及影响整个社会是非的较大问题十分关注。

【明日预告】

A workforce that that’s built on flexibility and experimentation sounds ideal. People could work a job for as long as they need. They could parcel out their labor into a traditional nine-to-five, or work a few hours, leaving themselves time to do with as they see fit.

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