unit-7-the-monster課文翻譯綜合教程四

1、Unit7TheMonsterDeemsTayl1Hewasanundersizedlittlemanwithaheadtoobigfhisbody―asicklylittleman.Hisnerveswerebad.Hehadskintrouble.Itwasagonyfhimtowearanythingnexttohisskincoarserthansilk.hehaddelusionsofgreur.2Hewasamonstero

2、fconceit.Neverfoneminutedidhelookatthewldatpeopleexceptinrelationtohimself.Hebelievedhimselftobeoneofthegreatestdramatistsinthewldoneofthegreatestthinkersoneofthegreatestcomposers.TohearhimtalkhewasShakespeareBeethovenPl

3、atorolledintoone.Hewasoneofthemostexhaustingconversationaliststhateverlived.Sometimeshewasbrilliantsometimeshewasmaddeninglytiresome.Butwhetherhewasbeingbrilliantdullhehadonesoletopicofconversation:himself.Whathethoughtw

4、hathedid.3Hehadamaniafbeingintheright.Theslightesthintofdisagreementfromanyoneonthemosttrivialpointwasenoughtosethimoffonaharanguethatmightlastfhoursinwhichheprovedhimselfrightinsomanywayswithsuchexhaustingvolubilitythat

5、intheendhishearerstunneddeafenedwouldagreewithhimfthesakeofpeace.4Itneveroccurredtohimthathehisdoingwerenotofthemostintensefinatinginteresttoanyonewithwhomhecameincontact.Hehadtheiesaboutalmostanysubjectunderthesuninclud

6、ingvegetarianismthedramapoliticsmusicinsupptofthesetheieshewrotepamphletslettersbooks...thoussuponthoussofwdshundredshundredsofpages.Henotonlywrotethesethingspublishedthem―usuallyatsomebodyelse’sexpense―buthewouldsitread

7、themaloudfhourstohisfriendshisfamily.5Hehadtheemotionalstabilityofasixyearoldchild.WhenhefeltoutofstshewouldravestampsinkintosuicidalgloomtalkdarklyofgoingtotheEasttoendhisdaysasaBuddhistmonk.Tenminuteslaterwhensomething

8、pleasedhimhewouldrushoutofdosrunaroundthegardenjumpupdownoffthesofastonhishead.HecouldbegriefstrickenoverthedeathofapetdogcouldbecallousheartlesstoadegreethatwouldhavemadeaRomanempershudder.6Hewasalmostinnocentofanysense

9、ofresponsibility.Hewasconvincedthatmenhavespokenwrittenabouthimsincehisdeath.12Whenyouconsiderwhathewrote―thirteenoperasmusicdramaselevenofthemstillholdingthestageeightofthemunquestionablywthrankingamongthewld’sgreatmusi

10、codramaticmasterpieces―whenyoulistentowhathewrotethedebtsheartachesthatpeoplehadtoendurefromhimdon’tseemmuchofaprice.13WhatifhewasfaithlesstohisfriendstohiswivesHehadonemistresstowhomhewasfaithfultothedayofhisdeath:Music

11、.Notfasinglemomentdidheevercompromisewithwhathebelievedwithwhathedreamed.Thereisnotalineofhismusicthatcouldhavebeenconceivedbyalittlemind.Evenwhenheisdulldownrightbadheisdullinthegrmanner.Listeningtohismusiconedoesnotfgi

12、vehimfwhathemaymaynothavebeen.Itisnotamatteroffgiveness.Itisamatterofbeingdumbwithwonderthathispobrainbodydidn’tburstunderthetmentofthedemonofcreativeenergythatlivedinsidehimstrugglingclawingscratchingtobereleasedtearing

13、shriekingathimtowritethemusicthatwasinhim.Themiracleisthatwhathedidinthelittlespaceofseventyyearscouldhavebeendoneatallevenbyagreatgenius.Isitanywonderhehadnotimetobeaman畸人畸人迪姆斯泰勒1他是個大頭小身體、病怏怏的矬子；成日神經(jīng)兮兮，皮膚也有毛病。假使貼肉的地方不穿綾

14、羅綢緞，他便痛苦至極。他還有自大妄想。2他是個驕傲自大的畸人。除非他以自我為中心和出發(fā)點，否則他片刻都不拿正眼看這個世界，看這些世人。他認為自己是這世上最偉大的劇作家之一，最偉大的思想家之一，還是最偉大的作曲家之一。聽他說話，人們感覺他集莎士比亞、貝多芬和柏拉圖于一身。他是有史以來最能把聽眾搞得疲憊不堪的話癆之一。有時他妙語連珠，有時卻又令人厭煩到無法忍受。但不管他出彩也罷，乏味也罷，他的話題只有一個：他自己——他自己的所思所為。3他有

15、種堅持自己一貫正確的狂熱。任何人只要有一絲半點的不同意見，即使再微不足道，也是夠讓他高談闊論幾個鐘頭，用他那十分累人的雄辯從多方面論證自己是正確的，結(jié)果是他的聽眾聽得目瞪口呆，兩耳震聾，為了息事寧人，只好順從他。4他從未意識到，那些與他來往的人對于他本人和他的所作所為并沒有太大的興趣。他對萬事萬物幾乎都有自己的理論，包括素食主義、戲劇、政治與音樂。為了支持這些理論他寫下小冊子、信件和書籍……他寫了千言萬語，成百上千頁。他不僅著書立說，還