Mozart
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
The Toddler Pianist Leopold Mozart walked into the chapel in Salzburg, Austria, followed by his two small children.
托德勒钢琴家利奥波德·莫扎特走入了奥地利萨尔茨堡的礼拜堂,他的两个小孩也跟着走.
“I’d like to sign my daughter Nannerl up for music lessons.
「我想在我女儿南纳尔上音乐课。
She is eight years old, and I already believe she has quite a talent for music,” he said to the organist.
她已经八岁了,我已经相信她有相当的音乐天赋,"他向管风琴师说.
The organist, Anton, smirked a bit, for he knew how Leopold could boast about his children.
管风琴师Anton笑了一下 因为他知道利奥波德如何夸耀自己的孩子
“So, when will you be signing up the little boy?”
“那么,你什么时候要签下那个小男孩呢? “
Anton asked.
安东问.
Leopold laughed at the joke, for little Wolfgang was only three years old.
利奥波德嘲笑这个笑话,因为小沃尔夫冈才3岁.
“Not for at least five years—I think eight is certainly young enough.
" 至少五年之内 -- -- 我认为8岁就足够了
Little Wolfgang’s fingers would barely be able to stretch over the keys.”
小沃尔夫冈的手指几乎无法伸到钥匙上。 “
The organist promised to sign Nannerl up.
管风琴师答应签约南纳.
Before Leopold left, the organist called Nannerl over to the church piano.
利奥波德出走前,管风琴家叫"南纳"去教堂钢琴.
“Come, I will give you a beginner lesson,” he said.
他说,“来吧,我给你上个初学者课。”
Nannerl ran over to her father, and Wolfgang toddled happily after her.
Nannerl跑到她的父亲, 而沃尔夫冈在她之后快乐地摇摇欲坠。
“Me too, Papa, me too!”
“我也是,爸爸,我也是!”
he cried.
他哭了起来。
“No, no, Wolfgang, you are too small,” said his father.
他的父亲说:“不,不,沃尔夫冈,你太小了。”
“Pianos are not meant for little folks to touch, so please go outside and play.”
所以请出去玩吧。 “
Wolfgang turned around obediently.
沃尔夫冈顺从地转身.
If his father had seen the disappointed look on little Wolfgang’s face, it would have broken his heart.
如果父亲看到小沃尔夫冈脸上的失望表情,那会让他心碎.
Wolfgang went outside and played near the door of the church, but his every thought was on the piano.
沃尔夫冈出道后在教堂的门外演奏,但他的每一个想法都在钢琴上.
After Nannerl had finished, Wolfgang and Leopold went to speak with the organist again.
南内尔完成后,沃尔夫冈和利奥波德再次去和管风琴师交谈.
Wolfgang crept up to the piano and put his little hands on the keyboard.
沃尔夫冈高高攀钢琴并用小手把键盘上.
He began to play the simple scales he had heard his big sister practicing.
他开始演奏他听到他姐姐练习的简单天平.
The sound entranced him, and he played the scales over and over, playing them exactly right.
声音进入了他,他一遍又一遍地弹出天平,完全正确。
He forgot everything else—he did not notice his father and sister standing behind him.
他忘记了一切,他没有注意到他的父亲和姐姐站在他后面。
He didn’t even hear his father shouting for the organist to come see.
他甚至没有听到父亲喊着要管风琴师来看。
He was completely wrapped up in the music.
他完全被音乐包裹了起来。
He began changing the scales, even inventing simple tunes of his own.
他开始改变天平,甚至发明了自己简单的曲调.
Leopold stared at his young son Wolfgang.
利奥波德盯着他年幼的儿子沃尔夫冈.
The boy was a musical prodigy.
那孩子是个音乐天才
The Child Wonder Mozart played music as naturally as he breathed.
"童奇·莫扎特"(The Child Wonder Mozad)的演奏自然而然地如他所呼吸.
When he was four years old, it took him only half an hour to learn a difficult piece of music that was written down.
4岁时,他只花了半小时就学会了一段被写下来的艰难的音乐.
If he heard the piece, even if he heard it only once, he could memorize it instantly.
如果他听到这段话,即使他只听到一次,他也能马上记住.
When Wolfgang was five, Leopold and a friend came in to find him bent over a piece of paper and writing big, black notes, smearing and splattering ink everywhere.
沃尔夫冈五岁时,利奥波德和一个朋友进来,发现他弯倒在一张纸上并写出大,黑色的笔记,涂抹和溅出到处都是墨水.
“Wolfgang, what are you doing spoiling the nice, clean paper?”
“Wolfgang,你在做什么 破坏好,干净的纸张? “
his father asked.
他的父亲问。
“Papa, I’m writing a concerto,” Mozart said, his little eyes shining.
莫扎特说:“爸爸,我正在写一部协奏曲。”
His father picked up the paper and laughed.
其父取出纸来取笑.
But soon his amusement turned to amazement.
但很快,他的乐趣变得令人惊叹。
It was a concerto, composed for several instruments.
这是一个协奏曲,由几种乐器组成.
He could see that the notes were correct, despite the smears and blotches.
他可以看到这些笔记是正确的,尽管有污名和污名。
“But Wolfgang, this music would be too difficult for anyone to play,” he said.
“但沃尔夫冈,这种音乐对任何人都来说太难演奏了,”他说。
“Oh, no, it would only take some practice.
“不,这只需要一些实践。
See, it goes like this,” said Wolfgang, and he ran to the piano.
沃尔夫冈说,“他跑去钢琴那里。
He placed his smudged paper on the music stand and began to play.
他把被打得一团糟的纸放入了音乐摊上并开始演奏.
His father’s friend had been laughing— he’d assumed Leopold was just playing along with Wolfgang.
他认为利奥波德只是跟沃尔夫冈玩而已。
But now he saw that the child was a true wonder.
但是现在他看到孩子是一个真正的奇迹。
“You ought to travel with him,” the friend suggested.
“你应该和他一起旅行”,这位朋友建议。
“He should be playing for emperors, for kings and queens.”
“他应该为皇帝、国王和女王出演。 “
“Perhaps I will,” said his father.
他的父亲说:“也许我会的。”
The following year, when Wolfgang was only six years old, he and Nannerl started on tour.
次年,沃尔夫冈才6岁,他和南内尔开始了巡演.
Wherever Wolfgang went to play, people would giggle at him.
无论沃尔夫冈到哪里玩,人们都会嘲笑他.
He was so small compared to the big piano, and his feet couldn’t even touch the floor.
他与大钢琴相比很小,
But when he began to play, the audiences fell silent.
但当他开始出道时,观众却默然失声.
His playing was perfect and beautiful.
他的演奏完美而美丽.
The first place they went to play was in Vienna, the capital of Austria.
他们最早去玩的地方是奥地利首都维也纳.
On the way, they stopped to visit a monastery in a little town.
在路上,他们停了下来去一个小城镇的一座修道院.
There was a great pipe organ in the chapel.
礼拜堂里有个很棒的管风琴
“I want to play on it,” Wolfgang said.
Wolfgang说,“我想在上面玩。”
“Papa, explain the pedals to me.”
“爸爸,给我解释一下脚踏板。 “
Wolfgang’s father helped his son onto the high stool.
沃尔夫冈的父亲帮助他的儿子登上高凳.
He was too small to even operate the pedals, so he walked across them instead.
他太小,甚至连脚踏板都无法操作,所以他走过他们。
The music poured out of the chapel, growing more and more powerful.
音乐从礼拜堂倒出,越来越强大.
The monks, who had been at dinner, rushed into the room.
时已入筵的僧人急入房来.
Because Wolfgang was so small, the monks could not see him, and they thought the organ was playing itself.
由于沃尔夫冈如此之小,僧侣们无法见到他,他们认为管风琴是在自吹自擂.
“It’s an angel!”
" 这是一个天使!"
they cried.
他们哭了。
“Such music must come from heaven!”
“这种音乐必须来自天堂!”
Wolfgang was also very charming.
沃尔夫冈也非常有魅力.
Everywhere he went, people were smitten with this little musician.
无论他走到哪里,人们都对这个小音乐家很痛快.
The customs officials asked him why he came to Vienna.
海关官员问他为什么来维也纳。
“I came to play the piano,” he said.
他说:“我是来弹钢琴的。”
“Why, you’re no bigger than a chicken.
「为什么,
You can’t be old enough to play anything but a whistle.”
除了吹口哨, “
“I’ll show you,” Wolfgang said.
Wolfgang说,
He asked the officials to open the box containing his piano, and the little boy began to play right in the customs house.
他要求官员打开装有他钢琴的盒子,小男孩开始在海关所右放.
A crowd gathered around in awe.
一群人聚集在恐惧中。
The head of customs immediately gave the order to let the Mozart family through without difficulty.
海关负责人立即下令莫扎特家族顺利通过.
After playing in Vienna, Wolfgang was invited to spend the day with the royal children.
在维也纳演出后, 沃尔夫冈被邀请与皇室子女共度这一天.
One of the princesses was the famous Marie Antoinette, who was just a little girl about Wolfgang’s age.
其中一位公主是出名的玛丽·安托瓦内特(Marie Antoinette),她只是一个关于沃尔夫冈年龄的小姑娘.
Wolfgang liked her very much.
沃尔夫冈非常喜欢她.
She took him around the palace to show him all the wonderful riches.
她带着他环绕宫殿 展示他所有美好的财富
He was not used to such smoothly polished floors, and he slipped and fell.
他不习惯这样平滑地上,他滑倒了。
All the children laughed except Marie.
所有的孩子都笑 除了玛丽。
After she helped him up, Wolfgang said, “When I am a man, I will marry you.”
在她扶起他后,沃尔夫冈说道:"当我是男人时,我会嫁给你. “
The princess’s servant gasped.
公主的仆从被毒死
Then Wolfgang put his arms around Marie and gave her a big kiss.
之后沃尔夫冈用手臂抱住玛丽并给她一个大吻.
“Dreadful!”
惨了!
cried the servant, for it was never, ever allowed for a common person to touch royalty.
仆人哭诉,因为从来没有允许普通人接触皇室。
But Marie only laughed, took Wolfgang’s hand, and gave him a kiss back.
但玛丽只取笑了,取了沃尔夫冈的手,给了他一个回吻.
The Poor Young Man Wolfgang, his father, and his sister toured all around Europe.
可怜的年轻人沃尔夫冈, 他的父亲, 和他姐姐游历了整个欧洲。
Wolfgang’s fame grew, and he became a very handsome young man.
沃尔夫冈的名声不断增长,他成为一个非常英俊的年轻人.
But unfortunately, the life of a musician did not pay well.
但不幸的是,音乐家的生平没有好报.
People were less impressed with his playing as he got older.
随着他长大,人们对他的演奏印象不大.
After all, a six-year-old musician was a marvel, but a twenty-year-old musician was nothing new.
毕竟,一位六岁的音乐家是一个奇迹,但一位二十岁的音乐家并不是什么新鲜事.
For his entire adult life, Wolfgang Mozart was very poor.
在他整个成年生涯中,沃尔夫冈·莫扎特非常贫穷.
Once, a friend came to visit him and found Wolfgang and his young wife waltzing around their apartment.
有一次,一个朋友来拜访他,发现沃尔夫冈和他年轻的妻子在他们的公寓周围走来走去.
They were not dancing for joy; they were dancing to try and keep warm, because they could not afford fuel.
他们不是为了欢乐而跳舞;他们是为了保暖而跳舞,因为他们付不起燃料。
Wolfgang’s wife, Constance, was often ill.
沃尔夫冈的妻子康斯坦斯经常生病.
They also had little children to take care of.
他们还有孩子要照顾。
Everyone agreed that his music was wonderful, but writing, selling, and playing music did not bring in much money.
每个人都同意他的音乐是美妙的,但是写作,卖出,演奏音乐并没有带来多少金钱.
The Requiem One day when Mozart was thirty-six, a tall stranger dressed in gray pounded on his door.
报应 一天,莫扎特36岁时,一个高个子穿灰色外衣的陌生人被撞倒了门上.
Without saying a word, he handed Mozart an envelope.
他一言不发,就给莫扎特一个信封.
Inside was some money and an order for Mozart to write a requiem.
里面有些钱 还有莫扎特写回信的命令
Nothing in the envelope said whom it was for.
信封里没有写给谁的
“It is for myself,” Mozart said to Constance.
莫扎特对康斯坦斯说,
“I feel it in my heart.”
“我心里有这种感觉。 “
She laughed.
她笑了起来。
He was only thirty-six, and it was silly for him to talk of dying!
他只有三十六岁 他谈论死亡是愚蠢的!
The truth was that the requiem had been ordered by a count.
真相是,教诲是伯爵下令的。
He wanted to play the music at his wife’s funeral, but he wanted to say that he had written it himself.
他本来想在妻子的葬礼上演奏音乐,但是他想说这是他自己写的.
But Mozart didn’t know this.
但莫扎特并不知道此事。
Wolfgang began writing.
沃尔夫冈开始写作.
He wrote feverishly, staying up all night, sometimes even forgetting to eat.
他发烧地写道,整晚不睡,有时甚至忘记吃东西.
The work exhausted him, and he began to grow weak.
工作使他疲惫不堪,他开始变得软弱.
Mozart had been making a little money by teaching music students.
莫扎特教音乐学生赚了点钱
But now he was so wrapped up in the requiem that he cancelled all of his classes.
但是现在他被封在了报应中,于是他取消了所有的课程.
Without money, the family couldn’t afford much food.
没有钱,
They couldn’t afford candles to light their cold house at night.
他们买不起蜡烛,
But still Mozart wrote, growing weaker and weaker.
但莫扎特仍然写道,越来越弱和弱.
Finally, just before finishing the requiem, Mozart died.
最后,就在完成复赛之前,莫扎特就去世了.
It truly had been his own requiem.
这确实是他自己的忠告。
The Greatest Musician Who Ever Lived Mozart is still considered the greatest musician who ever lived.
最伟大的音乐家"曾经活过莫扎特"仍然被认为是有史以来最伟大的音乐家.
But when he died, his family was so poor they could not purchase a gravestone.
但当他去世时,他的家人非常贫穷,他们无法购买墓碑.
Eventually, no one could remember where he had been buried.
最后,没有人记得他葬在哪里。
Today there is a great monument to Mozart in Vienna, and on it is an inscription reading, “The probable site of his grave.”
今天在维也纳有一个莫扎特的伟大纪念碑,上面有铭文: " 他的坟墓的可能地点。 “
Mozart’s music is still played today.
莫扎特的音乐今天仍在播放.
He wrote such famous operas as The Marriage of Figaro and The Magic Flute, and the piano piece, “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” (which means “a little night music” in German).
他写了"费加罗的婚姻"和"魔笛"等出名的歌剧和钢琴作品"Eine Kleine Nachtmusik"(德语意为"小夜曲").
You may not have heard of these pieces of music, but if you heard them being played, you might recognize them.
你可能没有听说过这些音乐片段,但是如果你听到他们演奏,你可能会认出来.
Mozart’s music is used everywhere.
莫扎特的音乐到处被使用.
You can hear it in a concert hall, or you can hear it in cartoons.
你可以在音乐厅里听到,也可以在漫画里听到.
He wrote many of his most famous pieces when he was only a little older than you are.
他写了很多最出名的作品 当时他比你大一点
And he died while he was still young.
在他还年轻的时候就死了
Imagine the wealth of music we might have if he had only lived.
想象一下,如果他活着,我们可能拥有丰富的音乐。