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1、PassageBIHaveHisGenesButNotHisGenius1CultureNotesvAustrian composer, centrally important to the classical era (about 1750 to 1820)vOne of the most inspired composers in Western musical traditionMozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)2IHaveHisGenesButNotHisGeniusItsChristmasEve2040,andImtheonlybartender
2、stillworkingthatafternoon,andthehouseispracticallyempty.Iseethisguydownattheendofthebar,sittingbyhimself.Ibringhimafreshdrink,andwishhimgreetingsoftheseason.Helooksatme,sortoffunny,andsays:DoyouknowwhoIam?Christmaskrismsn.（inChristianity）JesusChristsbirthday,celebratedonDecember25th圣诞节evei:vn.theeve
3、ningbeforeanevent，esp.aholiday前夜，前夕guygan.aman；anyperson，maleorfemale家伙，人3IadmitIdont.Here,maybethiswillhelp,hesays,andhepullsalittlepictureoutofhiswallet.Anoldportrait,reallyold,likecenturiesold.Itsayoungmaninprofile:sharpnose,weakchin,definiteresemblancetomyfriendhere.Atthebottom,theresacaption:W.
4、A.Mozart.captionkpnn.anexplanationwrittenabove，beloworbesideapicture ，newspaperarticle,etc.标题；解说词；字幕chintinn.thefrontpartoftheface（esp.ofahumanbeing）belowthemouth下巴；下颌definitedefinitadj.clearlyknown，seen，orstated；withoutanyuncertainty 确切的；肯定的；明显的portraitp:tritn.apainting,drawing,orphotographofarealp
5、ersonorgroupofpeople肖像，人像resemblancerizemblnsn.similarity,esp.inappearance;likeness相似之处，雷同之处4Nowitsmyturntolookathimfunny.Thenithitsmelikeabrick.Yourethatcloneguy,Isay.Theguyinthepapersbackinthe20s.Intheflesh.WolfgangAmadeusMozart.Ihavehisbrain,hisheart,hisDNA.Hesmyfatherandmymotherandmybrother.Hesm
6、yidenticaltwin,exceptIwasborn247yearslater.“brickbrkn.ablockofbakedciayusedasbuildingmaterial砖fleshflen.thesoftpartofthebodyofapersonoranimalthatcoversthebonesandliesundertheskin肉DNAn.deoxyribonucleicacid脱氧核糖核酸twintwnn.eitheroftwochildrenbornofthesamemotheratthesametime双胞胎中的一个，双生子女5Sohestartstalking
7、.Ittakeshimalongtimetoexplain,andIdidntgetitall,butIgotalot.In2001,Congresspassedabanoncloninghumans,butofcoursemadscientistswentaheadwithsecretcloning.banbnn.Anofficialrulingthatsomethingmustnodone,shown,orused禁令6Andthen,therewasthissoftwarebillionairewhowasnutsaboutMozart,andwasespeciallynutsabout
8、MozartsRequiem.HesetupasecretinstituteinSwitzerlandandhiredsometopbiologistsandtoldthemtheydget$1millioneachforeverybabytheyclonedfromMozartsDNA.billionaire,biljnn.anextremelyrichpersonwhosemoney,property,etc.isworthatleastonebilliondollars,pounds,etc.亿万富翁nutntn.adryfruitwithakernelsurroundedbyahard
9、shell坚果apersonwhoisverykeenonthestatedthing；fan，freak对某事物极感兴趣的人，迷7In2003,theinstitutemanagedtobringfourbabiestoterm.Twodiedshortlyafterbirth.Twosurvived.Butthenthissoftwarebillionairedied,andhiscompanycollapsed,andsodidhiscloninginstitute.OnebabyMozartwasputupforadoptionanonymously.Nooneknowswhathap
10、penedtothatone.Theotherbabywasadoptedbyoneofthescientists,whowasabigMozartfanherself.collapseklpsv.tofallintoruin崩溃8Andthatsme,hesays.Hismother,ofcourse,didnttellhimoranyoneelsewhohewas,butshetoldtheboyhowspecialhewas,howhewasagenius,whatagreatcomposerhecouldbe,tryingtopushherlittleMposerkmpuzn.aper
11、sonwhowritesmusic音乐家9Butthe2010swerentthe1760s.Theboymayhavehadtalent,buthealsohadhisownpriorities,andtheydidntincludeviolinsonatas.Helikedrockmusicandhelikeditloud,andthenashegotolderhelikedbeerandgirls.Theharderhismotherpushedhimtobeagreatcomposer,thelesshewantedtobeone.Afterawhilehismothergaveup.
12、Bythetimehewas20,hehadadecentjobworkinginaframeshop.Andthatswhentherooffellin.decentdi:sntadj.（ofbehavior，attitude）proper；sociallyacceptable（行为，态度）得体的，合适的goodenough像样的，过去的sonatasn:tn.apieceofclassicalmusicwritteneitherforasingleinstrument,orforoneinstrumentandapiano奏鸣曲10Somereportergotwindoftheinsti
13、tuteandthecloningexperimentandtrackedhimdown.ButnoonecouldprovehewasacloneofMozartwithoutdigginguptheoriginal,sothemediatreatedhimasajoke.Itjustcrushedhim.Hetriedrunningaway.HejoinedaBuddhistmonasteryinJapan.Oneday,whilehewasthere,heheardtheRequiem.Notforthefirsttime,butthistimeitwasdifferent.Buddhi
14、stbudistn.佛教徒Monasterymnsterin.abuildinginwhichmonks（religiousmen）liveandworship修道院，僧院，寺院reporterrip:tn.apersonwhofindsoutandwritesaboutnewseventsoranewspaper,orforradioortelevision记者mediami:din.thenewspapers，newsmagazines，television，andradio媒体11MyGod,itwasbeautiful!hesays.Ifeltarealizationexplodein
15、sidemyhead.Ijustfeltitsomehow:Itranginsideofme.Idfinishit,ordietrying.HeknewthatifhecouldfinishtheRequiem,hedbefamousforreal,ageniusinsteadofafool.HeimmersedhimselfinMozartsmusic.Nights,weekends,allthetime,hedrovehimself,workingontheRequiem.requiemri:kwimn.apieceofmusicwrittenforthereligiousservicet
16、ohonorthedead安魂曲，挽歌12And?Whathappened?Iturned37fourmonthsago.IvebeenworkingontheRequiemfor15years.Mozartdiedwhenhewas35.IshouldhavefinishedtheRequiemtwoyearsago.Andyouhavent.13Helooksatmeforawhileandshakeshishead,Youdontunderstand.Ihavehisgenesbutnothisgenius.Andwiththathedropsatiponthebarandisgone.
17、Ineversawhimagain.IftheRequiemwaseverfinished,Ineverheardaboutit.14PhrasesandExpressionsbring(ababy)totermtocompleteapregnancy使（婴儿）足月产下diguptofindortakeoutoftiheground掘出；挖到；发掘forrealnotfalse真的；实在的；可能的getwindoftolearnaboutsomethingbychance听到风声；获悉有关的消息goahead(with)tocontinue(withanactionorplanofaction
18、)继续inthefleshinreallife;inbodilyform活生生的；本人putupfortomakesomethingavailableforcertainconsideration提供setuptoestablish(anorganization,business,ect)设立；成立trackdowntofindafteradifficultorlongsearchbyfollowingthetracks追踪发现15SummaryThisisashort,sciencefictionstorysetin2040.Thewriterimaginesafuturewhereclon
19、ingtechniques,althoughprohibited,havebeenperfected.HedescribesthecaseofamusiclovingbillionairewhohadfundedaprojecttoclonethemusicianWolfgangAmadeusMozart.16SummaryThestoryissetinabarwhereoneofthefewcustomersturnsouttobeoneofthesurvivingclones.Hetellshistaletothebarman.Onthedeathofthebillionairehehad
20、beenadoptedbyoneoftheresearchscientists,alsoaMozartfan.17SummaryAlthoughshehadtriedhard,unsuccessfully,toencouragehimtobeaclassicalmusician,shehadnevertoldhimabouthispastandhehadgrownupasanormalyoungman.Butthenajournalistfoundhimandhislifewaschangedforever.18SummaryAftertryingatfirsttorunaway,hehadthenre-discoveredbothhimselfandMozartsmusicandhaddecidedtotrytocompletetheunfinishedrequiem.Hedidnotsucceed,however,becausethoughhehadMozartsgenes,hedidnothavehisgenius.19此课件下载可自行编辑修改，供参考！感谢您的支持，我们努力做得更好！20
