晚安诗集 贝多芬第六交响曲第四乐章《暴风雨》

He didn't notice when clouds began to form.

他没有注意到天边飘来的乌云。

The birds flew in circles above us.

鸟儿在我们的上空盘旋。

The wind pulled at our coats. The sky got very black.

风呼啦呼啦刮进我们的外套。天越来越黑。

We stood beneath¹ a tree and watched a storm.

我们站在树下，看着风儿肆虐狂吼。

And now Mr. Beethoven has gone for the summer.

现在贝多芬先生去避暑了。

He will finish his symphony² and then he will come back.

他在那里完成交响曲后，才会回来。

Dear Uncle, Mr. Beethoven came home last night.

亲爱的叔叔，昨晚贝多芬先生回来了。

And so, our house is in an uproar³ again.

所以，我们的房子又开始吵闹起来。

Someone has given him a new piano and there's been a lot of trouble getting it up the stairs.

有人送了他一台新钢琴，费了很大的功夫才将它搬上楼。

And then last night he had a party.

昨晚，贝多芬先生举办了一个晚会。

A lot of people went in and out very late, and the more cheerful⁴ they became, the noisier and more miserable⁵ it became for us.

好多人进进出出的，一直闹到大半夜。他们越是兴奋，就越吵闹，对我们来说也就越痛苦。

Finally, it was impossible to sleep.

最后，根本就没法儿睡觉。

Upstairs they were excited about the symphony.

楼上的人们对交响乐感到兴奋不已。

I could hear two ladies, and remembered I'd seen them laughing on the stairs.

我能听见两位女士，我记得在看见过她俩儿在楼上眉飞眼笑的。

They are called sopranos because they are singers who can sing very high.

人们叫她们为女高音，因为她们能唱很高音阶的歌手。

1 beneath   

prep.在…下面；adv.在下面，在下方

参考例句：

• Let's have a rest beneath the tree.让我们在树下休息。
• What is beneath your feet?你们脚底下是什么？

2 symphony   

n.交响乐（曲），（色彩等的）和谐

参考例句：

• The Ninth Symphony of Beethoven is a famous one.贝多芬的第九交响乐非常有名。
• They play over the whole symphony.他们把整个交响乐重新演奏了一遍。

3 uproar   

n.骚动，喧嚣，鼎沸

参考例句：

• She could hear the uproar in the room.她能听见房间里的吵闹声。
• His remarks threw the audience into an uproar.他的讲话使听众沸腾起来。

4 cheerful   

adj.快活的，高兴的，兴高采烈

参考例句：

• Yellow is a cheerful colour.黄色是令人高兴的颜色。
• This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。

5 miserable   

adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的

参考例句：

• It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
• Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。