来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：聆听音乐 第12集 第12集》

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  devoted just to Beethoven there.
  就是讲贝多芬的
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  And when people write history books,
  当人们编写历史书时
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  Beethoven is kind of the lynchpin.
  贝多芬就会被列在其中
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  You work up to Beethoven and then you work away from Beethoven
  而且他是历史的一个分界线
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  So Beethoven for the nineteenth century was an icon--
  贝多芬就是十九世纪的象征
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  was the pinnacle of what the artist was supposed to be like.
  是所有艺术家梦想的巅峰
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  But it's not just the musical artist.
  但他不仅仅是个音乐家
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  Beethoven represented more than that.
  贝多芬代表的含义超越音乐范畴
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  Was he a neat and tidy guy?
  他是一个干净利索的人吗
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  Was he sort of uptight guy?
  他是容易焦虑不安的人吗
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  Did he wear a necktie and look sort of
  他是否打着领带
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  constrained in the appropriate system of the day?
  是否过着有节制的生活