He earned his living conducting.

靠指挥来谋生
And he went all around the world conducting,

他曾经在世界各地担任指挥
and we'll talk more about that next time--where he conducted.

我们下次再说他都去过哪些地方指挥
And he composed mostly in the summertime.

马勒的大部分作品是在夏季完成的
He would go out to the Alps in one of these mountain retreats

他去阿尔卑斯山上隐居
in--where he could have solitude and he would compose.

在那里进行创作
And in the course of time, he wrote principally nine

在这期间他一共创作完成了九部交响曲
symphonies and something we're going to talk about next time,

还有一些艺术歌曲
which is the orchestral song.

这些我们下节课再谈
But we're focusing on just one symphony today-

今天我们的重点只有一个
indeed his first symphony, 1888.

是他创作于1888年的第一部交响曲
It starts in an unusual way with a kind of homage to Beethoven

这部作品以一种不同寻常的方式向贝多芬致敬