来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：聆听音乐 第21集 第21集》

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  Well, he sort of did with this piece.
  那么 这首可以算得上杰作
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  It's really a wonderful, wonderful composition.
  这是首很棒 很棒的曲子
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  It goes about ten minutes
  大概有十分钟
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  and you've got the full composition there on your cd no. 5..
  在你们的第五张CD上有整首曲子
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  What can we say about it?
  这首曲子有些什么
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  Well, first of all, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun:
  首先 《牧神的午后前奏曲》
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  Its point of inspiration was a poem by Stephane Mallarmé.
  曲子的灵感源于马拉美的一首诗
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  Mallarmé was an aesthetic mentor of Debussy.
  马拉美是德彪西的美学导师
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  They were close friends.
  他们是很亲密的朋友
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  Once a week they would meet and talk about aesthetic issues
  每周他们都会见面交谈美学的东西
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  In paris in the boulevard montparnasse area.
  在巴黎的蒙帕纳斯大街区
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  So he--Mallarmé--had written a poem
  马拉美写了一首诗