这场戏：讲哈欠如何毁掉歌剧
第 19 章 · 共 25 章 · 2'26"
萨列里给莫扎特算了一笔「哈欠账」：皇帝打一个哈欠，戏还能演九场；打三个，当晚就完。莫扎特的作品 Nine performances!（只演了九场）就被撤下。萨列里一句话点破：You make too many demands on the royal ear（你对陛下的耳朵要求太高了），还劝他 accept the fact（接受现实）。想学怎么点评作品、劝人认命，这几句到位。
❝ 独白 · 6 句 他数 Nine performances（九场演出）就没了
Nine performances 九场演出within a week 一周之内Withdrawn 被撤下
他说你「overestimate（高估）」了维也纳观众
best opera yet written 迄今最好的歌剧overestimate 高估concentrate 集中注意力when to clap 知道什么时候该做
萨列里跟莫扎特复盘一场失败：皇帝的哈欠就是歌剧的判决，一个哈欠，作曲家还能换来九场演出；三个哈欠，戏当晚就完。莫扎特的作品 Nine performances! That's all it's had! Withdrawn!（就演了九场就被撤下）。莫扎特不服，问 Why didn't they come?（他们为什么不来）。萨列里说 You make too many demands on the royal ear（你对陛下的耳朵要求太高了），皇帝连一个小时都 concentrate（集中不了），你却让他听四个小时。他还点出莫扎特 overestimate（高估）了维也纳观众，因为他们没有被喂惯了的一记 a bang（爆点）来提示 when to clap（何时鼓掌）。最后莫扎特拿出一部新作请萨列里过目。想学怎么复盘、点评、请教，这些表达很实用。
A1–C2 是欧标等级。点一个等级后，比它高的卡片会变淡，播放到那里不会自动暂停。
“Of course. It's the best opera yet written.”
当然。它是迄今最好的歌剧。
用 yet written 把最高级钉成事实，夸得彻底又假得彻底。
It's the best (thing) yet written.
夸张地称赞某作品为最佳时用；可真心也可反讽。
It is the finest work yet composed. ／ Nothing better has been written.
正式
best opera 连读，written 收得轻。
Critics call it the best novel yet written. 评论家称它是迄今最好的小说。
“I think you overestimate our dear Viennese,friend.”
我觉得你高估了我们亲爱的维也纳人，朋友。
用 overestimate 把失败推给观众，客气里带着一句「别怪自己」。
I think you overestimate (someone).
委婉地说对方看高了某人时用；语气冷静，带评价。
You give them too much credit. ／ You expect more of them than they can give.
正式
overestimate our 连读，Viennese 重音在后。
I think you overestimate the market. 我觉得你高估了市场。
“Nine performances! Nine! That's all it's had! Withdrawn!”
九场演出！就九场！然后就撤了！
数字加重复加感叹，把失败的打击一下一下敲出来。
Nine performances! That's all it's had!
用数字强调某事的短暂或不足时用；语气激动。
Three matches! That is all we got! ／ One week! It lasted one week!
口语
Nine 重读两次，Withdrawn 收得重。
Two days! That's all the run lasted! 两天！就这么演了两天！
“Still,if the public doesn't like one's work...”
不过，要是公众不喜欢一个人的作品……
用 one's 把话说到一般层面，像讲道理，其实是站着说话不腰疼。
If the public doesn't like one's work, ...
泛泛讲道理、把个案说成规律时用；可能显得冷淡。
If people don't like what you do, ... ／ When the audience rejects a piece, ...
正式
doesn't like 连读，one's 稍轻。
If the market doesn't like one's product, one adapts. 要是市场不喜欢一个人的产品，就得调整。
“The poor man can't concentrate for more than an hour. You gave him four.”
可怜的人专注不了一个小时。你让他听了四个小时。
先替皇帝找台阶再补一刀，把失败归给「太长」，温柔而致命。
Someone can't do something for more than (a time).
用事实型的比较指责对方时用；语气平静，杀伤力足。
He can't sit still for ten minutes. ／ You asked for three hours; he lasts one.
中性
can't concentrate 连读，four 重读。
She can't focus for more than ten minutes, and you scheduled an hour. 她集中不了十分钟，你却安排了一小时。
Mozart was lucky the emperor yawned only once. Three yawns... ...and the opera would fail the same night. Two yawns,within a week at most. With one yawn,the composer could still get... Nine performances! Nine! That's all it's had! Withdrawn!
莫扎特运气好，皇帝只打了一个哈欠。 三个哈欠…… ……歌剧当晚就会失败。 两个哈欠，最多撑一周。 一个哈欠，作曲家还能换来…… 九场演出！就九场！然后被撤下！
下一章 · 20with your own hands亲自动手这场戏：骗来安魂曲再害死莫扎特意思是「高估」。台词里 I think you overestimate our dear Viennese 就是「我觉得你高估了我们亲爱的维也纳人」，指把对方想得比实际更好。
意思是「接受现实」。台词里 one has to accept the fact gracefully 就是「也得体面地接受」，accept the fact 后面常接 that 从句或直接说事。
意思是「一记爆点、一个响亮的效果」。台词里说歌曲结尾要给观众 a bang，就是留个特别抓耳的收尾，好让他们知道该鼓掌了。
concentrate。台词里 The poor man can't concentrate for more than an hour 就是「他专注不了一个小时」，concentrate 指把注意力集中起来。
the best opera yet written。台词里 It's the best opera yet written 就是「它是迄今最好的歌剧」，yet written 表示「至今写出来的」。
Why didn't they come? 台词里莫扎特问的就是这句，用来追问观众为什么没来，句式和普通疑问句一样，只是用过去时。
