这场戏：他听出上帝之声
第 4 章 · 共 25 章 · 4'02"
萨列里向神父形容莫扎特的一段音乐：谱面上 On the page（纸面上、看起来）什么都不是，巴松管像一只生锈的手风琴，可一个音飘上来，他说 It seemed to me I was hearing the voice of God（我觉得我听见了上帝的声音）。想用英语形容一段音乐怎么把人镇住，这几句最好用。
❝ 独白 · 7 句 他形容旋律 It seemed to me I was hearing the voice of God（我觉得我听见了上帝的声音）
On the page 纸面上、看起来a rusty squeezebox 一只生锈的手风琴a performing monkey 只会表演的家伙unfulfillable longing 无法满足的渴望
A young man trying to impress beyond his abilities（想表现得超出自己的能力）
Too many notes 音符太多beyond his abilities 超出他的能力make some effort 花点力气
萨列里在疯人院里向福格勒神父回忆莫扎特的一段音乐。他说谱面上看 On the page（纸面上、看起来）什么都不是，开头简单得近乎滑稽，巴松管像一只生锈的手风琴；直到一支双簧管飘出来，一个音悬在那里纹丝不动，他被震住了：It seemed to me I was hearing the voice of God（我觉得我听见了上帝的声音）。他随即不解：Why would God choose an obscene child to be his instrument?（上帝为什么要选一个下流的孩子做他的乐器？）镜头转到维也纳宫廷，众人议论莫扎特的歌剧，有人说 Too many notes（音符太多），也有人称他是 remarkable（了不起），皇帝决定把他招来。想学怎么形容音乐、夸人、损人，这段表达很丰富。
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“It seemed to me I was hearing the voice of God.”
我觉得我听见了上帝的声音。
把被音乐击中的感觉说成「听见上帝」，抽象却能立刻懂。
It seemed to me I was (doing something).
描述强烈的主观感受时用；语气偏文学，日常可换成 It felt like。
It seemed to me I was dreaming. ／ It felt as if I had heard God.
literary
hearing the 连读，voice of God 连读。
It seemed to me I was standing in a cathedral. 我觉得自己像站在一座大教堂里。
“Why would God choose an obscene child to be his instrument?”
上帝为什么要选一个下流的孩子做他的乐器？
把疑惑说成一个宗教难题，天才与品行当场打架。
Why would God choose X to be his instrument?
对命运或信仰发出不解的质问时用；语气重，偏文学。
Why would fate pick him for this? ／ How could God choose someone like that?
literary
obscene child 连读，instrument 重音在前。
Why would life choose him to be its instrument? 命运为什么偏偏选他做工具？
“He's remarkable,Majesty. I heard an extraordinary opera of his last month.”
他非常了不起，陛下。上个月我听了他的一部非凡的歌剧。
用 remarkable 与 extraordinary 两个重词，把夸奖说得郑重而不夸张。
He's remarkable, Majesty.
正式场合向人推荐或夸赞某人时用；语气庄重。
He's extraordinary, sir. ／ Her work is remarkable.
正式
extraordinary opera 连读，remarkable 重音在 mar。
She's remarkable, sir; you should meet her. 她非常了不起，先生；您应该见见。
“A young man trying to impress beyond his abilities.”
一个年轻人，想表现得超出自己的能力。
一个分词短语就把「眼高手低」说尽，刻薄又体面。
trying to do something beyond one's abilities
评价某人做得过头、超出水平时用；带批评意味。
He aims beyond his abilities. ／ She works beyond her experience.
正式
trying to 连读，beyond his 连读。
It is a player reaching beyond his abilities. 这是个超出水平硬撑的演奏者。
“We could use a good German composer in Vienna,surely?”
维也纳总用得上一位好德国作曲家吧？
用 could use 把想招人说得轻描淡写，政治味却藏不住。
We could use a (adjective) (noun).
委婉表示需要某人或某物时用；语气客气，适合提议。
We could use some help here. ／ We could use a fresh idea.
中性
could use a 连读，surely 句尾上扬。
We could use a good teacher for the juniors. 我们正需要一位好老师带新人。
Filled with such longing, such unfulfillable longing. It seemed to me I was hearing the voice of God. Excuse me. But why? Why would God choose an obscene child to be his instrument? It was not to be believed. This piece had to be an accident. It had to be.
满是渴望，那种永远无法满足的渴望。 我觉得我听见了上帝的声音。 抱歉。 可为什么？ 上帝为什么要选一个下流的孩子做他的乐器？ 简直难以置信。 这首曲子一定是碰巧写出来的。一定是。
下一章 · 05down to business言归正传这场戏：觐见皇帝定下德语歌剧意思是「纸面上、看起来」。台词里 On the page it looked... Nothing! 是说这首曲子光看谱面毫无特别，和听到的效果完全相反。
beyond his abilities。A young man trying to impress beyond his abilities 就是「一个年轻人，想表现得超出自己的能力」，也常用来吐槽人逞强。
意思是「无法实现的、无法满足的」。台词里 unfulfillable longing 指那种永远填不满的渴望，unfulfillable 由 fulfill 加否定后缀构成。
remarkable。He's remarkable, Majesty 就是「他非常了不起，陛下」。remarkable 语气比 good 强，常用来夸人或作品非同一般。
字面是「音符太多」。宫廷里有人这样挑剔莫扎特的歌剧，嫌他用音符太多、太花哨，其实是在贬低他。
意思是「只会表演的家伙」。台词里说 This was no composition by a performing monkey，强调那曲子绝不是只有技巧、没有灵魂的人写得出的。
