大学体验英语U3-PassageB教程.pptx

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Passage B,I Have His Genes,But Not His Genius,1/19,Culture Notes,Austrian composer,centrally important to the classical era(about 1750 to 1820),One of the most inspired composers in Western musical tradition,Mozart,Wolfgang Amadeus(1756-1791),2/19,I Have His Genes But Not His Genius,Its Christmas Eve 2040,and Im the only bartender still working that afternoon,and the house is practically empty.I see this guy down at the end of the bar,sitting by himself.I bring him a fresh drink,and wish him greetings of the season.He looks at me,sort of funny,and says:Do you know who I am?,Christmas krisms n.（in Christianity）Jesus Christs,birthday,celebrated on December 25th,圣诞节,eve i:v n.the evening before an event，esp.a,holiday 前夜，前夕,guy ga n.a man；any person，male or female,家伙，人,3/19,I admit I dont.,Here,maybe this will help,he says,and he pulls a little picture out of his wallet.An old portrait,really old,like centuries old.Its a young man in profile:sharp nose,weak chin,definite resemblance to my friend here.At the bottom,theres a caption:W.A.Mozart.,caption kpn n.an explanation written above，below or,beside a picture，newspaper article,etc.标,题；讲解词；字幕,chin tin n.the front part of the face（esp.of a human,being）below the mouth 下巴；下颌,definite definit,adj.clearly known，seen，or stated；without,any uncertainty 确切；必定；显著,portrait p:trit n.a painting,drawing,or photograph of a real,person or group of people 肖像，人像,resemblancerizemblns n.similarity,esp.in appearance;likeness 相同,之处，雷同之处,4/19,Now its my turn to look at him funny.Then it hits me like a brick.Youre that clone guy,I say.The guy in the papers back in the 20s.,In the flesh.Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.I have his brain,his heart,his DNA.Hes my father and my mother and my brother.Hes my identical twin,except I was born 247 years later.“,brick brk n.a block of baked ciay used as building material 砖,flesh fle,n.the soft part of the body of a person or animal that,covers the bones and lies under the skin 肉,DNA n.deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸,twin twn n.either of two children born of the same mother at,the same time 双胞胎中一个，双生儿女,5/19,So he starts talking.It takes him a long time to explain,and I didnt get it all,but I got a lot.,In,Congress passed a ban on cloning humans,but of course mad scientists went ahead with secret cloning.,ban bn n.An official ruling that something must no,done,shown,or used 禁令,6/19,And then,there was this software billionaire who was nuts about Mozart,and was especially nuts about Mozarts Requiem.He set up a secret institute in Switzerland and hired some top biologists and told them theyd get$1 million each for every baby they cloned from Mozarts DNA.,billionaire ,biljn n.an extremely rich person whose,money,property,etc.is worth at least one,billion dollars,pounds,etc.亿万富翁,nut nt n.a dry fruit with a kernel surrounded by a,hard shell 坚果,a person who is very keen on the stated,thing；fan，freak 对某事物极感兴趣,人，迷,7/19,In,the institute managed to bring four babies to term.Two died shortly after birth.Two survived.But then this software billionaire died,and his company collapsed,and so did his cloning institute.One baby Mozart was put up for adoption anonymously.No one knows what happened to that one.The other baby was adopted by one of the scientists,who was a big Mozart fan herself.,collapse klps v.to fall into ruin 瓦解,8/19,And thats me,he says.,His mother,of course,didnt tell him or anyone else who he was,but she told the boy how special he was,how he was a genius,what a great composer he could be,trying to push her little Mozart toward music.,composerkmpuz n.a person who writes music 音乐家,9/19,But the s werent the 1760s.The boy may have had talent,but he also had his own priorities,and they didnt include violin sonatas.He liked rock music and he liked it loud,and then as he got older he liked beer and girls.The harder his mother pushed him to be a great composer,the less he wanted to be one.After a while his mother gave up.By the time he was 20,he had a decent job working in a frame shop.And thats when the roof fell in.,decentdi:snt adj.（of behavior，attitude）proper；socially,acceptable（行为，态度）得体，适当,good enough 像样，过去,sonata sn:t n.a piece of classical music written either for a,single instrument,or for one instrument and a,piano奏鸣曲,10/19,Some reporter got wind of the institute and the cloning experiment and tracked him down.But no one could prove he was a clone of Mozart without digging up the original,so the media treated him as a joke.It just crushed him.He tried running away.He joined a Buddhist monastery in Japan.One day,while he was there,he heard the Requiem.Not for the first time,but this time it was different.,Buddhist budist n.佛教徒,Monastery mnsteri n.a building in which monks（religious,men）live and worship 修道院，僧,院，寺院,reporter rip:t n.a person who finds out and writes,about news events or a newspaper,or,for radio or television 记者,media mi:di n.the newspapers，news magazines，,television，and radio 媒体,11/19,My God,it was beautiful!he says.I felt a realization explode inside my head.I just felt it somehow:It rang inside of me.Id finish it,or die trying.He knew that if he could finish the Requiem,hed be famous for real,a genius instead of a fool.He immersed himself in Mozarts music.Nights,weekends,all the time,he drove himself,working on the Requiem.,requiem ri:kwim n.a piece of music written for the religious,service to honor the dead 安魂曲，挽歌,12/19,And?What happened?,I turned 37 four months ago.Ive been working on the Requiem for 15 years.Mozart died when he was 35.I should have finished the Requiem two years ago.,And you havent.,13/19,He looks at me for a while and shakes his head,You dont understand.I have his genes but not his genius.,And with that he drops a tip on the bar and is gone.I never saw him again.If the Requiem was ever finished,I never heard about it.,14/19,Phrases and Expressions,bring(a baby)to term to complete a pregnancy 使（婴儿）足月产下,dig up to find or take out of tihe ground 掘出；挖到；发掘,for real not false 真；实在；可能,get wind of to learn about something by chance 听到风声；获,悉相关消息,go ahead(with)to continue(with an action or plan of action)继续,in the flesh in real life;in bodily form 活生生；本人,put up for to make something available for certain,consideration 提供,set up to establish(an organization,business,ect)设置；成立,track down to find after a difficult or long search by following the,tracks 追踪发觉,15/19,Summary,This is a short,science fiction story set in 2040.The writer imagines a future where cloning techniques,although prohibited,have been perfected.He describes the case of a music loving billionaire who had funded a project to clone the musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.,16/19,Summary,The story is set in a bar where one of the few customers turns out to be one of the surviving clones.He tells his tale to the barman.On the death of the billionaire he had been adopted by one of the research scientists,also a Mozart fan.,17/19,Summary,Although she had tried hard,unsuccessfully,to encourage him to be a classical musician,she had never told him about his past and he had grown up as a normal young man.But then a journalist found him and his life was changed forever.,18/19,Summary,After trying at first to run away,he had then re-discovered both himself and Mozarts music and had decided to try to complete the unfinished requiem.He did not succeed,however,because though he had Mozarts genes,he did not have his genius.,19/19,