The Monster
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In Wagner’s life quite a few women came to him because they were attracted by his high renown and then left him because they were intolerant of his monstrous personality.( T / F )
his most devoted friend and admirer
Otto His second wife: Mathilde Wesendonck
Paragraph 9
He had a genius for making enemies. He would insult a man who disagreed with him about the weather. He would pull endless wires in order to meet some man who admired his work and was able and anxious to be of use to him — and would proceed to make a mortal enemy of him with some idiotic and wholly uncalled for exhibition of arrogance and bad manners.
Summary of Part II ( Para. 10)
This part serves as a transitional paragraph, which clarifies who this monster really is, i.e. a famous musician by the name of Richard Wagner.
You always take part with the unscrupulous man 你总是袒护那些肆无忌惮的人。
Pull wires
Байду номын сангаасUse influence ,especially secretly from people concerned with something one needs vi. 在幕 后拉线 (秘密操纵,利用关系,暗中牵线帮忙)
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The name of this monster was Richard Wagner. Everything I have said about him you can find on record — in newspapers, in police reports, in the testimony of people who knew him, in his own letters, between the lines of his autobiography. And the curious thing about this record is that it doesn't matter in the least.
Pay the most pressing of his debts in one city ↓ Paraphrase: to return the most urgent debts in one city.
Unscrupulous
Unscrupulous: having or showing no moral principles 不道德的；肆无忌惮的
The Monster
Deems Taylor
Paragraph7-Paragraph10 Mickey
Question
After reading paragraph7,answer this question:
Wagner was innocent in terms of liabilities despite the fact he was mostly dependent upon others for a living. ( T / F )
procession
n.
a persistent succession of people or things;sequence（人、车等的）行列，队伍； （人或事的）连续出现
Eg: They watched the procession go past. 他们观看游行队伍经过。
between the lines
If you go through this letter carefully, you can find his real intention between the lines.
Richard Wagner
Paraphrase
He spent all the money he could get hold of as extravagantly as an Indian prince did.
pressing
adj needing to be discussed or dealt with very soon, urgent紧迫的，迫切的
Paragraph 9
A character in one of his operas was a caricature of one of the most powerful music critics of his day. Not content with burlesquing him, he invited the critic to his house and read him the libretto aloud in front of his friends.
from something they say or write when they do not tell you directly 暗示； 言外之意 to read between the lines: find hidden meaning 看出字里行间的意思，体会言外之意 Translation: 如果你仔细读这封信，就会在字里行间发现 他的真正用意。（between the lines）
Why?
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What money he could lay his hands on he spent like an Indian rajah. No one will ever know — certainly he never knows — how much money he owed. We do know that his greatest benefactor gave him $ 6, 000 to pay the most pressing of his debts in one city, and a year later had to give him $ 16, 000 to enable him to live in another city without being thrown into jail for debt.
his greatest benefactor
King Ludwig Ⅱ “我不爱女人，不爱父母，不爱兄弟，不爱 亲戚，没有任何人让我牵挂，但是您！” 这一段撕肝裂胆的倾吐，不是对异性的示 爱，也不是对同性的求欢，而是路德维希 对瓦格纳发至内心的赞叹。
Question
After reading paragraph8,answer this question:
他的父亲找了无数的门路，帮他在一个已经 臃肿不堪的政府机构找到了一个位置。
His father pulled endless wires and helped him
find a position in an inflated government
department.
Paraphrase
He would use influence from as many
people as possible secretly to meet some
man who admired his works and was able
and anxious to be useful to him.
uncalled-for
uncalled-for:
adj not deserved, necessary, or right 不必要 的 Eg: Cut out the paragraph uncalled-for the essay. 删掉论文中不必要的段落。
Why?
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He was equally unscrupulous in other ways. An endless procession of women marched through his life. His first wife spent twenty years enduring and forgiving his infidelities. His second wife had been the wife of his most devoted friend and admirer, from whom he stole her. And even while he was trying to persuade her to leave her first husband he was writing to a friend to inquire whether he could suggest some wealthy woman — any wealthy woman — whom he could marry for her money.
his most devoted friend and admirer
Otto His second wife: Mathilde Wesendonck
Paragraph 9
He had a genius for making enemies. He would insult a man who disagreed with him about the weather. He would pull endless wires in order to meet some man who admired his work and was able and anxious to be of use to him — and would proceed to make a mortal enemy of him with some idiotic and wholly uncalled for exhibition of arrogance and bad manners.
Summary of Part II ( Para. 10)
This part serves as a transitional paragraph, which clarifies who this monster really is, i.e. a famous musician by the name of Richard Wagner.
You always take part with the unscrupulous man 你总是袒护那些肆无忌惮的人。
Pull wires
Байду номын сангаасUse influence ,especially secretly from people concerned with something one needs vi. 在幕 后拉线 (秘密操纵,利用关系,暗中牵线帮忙)
Paragraph 10
The name of this monster was Richard Wagner. Everything I have said about him you can find on record — in newspapers, in police reports, in the testimony of people who knew him, in his own letters, between the lines of his autobiography. And the curious thing about this record is that it doesn't matter in the least.
Pay the most pressing of his debts in one city ↓ Paraphrase: to return the most urgent debts in one city.
Unscrupulous
Unscrupulous: having or showing no moral principles 不道德的；肆无忌惮的
The Monster
Deems Taylor
Paragraph7-Paragraph10 Mickey
Question
After reading paragraph7,answer this question:
Wagner was innocent in terms of liabilities despite the fact he was mostly dependent upon others for a living. ( T / F )
procession
n.
a persistent succession of people or things;sequence（人、车等的）行列，队伍； （人或事的）连续出现
Eg: They watched the procession go past. 他们观看游行队伍经过。
between the lines
If you go through this letter carefully, you can find his real intention between the lines.
Richard Wagner
Paraphrase
He spent all the money he could get hold of as extravagantly as an Indian prince did.
pressing
adj needing to be discussed or dealt with very soon, urgent紧迫的，迫切的
Paragraph 9
A character in one of his operas was a caricature of one of the most powerful music critics of his day. Not content with burlesquing him, he invited the critic to his house and read him the libretto aloud in front of his friends.
from something they say or write when they do not tell you directly 暗示； 言外之意 to read between the lines: find hidden meaning 看出字里行间的意思，体会言外之意 Translation: 如果你仔细读这封信，就会在字里行间发现 他的真正用意。（between the lines）
Why?
Paragraph 7
What money he could lay his hands on he spent like an Indian rajah. No one will ever know — certainly he never knows — how much money he owed. We do know that his greatest benefactor gave him $ 6, 000 to pay the most pressing of his debts in one city, and a year later had to give him $ 16, 000 to enable him to live in another city without being thrown into jail for debt.
his greatest benefactor
King Ludwig Ⅱ “我不爱女人，不爱父母，不爱兄弟，不爱 亲戚，没有任何人让我牵挂，但是您！” 这一段撕肝裂胆的倾吐，不是对异性的示 爱，也不是对同性的求欢，而是路德维希 对瓦格纳发至内心的赞叹。
Question
After reading paragraph8,answer this question:
他的父亲找了无数的门路，帮他在一个已经 臃肿不堪的政府机构找到了一个位置。
His father pulled endless wires and helped him
find a position in an inflated government
department.
Paraphrase
He would use influence from as many
people as possible secretly to meet some
man who admired his works and was able
and anxious to be useful to him.
uncalled-for
uncalled-for:
adj not deserved, necessary, or right 不必要 的 Eg: Cut out the paragraph uncalled-for the essay. 删掉论文中不必要的段落。
Why?
Paragraph 8
He was equally unscrupulous in other ways. An endless procession of women marched through his life. His first wife spent twenty years enduring and forgiving his infidelities. His second wife had been the wife of his most devoted friend and admirer, from whom he stole her. And even while he was trying to persuade her to leave her first husband he was writing to a friend to inquire whether he could suggest some wealthy woman — any wealthy woman — whom he could marry for her money.