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PassageB IHaveHisGenesButNotHisGenius 1 CultureNotes Austriancomposer centrallyimportanttotheclassicalera about1750to1820 OneofthemostinspiredcomposersinWesternmusicaltradition Mozart WolfgangAmadeus 1756 1791 2 IHaveHisGenesButNotHisGenius It sChristmasEve2040 andI mtheonlybartenderstillworkingthatafternoon andthehouseispracticallyempty Iseethisguydownattheendofthebar sittingbyhimself Ibringhimafreshdrink andwishhimgreetingsoftheseason Helooksatme sortoffunny andsays DoyouknowwhoIam Christmas krism s n inChristianity JesusChrist sbirthday celebratedonDecember25th圣诞节eve i v n theeveningbeforeanevent esp aholiday前夜 前夕guy ga n aman anyperson maleorfemale家伙 人 3 IadmitIdon t Here maybethiswillhelp hesays andhepullsalittlepictureoutofhiswallet Anoldportrait reallyold likecenturiesold It sayoungmaninprofile sharpnose weakchin definiteresemblancetomyfriendhere Atthebottom there sacaption W A Mozart caption k p n n anexplanationwrittenabove beloworbesideapicture newspaperarticle etc 标题 解说词 字幕chin t in n thefrontpartoftheface esp ofahumanbeing belowthemouth下巴 下颌definite definit adj clearlyknown seen orstated withoutanyuncertainty确切的 肯定的 明显的portrait p trit n apainting drawing orphotographofarealpersonorgroupofpeople肖像 人像resemblance ri zembl ns n similarity esp inappearance likeness相似之处 雷同之处 4 Nowit smyturntolookathimfunny Thenithitsmelikeabrick You rethatcloneguy Isay Theguyinthepapersbackinthe 20s Intheflesh WolfgangAmadeusMozart Ihavehisbrain hisheart hisDNA He smyfatherandmymotherandmybrother He smyidenticaltwin exceptIwasborn247yearslater brick br k n ablockofbakedciayusedasbuildingmaterial砖flesh fle n thesoftpartofthebodyofapersonoranimalthatcoversthebonesandliesundertheskin肉DNAn deoxyribonucleicacid脱氧核糖核酸twin tw n n eitheroftwochildrenbornofthesamemotheratthesametime双胞胎中的一个 双生子女 5 Sohestartstalking Ittakeshimalongtimetoexplain andIdidn tgetitall butIgotalot In2001 Congresspassedabanoncloninghumans butofcoursemadscientistswentaheadwithsecretcloning ban b n n Anofficialrulingthatsomethingmustnodone shown orused禁令 6 Andthen therewasthissoftwarebillionairewhowasnutsaboutMozart andwasespeciallynutsaboutMozart sRequiem HesetupasecretinstituteinSwitzerlandandhiredsometopbiologistsandtoldthemthey dget 1millioneachforeverybabytheyclonedfromMozart sDNA billionaire bilj n n anextremelyrichpersonwhosemoney property etc isworthatleastonebilliondollars pounds etc 亿万富翁nut n t n adryfruitwithakernelsurroundedbyahardshell坚果apersonwhoisverykeenonthestatedthing fan freak对某事物极感兴趣的人 迷 7 In2003 theinstitutemanagedtobringfourbabiestoterm Twodiedshortlyafterbirth Twosurvived Butthenthissoftwarebillionairedied andhiscompanycollapsed andsodidhiscloninginstitute OnebabyMozartwasputupforadoptionanonymously Nooneknowswhathappenedtothatone Theotherbabywasadoptedbyoneofthescientists whowasabigMozartfanherself collapse k l ps v tofallintoruin崩溃 8 Andthat sme hesays Hismother ofcourse didn ttellhimoranyoneelsewhohewas butshetoldtheboyhowspecialhewas howhewasagenius whatagreatcomposerhecouldbe tryingtopushherlittleMposer k m p uz n apersonwhowritesmusic音乐家 9 Butthe2010sweren tthe1760s Theboymayhavehadtalent buthealsohadhisownpriorities andtheydidn tincludeviolinsonatas Helikedrockmusicandhelikeditloud andthenashegotolderhelikedbeerandgirls Theharderhismotherpushedhimtobeagreatcomposer thelesshewantedtobeone Afterawhilehismothergaveup Bythetimehewas20 hehadadecentjobworkinginaframeshop Andthat swhentherooffellin decent di snt adj ofbehavior attitude proper sociallyacceptable 行为 态度 得体的 合适的goodenough像样的 过去的sonata s n t n apieceofclassicalmusicwritteneitherforasingleinstrument orforoneinstrumentandapiano奏鸣曲 10 Somereportergotwindoftheinstituteandthecloningexperimentandtrackedhimdown ButnoonecouldprovehewasacloneofMozartwithoutdigginguptheoriginal sothemediatreatedhimasajoke Itjustcrushedhim Hetriedrunningaway HejoinedaBuddhistmonasteryinJapan Oneday whilehewasthere heheardtheRequiem Notforthefirsttime butthistimeitwasdifferent Buddhist budist n 佛教徒Monastery m n s teri n abuildinginwhichmonks religiousmen liveandworship修道院 僧院 寺院reporter ri p t n apersonwhofindsoutandwritesaboutnewseventsoranewspaper orforradioortelevision记者media mi di n thenewspapers newsmagazines television andradio媒体 11 MyGod itwasbeautiful hesays Ifeltarealizationexplodeinsidemyhead Ijustfeltitsomehow Itranginsideofme I dfinishit ordietrying HeknewthatifhecouldfinishtheRequiem he dbefamousforreal ageniusinsteadofafool HeimmersedhimselfinMozart smusic Nights weekends allthetime hedrovehimself workingontheRequiem requiem ri kwi m n apieceofmusicwrittenforthereligiousservicetohonorthedead安魂曲 挽歌 12 And Whathappened Iturned37fourmonthsago I vebeenworkingontheRequiemfor15years Mozartdiedwhenhewas35 IshouldhavefinishedtheRequiemtwoyearsago Andyouhaven t 13 Helooksatmeforawhileandshakeshishead Youdon tunderstand Ihavehisgenesbutnothisgenius Andwiththathedropsatiponthebarandisgone Ineversawhimagain IftheRequiemwaseverfinished Ineverheardaboutit 14 PhrasesandExpressions bring ababy totermtocompleteapregnancy使 婴儿 足月产下diguptofindortakeoutoftiheground掘出 挖到 发掘forrealnotfalse真的 实在的 可能的getwindoftolearnaboutsomethingbychance听到 风声 获悉有关的消息goahead with tocontinue withanactionorplanofaction 继续inthefleshinreallife inbodilyform活生生的 本人putupfortomakesomethingavailableforcertainconsideration提供setuptoestablish anorganization business ect 设立 成立trackdowntofindafteradifficultorlongsearchbyfollowingthetracks追踪发现 15 Summary Thisisashort sciencefictionstorysetin2040 Thewriterimaginesafuturewherecloningtechniques althoughprohibited havebeenperfected HedescribesthecaseofamusiclovingbillionairewhohadfundedaprojecttoclonethemusicianWolfgangAmadeusMozart 16 Summary Thestoryissetinaba