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IHaveHisGenesButNotHisGenius1/19CultureNotesAustriancomposer,centrallyimportanttotheclassicalera(about1750to1820)OneofthemostinspiredcomposersinWesternmusicaltraditionMozart,WolfgangAmadeus(1756-1791)2/19IHaveHisGenesButNotHisGenius

It'sChristmasEve2040,andI'mtheonlybartenderstillworkingthatafternoon,andthehouseispracticallyempty.Iseethisguydownattheendofthebar,sittingbyhimself.Ibringhimafreshdrink,andwishhimgreetingsoftheseason.Helooksatme,sortoffunny,andsays:"DoyouknowwhoIam?"Christmas['krism?s]n.（inChristianity）JesusChrist’sbirthday,celebratedonDecember25th圣誕節(jié)eve[i:v]n.theeveningbeforeanevent，esp.aholiday前夜，前夕guy[ga?]n.aman；anyperson，maleorfemale家伙，人3/19

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.標(biāo)題；講解詞；字幕chin[t?in]n.thefrontpartoftheface（esp.ofahumanbeing）belowthemouth下巴；下頜definite['definit]

adj.clearlyknown，seen，orstated；withoutanyuncertainty確切；必定；顯著portrait[‘p?:trit]n.apainting,drawing,orphotographofarealpersonorgroupofpeople肖像，人像resemblance

[ri‘zembl?ns]n.similarity,esp.inappearance;likeness相同之處，雷同之處

4/19Nowit'smyturntolookathimfunny.Thenithitsmelikeabrick."You'rethatcloneguy,"Isay."Theguyinthepapersbackinthe'20s.""Intheflesh.WolfgangAmadeusMozart.Ihavehisbrain,hisheart,hisDNA.He'smyfatherandmymotherandmybrother.He'smyidenticaltwin,exceptIwasborn247yearslater.“brick[br?k]n.ablockofbakedciayusedasbuildingmaterial磚flesh[fle?]

n.thesoftpartofthebodyofapersonoranimalthatcoversthebonesandliesundertheskin肉DNAn.deoxyribonucleicacid脫氧核糖核酸t(yī)win[tw?n]n.eitheroftwochildrenbornofthesamemotheratthesametime雙胞胎中一個(gè)，雙生兒女5/19

Sohestartstalking.Ittakeshimalongtimetoexplain,andIdidn'tgetitall,butIgotalot.In,Congresspassedabanoncloninghumans,butofcoursemadscientistswentaheadwithsecretcloning.ban[b?n]n.Anofficialrulingthatsomethingmustnodone,shown,orused禁令6/19Andthen,therewasthissoftwarebillionairewhowasnutsaboutMozart,andwasespeciallynutsaboutMozart'sRequiem.HesetupasecretinstituteinSwitzerlandandhiredsometopbiologistsandtoldthemthey'dget$1millioneachforeverybabytheyclonedfromMozart'sDNA.billionaire[,bilj?'n??]n.anextremelyrichpersonwhosemoney,property,etc.isworthatleastonebilliondollars,pounds,etc.億萬(wàn)富翁nut[n?t]n.adryfruitwithakernelsurroundedbyahardshell堅(jiān)果apersonwhoisverykeenonthestatedthing；fan，freak對(duì)某事物極感興趣人，…迷7/19In,theinstitutemanagedtobringfourbabiestoterm.Twodiedshortlyafterbirth.Twosurvived.Butthenthissoftwarebillionairedied,andhiscompanycollapsed,andsodidhiscloninginstitute.OnebabyMozartwasputupforadoptionanonymously.Nooneknowswhathappenedtothatone.Theotherbabywasadoptedbyoneofthescientists,whowasabigMozartfanherself.collapse[k?'l?ps]v.tofallintoruin瓦解8/19"Andthat'sme,"hesays.Hismother,ofcourse,didn'ttellhimoranyoneelsewhohewas,butshetoldtheboyhowspecialhewas,howhewasagenius,whatagreatcomposerhecouldbe,tryingtopushherlittleMozarttowardmusic.

composer

[k?m'p?uz?]n.apersonwhowritesmusic音樂家9/19

Butthesweren'tthe1760s.Theboymayhavehadtalent,buthealsohadhisownpriorities,andtheydidn'tincludeviolinsonatas.Helikedrockmusicandhelikeditloud,andthenashegotolderhelikedbeerandgirls.Theharderhismotherpushedhimtobeagreatcomposer,thelesshewantedtobeone.Afterawhilehismothergaveup.Bythetimehewas20,hehadadecentjobworkinginaframeshop.Andthat'swhentherooffellin.decent

['di:snt]adj.（ofbehavior，attitude）proper；sociallyacceptable（行為，態(tài)度）得體，適當(dāng)goodenough像樣，過去sonata[s?‘nɑ:t?]n.apieceofclassicalmusicwritteneitherforasingleinstrument,orforoneinstrumentandapiano奏鳴曲10/19

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記者media[‘mi:di?]n.thenewspapers，newsmagazines，television，andradio媒體11/19

"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12/19"And?Whathappened?""Iturned37fourmonthsago.I'vebeenworkingontheRequiemfor15years.Mozartdiedwhenhewas35.IshouldhavefinishedtheRequiemtwoyearsago.""Andyouhaven't."

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Helooksatmeforawhileandshakeshishead,"Youdon'tunderstand.Ihavehisgenesbutnothisgenius."Andwiththathedropsatiponthebarandisgone.Ineversawhimagain.IftheRequiemwaseverfinished,Ineverheardaboutit.14/19PhrasesandExpressionsbring(ababy)totermtocompleteapregnancy使（嬰兒）足月產(chǎn)下diguptofindortakeoutoftiheground掘出；挖到；發(fā)掘forrealnotfalse真；實(shí)在；可能getwindoftolearnaboutsomethingbychance聽到···風(fēng)聲；獲悉相關(guān)消息goahead(with)tocontinue(withanactionorplanofaction)繼續(xù)inthefleshinreallife;inbodilyform活生生；本人putupfortomakesomethingavailableforcertainconsideration提供setuptoestablish(anorganization,business,ect)設(shè)置；成立trackdowntofindafteradifficultorlongsearchbyfollowingthetracks追蹤發(fā)覺15/19SummaryThi