每日英语听力

当前播放

贝多芬海利根施塔特遗书(1)

Oh you men who think or say that I am malevolent, stubborn, or misanthropic, how greatly do you wrong me.

You do not know the secret cause which makes me seem that way to you.

From childhood on, my heart and soul have been full of the tender feeling of goodwill, and I was even inclined to accomplish great things.

But, think that for six years now I have been hopelessly afflicted, made worse by senseless physicians, from year to year deceived with hopes of improvement, finally compelled to face the prospect of a lasting malady (whose cure will take years or, perhaps, be impossible).

Though born with a fiery, active temperament, even susceptible to the diversions of society,

I was soon compelled to isolate myself, to live life alone.

If at times I tried to forget all this, oh, how harshly was I flung back by the doubly sad experience of my bad hearing.

Yet it was impossible for me to say to people, Speak Louder, shout, for I am deaf.

Oh, how could I possibly admit an infirmity in the one sense which ought to be more perfect in me than others, a sense which I once possessed in the highest perfection, a perfection such as few in my profession enjoy or ever have enjoyed. – Oh I cannot do it; therefore forgive me when you see me draw back when I would have gladly mingled with you.

My misfortune is doubly painful to me because I am bound to be misunderstood; for me there can be no relaxation with my fellow men, no refined conversations, no mutual exchange of ideas.

下载全新《每日英语听力》客户端,查看完整内容
点击播放