1·In the first place, it is easier to pin a meaning-word on a Tschaikovsky piece than on a Beethoven one.
首先，对柴可夫斯基的作品比对贝多芬的作品要容易找表达意义的词。
2·Few great names in music spell as much magic to the average concert-goer as that of Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky.
对一般经常去听音乐会的人来说，在伟大的音乐家中还很少有像柴可夫斯基这个名宇如此让人着迷。
3·There was but one person on intimate terms with Tschaikovsky - Nadyezhda von Meck. Yet it was an intimacy of correspondence.
只有一个人跟柴可夫斯基有着亲密的关系，那就是娜蒂契达·冯·梅克，但这仅限于通信来往。
4·For of all the classical composers tschaikovsky has been a veritable gold-mine as a lucrative source of themes for popular arrangements.
因为，在所有的古典作曲家中，柴可夫斯基是一座真正的金矿，有如一个源泉，不断地出现可供改编为流行歌曲的主题。
5·Only Beethoven and Mozart can rival Tschaikovsky in the number of compositions in various musical forms that stand out as repertory favorites.
在那些非常杰出而成为人们所喜爱的各种音乐形式的乐曲中，只有贝多芬和莫扎特才能在数量上同柴可夫斯基相匹敌。
6·The experience was so shattering to Tschaikovsky that he attempted to end his life by standing up to his neck at night in the freezing waters of the Neva River.
这场经历对柴可大斯基是一次毁灭性 的打击，他在夜里走进涅瓦河，让冰冷 的河水 没到自己 的脖子，打算以此结束自己 的 生命。
7·Although Tschaikovsky himself thought of the Pathetic symphony as his crowning masterpiece, the premiere on October 28 1893, in St. Petersburg proved a disappointment.
尽管柴可夫斯基自己认为《悲沧交响曲》是他最高的成就，可惜1893年10月28日在圣彼得堡的首次演出却是令人失望的。