亲爱的小文:
你弹过萧邦fredericfrancoischopin(一八一○——一八四九)的作品吗?chopin是波兰人。只活了三十九岁。chopinplayedthepianoinpublicwhenonlyeightyearsold.hebegantocomposesoonafterward.hestudiedatthewarsawconservatoryfrom1826to1829beforeleavingpolandin1830.hesettledinparisin1831,and,exceptforsometravel,helivedtheretherestofhislife.
波兰夹在德国俄国之间,老是被侵略、被瓜分、被瓜剖豆分([ofacounty]tobedividedorsplitlikeamelonorabean;tobepartitioned)。
chopin音乐激起波兰人的爱国心。
thepolesalsohaveaninsatiableappetitefortranslationsofmolièreandshawandfortheirown19th-centurydramatistswhowrotefromexile,whentheircountrywaspartitionedamongthreeneighboringempires.
theplays,novels,andmusicofthisperiodhelpedkeepthepolessenseofnationhoodalive.onecomposer,inparticular,hasstirredpolishpridethrough