管理类联考-英语 : 基础 [ 十 ]

The turning point of my life was my decision to give up a promising business career and study

music. My parents, although sympathetic, and sharing my love of music, disapproved of it as a profession. This is understandable in view of the family background. My grandfather had taught music for nearly forty years at Spring hill College in Mobile and, though much beloved and respected in the community, earned barely enough to provide for his large family.

As a consequence of this example in the family, the very mention of music as a profession carried with it a picture of a precarious existence with uncertain financial rewards. My parents insisted upon college instead of a conservatory of music, and to college I went—quite happily, as I remember, for although I loved my violin and spent most of my spare time practicing, I had many other interests.(147)

放弃前途光明的商业生涯转而学习音乐的决定成为我人生重要的转折点。尽管我的父母 理解并且赞赏我对音乐的那份钟爱，但他们还是不赞同我将其作为一种职业。从家庭的角度 出发，这是可以理解的。当时我的祖父已经在莫比尔斯普林希尔大学教授音乐四十余年，虽 然很受尊重与爱戴，但所得薪酬却勉强能够支撑整个大家庭的开销。

家里有这一先例，我那将没有财富收入的音乐梦想显得很不被接受。我的父母坚持让我 读大学而非音乐学院。我的确读了大学，记得当时也很高兴，因为除了喜爱小提琴并且花大 部分课余时间练习外我还有很多其他爱好。

 

promise ['prɑmɪs] n./ v. 许诺;允诺        sympathetic[,sɪmpə'θɛtɪk] adj.同情的;赞同的        disapprove ['dɪsə'prʊv] v. 不赞成

profession [prə'fɛʃən] n. 职业        respect [rɪ'spɛkt] n. 尊敬;方面 v. 尊敬         community [kə'mjʊnəti] n. 社区

earn [ɝn] v. 赚        barely ['bɛrli] adv. 仅仅，勉强         provide [prə'vaɪd] v. 提供

consequence ['kɑnsəkwɛns] n. 结果         mention ['mɛnʃən] v. 提到 n. 提及

financial [faɪ'næ nʃl] adj. 金融的;财政的         insist [ɪn'sɪst] v. 坚持
spare [spɛr] v. 节约 adj. 多余的         understandable['ʌndɚ'stæ ndəbl]a.可理解的

 

 

and :    1. 并列 ,       2 表递进