THE GAY GENIUS

The Life and Times of SuTungpo

PREFACE

By Lin Yutang

A vivid personality is always an enigma . There had to be one Su Tungpo , but there could not be two .

Definitions of a personality

generally satisfy only those who make them . It would ) easy to pick out from the life

and character of a man with such a versatile talent and colorful life a conglomerate of the qualities that have endeared him to his readers .

A vivid personality is always an enigma .

诵读小技巧：

诵读时要突出 vivid , personality 和 enigma 之间的

对比；重读 vivid ，且强调 vivid 时，作上扬处理

.vivid personality 后面要稍作停顿

强调 enigma ，且语调不要降下来，要稍微上扬. always 读得相对弱一些

There had to be one Su

Tungpo , but there could not

be two .

诵读小技巧：

强调 had to ，分句中剩余部分弱化

强调情态动词 could not ，且 not 要比前面的 could

读得更强一些

重读 two ，分句中剩余部分加速弱读

Definitions of a personality generally satisfy only those who make them .

诵读小技巧：

在 definitions of a personality 之后作停顿. generally satisfy 之后再稍作小停顿.强调 only 和 make

It would be easy to pick out from the life and character

of a man with such a versatile talent and colorful life a conglomerate of the qualities that have endeared him to his readers.

诵读小技巧：

强调助动词 would ，且 would 比 easy 读得更重一些 out 上扬、重读，且 pick out 后稍作停顿

上挑 from , the life and character of a man 语气、语调稍微偏低

强调单词 such ，重读 talent 和 life

上扬 conglomerate ，且音调比 qualities 高一些， qualities 后面稍作停顿

强调动词 endeared ，且在读完 endeared him 后稍作停顿