Rose Horowitch’s “The Age of Reading Is Over” is devastating(令人震撼的;毁灭性的). The comparison between our present moment and the long, undramatic decline of the Library of Alexandria is apt: We are witnessing a gradual failure of will and attention.(将当下与亚历山大图书馆漫长而平淡的衰落相比,这一类比恰如其分:我们正在目睹意志与注意力的逐渐溃败。)
罗丝·霍罗威茨的《阅读的时代已经结束》令人震撼。文章将当下与亚历山大图书馆漫长而平淡的衰落相提并论,这一类比恰如其分:我们正在目睹意志与注意力的逐渐溃败。
I am a conductor(指挥家), and I was struck by the parallel with musical literacy. A score(乐谱), like a serious book, demands an ability to hold a complex structure in your mind and resist the urge to(抵制做某事的冲动) skim. When that capacity atrophies, music becomes background, atmosphere, content. The difference between reading Doctor Zhivago and reading a romantasy novel is not unlike the difference between listening to a late Beethoven quartet and letting a playlist wash over you.(读《日瓦戈医生》与读浪漫奇幻小说的区别,不亚于聆听贝多芬晚期四重奏与任由歌单冲刷耳膜的区别。)
我是一名指挥,音乐素养与阅读素养之间的相似性让我感触颇深。一份乐谱,就像一本严肃的书,要求你能够在脑中把握复杂的结构,并抵制略读的冲动。当这种能力萎缩,音乐就沦为背景、氛围、内容。读《日瓦戈医生》与读一部浪漫奇幻小说之间的区别,不亚于聆听贝多芬晚期四重奏与任由歌单冲刷耳膜之间的区别。
David Woodard Tampere, Finland
大卫·伍达德 芬兰坦佩雷
