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1、LessonFourteenTheListenerJohnBerry 一位几乎与世隔绝的八旬灯塔看管人，与一位三流小提琴手不期而遇。小提琴手为了躲避即将来临的暴风雨，来到老人的灯塔里，受到热诚的欢迎与款待。灯塔之外狂风怒号，掀起阵阵巨浪；灯塔内，老人从容不迫地履行自己的职责，泰然自若地与客人交谈。小提琴手端详着老人，情不自禁地拿出他心爱的乐器，在汹涌澎湃的暴风雨伴奏之下，为老人演奏了贝多芬的名曲。从未见过小提琴，不知音乐为何物的老人频频点头，完全理解乐曲反映出的思想感情，小提琴手找到了知音。 1O
2、ncetherewasalittleconcertviolinistnamedRudolf,wholivedinSweden.Someofhisfriendsthoughthewasnotthebestofmusiciansbecausehewasrestless;othersthoughthewasrestlessbecausehewasnotthebestofmusicians.Atanyrate,hehituponawayofmakingaliving,withnocompetitors.Wh
3、etherbychoiceornecessity,heusedtosailaboutScandinaviainhissmallboat,allalone,givingconcertsinlittleseaporttowns.Ifhefoundanaccompanist,wellandgood;ifnot,heplayedworksforunaccompaniedviolin;andithappenedonceortwicethathewantedapianosobadlythatheimagined
4、one,andthenheplayedwholesonatasforviolinandpiano,withnopianoinsight. 2OneyearRudolfsailedallthewayouttoIcelandandbeganworkinghiswayaroundthatrockycoastfromonetowntoanother.Itwasahard,stubbornland;butpeopleinthosedifficultplacesdonotforgetthelawofhospit
5、alitytothestranger—fortheirGodmaydecreethattheytooshallbecomestrangersonthefaceoftheearth.Theaudiencesweresmall,andevenifRudolfhadbeenreallyfirst-rate,theywouldnothavebeenverydemonstrative.Fromancienttimestheirenergyhadgone,firstofall,intoearnesttoil.S
6、ometimesthelocalschoolteacher,whoremindedthemoftheirdutytothenamesofBeethovenandBachandMozartandoneortwootherswhosemusicperhapswasnotmuchheardinthoseparts,collectedthem.Toooftenpeoplesatstolidlywatchingthenoisylittlefiddler,andwenthomefeelinggravelyedi
7、fied.Buttheypaid. 3AsRudolfwassailingfromonetowntothenextalongasparselysettledshore,thenortheastturnedblackandmenacing.AstormwasbearingdownuponIceland.Rudolfwasroundingableak,dangerouscape,andhismaptoldhimthatthenearestharborwashalfaday'sjourneyaway.He
8、wasstartingtoworrywhenhesaw,lessthanamileoffshore,alighthouseonatinyrockisland.Atthebaseofthelighthousewasadeep,narrowcove,protectedbycliffs.Withsomedifficulty,intherisingseas,heputinthereandmooredtoanironringthathungfromthecliff.Afligh
