n.威尔第（意大利歌剧作曲家）
substantively legal───实质上合法的
give a bill───付账单
cove molding───油画外框的一种（边呈凹圆状）
exfoliative erythroderma───[医] 剥脱性红皮病
e driven───e驱动
slave states───蓄奴州
seldom if ever───如果有也是少见的，几乎从来不
to approve───批准
end over───结束
overwhelm you───压倒你
If it did, it would be a bit like Italy consigning Verdi to a few small halls in Milan and Rome.───如果真成了那样，就有点像意大利将威尔第的歌剧放到米兰和罗马的小剧场里上演的意味。
Which opera did Verdi write first?───威尔第最早写的是哪一部歌剧？
He welcomed Jewish performers to Bayreuth, and enjoyed the tuneful, popular music of Verdi and Donizetti.───他欢迎犹太人到拜罗伊特演出，喜欢威尔第和多尼采蒂旋律优美的音乐。
This was an era highlighted by the extraordinarily rapid appearance of the national schools, and the operatic supremacy of Verdi and Wagner.───这是一个时代所强调的异常迅猛，出现了民族学校，及戏曲至高无上的威尔第和瓦格纳。
Giuseppe Verdi, he insists, may have been a great opera composer but he was neither a great patriot nor a nationalist.───他坚持认为，朱塞佩•威尔第本可以成为一位伟大的歌剧作曲家，而不是一个伟大的爱国主义者，也不是一个民族主义者。
Changes in relative prices since the time of Verdi mean that grand opera is now very expensive to perform.───自威尔第（Verdi）时代以来，相对价格已发生了改变，这意味着，如今大歌剧的演出成本非常高。
A temporary two-lane bypass road around the sinkhole provides residents living in the Via Verdi cul-de-sac a way in and out during repairs.───临时双线天坑周围绕行公路进出提供维修期间居民在通过威尔第尽头囊生活的方式。
Sub-opera, for a maximum of Verdi , Mozart is, not Wagner, Wagner-opera music is coherent, general music at the concert is not easy.───分段式歌剧，威尔第为最多，莫扎特也是，瓦格纳不是，瓦格纳式歌剧的音乐是连贯的，一般音乐会上不太容易演唱。