[重点单词]

　　virtually /ˈvəːtʃuəli / adv. You can use virtually to indicate that something is so nearly true that for most purposes it can be regarded as true. 几乎

　　solely /ˈsəul-li / adv. not involving anything or anyone else 仅仅、只有

　　foremost /ˈfɔːməust / adj. the best or most important 最重要的、最好的

　　knight/naɪt/ v. to give someone the rank of knight 授予爵士称号

　　specialist/ˈspeʃəlɪst/ n. someone who knows a lot about a particular subject, or is very skilled at it  专业人士

　　[必备搭配]

　　solely as仅仅作为；classical-music critics古典音乐评论家；foremost critics重要的评论家；best-selling book畅销书

　　(5)①Is there any chance that Cardus’s criticism will enjoy a posthumous revival? ②The prospect seems remote. ③Journalistic tastes had changed long before his death, and postmodern readers have little use for the richly upholstered Vicwardian prose in which he specialized.④ Moreover, the amateur tradition in music criticism has been in headlong retreat ever since Virgil Thomson first showed the readers of the New York Herald Tribune that a trained musician could write about music every bit as stylishly as a professional journalist. ⑤As a result, today’s classical-music critics are expected to have precisely the kind of technical training that Cardus’s generation disdained。

　　[译文]

　　卡达斯的评论还有可能享有在他死后重新流行吗？前景似乎渺茫。 在他去世以前很久，新闻业的品味就已经改变了。并且后现代的读者们很少阅读他所擅长的经过华丽修饰的文章。而且，自从维吉尔·汤姆森首次在《纽约先驱论坛报》显示了一位受过训练的音乐家完全能够和职业的新闻从业者一样写出漂亮的关于音乐的文章，音乐评论中的业余传统就一直在迅猛地衰退。所导致的结果是，当今的古典音乐评论家们必须正好接受过这种技能训练，这是卡达斯那一代人所不屑的。

　　[语篇分析]

　　①句承接上一段，继续探讨卡达斯的评论作品。作者提出问题，卡达斯的评论还有可能享有在他死后重新流行吗？②作者给出了回答——前景似乎渺茫，seem表示一种不确定的语气。①②为同一意群，③④⑤为一个意群，③④两句道出了前景似乎渺茫的原因。③句说如今新闻业的品味已经改变了，而且后现代的读者们也很少去读这类文章；④句说例举维吉尔·汤姆森在《纽约先驱论坛报》的一篇文章显示了一位受过训练的音乐家完全能够和职业的新闻从业者一样写出漂亮的关于音乐的文章；正因为这样的原因，才使得音乐评论中的业余传统就一直在迅猛地衰退。其句子主干是：the amateur tradition in music criticism has been in headlong retreat.；后边是ever since引导的时间状语从句，表示“自从…”，在这个时间状语从句中，主干是：Virgil Thomson first showed sb that…，而that后面又引导一个宾语从句，主干是：a trained musician could write about music every bit as…as…，every bit as 是“和… 完全一样”。 ⑤As a result是表示结果的标志词，在阅读中我们也要注意，往往引出重要的结论。句子主干是：today’s classical-music critics are expected to have precisely the kind of technical training。后面是that引导的定语从句(that Cardus’s generation disdained)，修饰technical training。