You can't cram information about music, the sound of music, into your head the night before a test the way you might be able to in an English course or a history course.

你不可能像对待英语课,或者历史课考试那样在考试前一天晚上,将音乐中的信息或者将声音死记硬背,以便应付考试

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I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what I may call the sound of sense.

我自己作为一名英国诗人有意地,在我称作感性的声音中写出音乐感。

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