"That's what opera and the jungle have in common," he concludes; a metaphor that sums up the craziness of Mr Herzog's epic film and his memoir about making it.

“这就是歌剧和丛林的共同之处，”他总结说；这个比喻概括了赫尔佐格先生这部宏大的电影和他这本拍摄回忆录的疯狂之处。

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The parrot he had just bought could recite Shakespeare's sonnets, imitate opera stars and intone Homer's epic poems in Greek.

他刚买的鹦鹉可以背诵莎士比亚的十四行诗，模仿歌剧明星并能用希腊语吟唱荷马史诗。

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"Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen" ("Rienzi, Last of the Tribunes, " 1840), after a novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, takes up the epic mode of French grand opera.

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