From Composer to Interpreter to Listener Paragraph 4 By Tiffany

LOGO It is not so much the composer that the listener hears,as the interpreter’s conception of the composer what the listener hears is not the composer himself,but rather the interpreter’s understanding of the composer. Not so much…as…——not…but rather… Mr.Brown is not so much a scholar （学者） as a pedant( 书呆 子）

LOGO not so much...as : 与其说，不如说 Science moves forward, they say, not so much through the insights of great men of genuis as because of more ordinary things like improved techniques and tools. 他们说，科学的发展与其说源于天才伟人的真知灼见，不如说源于改 进了的技术和工具等更为普通的东西。 not so much as : 连 …… 都不 ( 肯 ) He didn't so much as thank me for returning his money that I found. 我把找到的钱还给他，他却连谢都不肯谢。

LOGO Must turn it over to the tender mercies of an interpretive artist——must leave it to the rough treatment by a musician who will play it. to the tender mercies of——to the probably unkind or rough treatment by

LOGO Lay listener: 外行的 Only if: 只要 …… 就, 只有 If only: 要是 … 多好 If only I had more money, I could buy some new clothes Only if you study harder, you will succeed.

LOGO Thank You