（走向高考）高中英语 晨读英语美文60篇 32 The Monster-Richard Wagner素材.docVIP

The Monster——Richard Wagner [00:08.62]He was an undersized little man, [00:11.49]with a head too big for his body — [00:14.03]a sickly little man. [00:15.69]His nerves were bad. [00:17.72]And he had delusions of grandeur. [00:20.85]He believed himself to be one of the greatest dramatists in the world, [00:25.68]one of the greatest thinkers, [00:27.57]and one of the greatest composers. [00:29.90]He wrote operas, [00:31.80]and no sooner did he have the synopsis of a story, [00:35.36]but he would invite—or rather summon — [00:38.27]a crowd of his friends to his house and read it aloud to them. [0