So begins the novel that takes Langdon hunting and hurrying around Washington,D.C., through museums,monuments and government buildings.

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That's a one-movement work in which the composer tries to tell a story or play out an historic event or, in the case of the Strauss, to give us the beginning of the contents of a philosophical novel through music.

交响诗是类单乐章作品,作曲家试图从中讲述一个故事,或是再现一个历史事件,而施特劳斯,通过音乐,为我们讲述了一部哲学小说开头的内容

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And there is this heartbreaking love that Sal has for Dean, and, if you track that through, the major turning points in the second two thirds of the novel are moments when Sal makes it clear to Dean that he actually cares about him.

而且萨尔对迪安有着令人悲痛的爱情，如果你追踪这一点，你就会发现小说里,三分之二的时间萨尔都在,向迪安说明他有多在乎迪安。

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