1·That's not surprising, as prevost's novel - initially banned in France - inspired many less accomplished tales, as well as operas by Massenet and Puccini.
这并不奇怪，因为普雷沃·斯特的小说(最初禁止在法国发行)激励了许多不够精湛的故事，以及马斯奈和普契尼的歌剧。
2·He was praised to the skies by Puccini and Schoenberg.
他曾被普契尼和勋伯格捧上了天。
3·Away from his public, Puccini was a painfully shy man, given to periods of black depression accentuated by a stormy family life.
在远离其公众(生活时)，普契尼是个极为害羞的人，而其跌荡的家庭生活给予他一段段黑暗的忧郁。
4·Puccini meets a young journalist who questions him and directs him towards the original sources of his vocation.
一位年轻的记者当面质问了普契尼的创作灵感的来源。
5·Verdi and Puccini are important composer in the opera history, whose works having high rate in the world performance.
威尔第、普契尼是歌剧史上不可缺少的重要作曲家，其歌剧作品在世界的上演率很高。