In an entrance examination of a conservatory，the teacher asked one boy，"What is the most important physiological¹ quality of a musician”

在一次音乐学院的入学考试中，老师问一位应试的小伙子:“音乐家最重要的生理素质是什么?”

"To be deaf，”replied the boy.

“耳聋。”小伙子回答说。

"Nonsense” said the teacher angrily

“胡说!”老师愤怒地说。

" Don't you know that the most famous musician Beethoven was deaf?”the boy asked in reply disdainfully.

“先生难道您不知道连鼎鼎大名的音乐家贝多芬是个聋子都不知道吗?”小伙子轻蔑地反问道。

conservatory：音乐学院

physiological：生理的

nonsense：胡言乱语

disdainfully：轻蔑地