The Pianist and an Old Woman
鋼琴師和一個老婦人
John was a very famous pianist.
約翰是一個著名的鋼琴師。
When he was a small boy.
他很小的時候,
he once played at a party in the home of a rich man.
有一次,他在一個有錢人的派對上演奏鋼琴。
He was only eight years old,
當時他只有8歲,
but he had played the piano for several years.
但是他彈鋼琴已經好幾年了。
At the party he played a famous piece by Beethoven.
在聚會上,他演奏了貝多芬的鋼琴曲。
He played wonderfully .
他演奏得非常棒。
The famous piece has several long rests in it.
這個著名的樂曲里面有許多長時間的停頓。
In each of these rests he took his hands away from the piano and waited .
在每次停頓處,他的手都會遠離鋼琴。
To him this was very exciting.
他感到非常興奮。
but the mother of the rich man thought differently.
但是那名富人的母親卻有著不同的看法。
Finally, during one of these rests she came over to him.
在停頓期間,那名母親走到了他的身旁。
She touched him on the head, smiled and said,
她撫摸著他的頭,笑著說,
"My boy, why don't you play us what you know well?"
“我的孩子,你為什么不彈奏一些你熟悉的曲子呢?”
WORD BANK
詞匯表
pianist
鋼琴家
Beethoven
貝多芬(德國大作曲家)
finally
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