The Pianist and an Old Woman
钢琴师和一个老妇人
John was a very famous pianist.
约翰是一个著名的钢琴师。
When he was a small boy.
他很小的时候，
he once played at a party in the home of a rich man.
有一次，他在一个有钱人的派对上演奏钢琴。
He was only eight years old,
当时他只有8岁，
but he had played the piano for several years.
但是他弹钢琴已经好几年了。
At the party he played a famous piece by Beethoven.
在聚会上，他演奏了贝多芬的钢琴曲。
He played wonderfully .
他演奏得非常棒。
The famous piece has several long rests in it.
这个著名的乐曲里面有许多长时间的停顿。
In each of these rests he took his hands away from the piano and waited .
在每次停顿处，他的手都会远离钢琴。
To him this was very exciting.
他感到非常兴奋。
but the mother of the rich man thought differently.
但是那名富人的母亲却有着不同的看法。
Finally, during one of these rests she came over to him.
在停顿期间，那名母亲走到了他的身旁。
She touched him on the head, smiled and said,
她抚摸着他的头，笑着说,
"My boy, why don't you play us what you know well?"
“我的孩子,你为什么不弹奏一些你熟悉的曲子呢？”
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词汇表
pianist
钢琴家
Beethoven
贝多芬（德国大作曲家）
finally
最后
