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Lang Lang is a world-class young pianist who grew up in Shenyang. He went to a piano school in Beijing
when he was just eight. 'You need1 ,' his father said. 'But if you don't work hard, no fortune will come'.
What made him sad was2his piano teacher in Beijing didn't like him. You have no talent (天赋). You
will never be a pianist.3a nine-year-old boy. Lang Lang was badly4. He decided that he didn't want lo
be a5any more, For the next two weeks he didn't touch the piano.6 , his father didn't push, but waited.
Luckily, the day came when his teacher asked him to7some holiday songs. He didn't want to, but as
he placed his fingers on the piano keys, he8that he could show others that he had talent9. That day he
told his father10he had been waiting to hear-that he wanted to study with a new teacher.11that point on,
everything turned around.
He started12competitions (比赛). In the 1994 International Young Pianists Competition, when it was13
that Lang Lang had won, he was too14to hold back his tears. Soon15was that he couldn't stay in China
forever-he had to play on the world's big16. In 1997 Lang Lang17again, this time to Philadelphia U.S. There
he spent two years practising, and by 1999 he had worked hard enough for fortune to take over. After his18
performance at Chicago's Ravinia Festival, gigs (特邀演出) in Lincoln Center and Carnegie hall started19Lang
Lang finally worked to reach the place where fortune spots (发现) him. and lets him20.
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