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One night in November, Itzhak Perlman gave
a concert in a theatre. If you have ever been to a Perlman concert, you know
that becoming a violinist is not a small 1 for him. He had to walk 2 the help of two walking sticks as a result of
the disease he caught as a child. People sat 3 while he made his way to his chair and began
his play. But this time, something went 4 Just as he finished the first few parts of the
music, one of the strings(弦) on his violin 5 . We thought that he would have to stop the
concert. But he didn't. Instead , he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then 6 the conductor (指挥) to
begin again. The orchestra(管弦乐队) began and he played
with such strong feeling and purity as they had never heard before.
Of course, everyone knows that it is 7 for a violinist to play a pleasant work with
just three strings. I know that, and you know that, but that night Itzhak
Perlman didn't want to accept that.
When he finished, there was a terrible 8 in the room. And then people rose and cheered
from every corner of the theatre.
Perlman was excited. He smiled and said, "You
know, sometimes it is the artist's task to 9 how much music you can still make with what
you have left."
So, suppose our task in this fast-changing
world is to make music. At first we should try our best with all that we have.
And then, 10 it
is no longer possible, try to play it with what we have left.
