whenhewasjusteight."Youneed 1 "hisfathersaid."Butifyoudon'tworkhardnofortunewillcome".
Whatmadehimsadwas 2 hispianoteacherinBeijingdidn'tlikehim.Youhavenotalent(天赋).You
willneverbeapianist. 3 anine-year-oldboy.LangLangwasbadly 4 .Hedecidedthathedidn'twantlo
bea 5 anymoreForthenexttwoweekshedidn'ttouchthepiano. 6 hisfatherdidn'tpushbutwaited.
Luckilythedaycamewhenhisteacheraskedhimto 7 someholidaysongs.Hedidn'twanttobutas
heplacedhisfingersonthepianokeyshe 8 thathecouldshowothersthathehadtalent 9 .Thatdayhe
toldhisfather 10 hehadbeenwaitingtohear-thathewantedtostudywithanewteacher. 11 thatpointon
everythingturnedaround.
Hestarted 12 competitions(比赛).Inthe1994InternationalYoungPianistsCompetitionwhenitwas 13
thatLangLanghadwonhewastoo 14 toholdbackhistears.Soon 15 wasthathecouldn'tstayinChina
forever-hehadtoplayontheworld'sbig 16 .In1997LangLang 17 againthistimetoPhiladelphiaU.S.There
hespenttwoyearspractisingandby1999hehadworkedhardenoughforfortunetotakeover.Afterhis 18
performanceatChicago'sRaviniaFestivalgigs(特邀演出)inLincolnCenterandCarnegiehallstarted 19 Lang
Langfinallyworkedtoreachtheplacewherefortunespots(发现)him.andletshim 20 .