Violin Lessons 小提琴课

Violin Lessons 小提琴课

"Daddy, can I learn to play the violin?" young Sarah

asked her father. She was always asking for things

and her father was not very pleased.

"You cost me a lot of money, Sarah," he said."First

you wanted Io learn horse riding, then dancing, then

swimming. Now it's the violin."

"I'll play every day. Daddy." Sarah said, "I'll try

very hard."

"All fight," her father said. "This is what I'll do.

5I'll pay for you to have lessons for six weeks. At

the end of six weeks you must play something for me.

If you play well, you can have more lessons. If you

6play badly, I will stop the lessons."

7"OK. Daddy," Sarah said, "That is fair."

8He soon found a good violin teacher and Sarah began

her lessons. The teacher was very expensive, but her

9father kept his promise.

10The six weeks passed quickly. The time came for Sarah

to play for her father.

11She went to the living room and said. "I'm ready to

play for you, Daddy."

"Fine, Sarah," her father said, "Begin."

Her father had one of his friends with him, and the

friend put his hands over his ears.

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When Sarah finished, her father said, "Well done,

1617Sarah. You can have more lessons." Sarah ranhappily

out of the room. Her father's friend turned to him.

"You've spent a lot of money, but she still plays very

badly." he said.

“爸爸，我能学拉小提琴吗？”小莎拉问她的父亲。她总是要这要那，所以她的爸爸很不高兴。

“你已经花了很多钱了，莎拉，”他说，“起初你想学骑马，然后想学跳舞，后来是游泳。现在又想学拉小提琴。”

“我会每天都练习的，爸爸，”莎拉说，“我会认真刻苦的。”

“好吧，”她爸爸说。“我会这么做：我付6个星期的小提琴课的钱，6个星期后你必须拉首曲子给我听。如果你拉得很好，就可以继续上小提琴课，如果你拉得很差，就不要再学了。”

“行，爸爸，”莎拉说，“这很公平。”

很快，她的父亲到了一个好的小提琴老师，莎拉开始学习拉小提琴。虽然学费很高，但她的父亲遵守了他的诺言。

六周很快就过去了。轮到莎拉为她父亲拉小提琴了。

她走进起居室说：“我准备好拉小提琴给您听了。”

“好啊，莎拉，”她的父亲说。“开始吧。”

萨拉开始演奏。她演奏得不好，小提琴发出可怕的噪音。

恰好她爸爸的一个朋友也在，那个朋友实在看不下去了，只好用手捂住耳朵。

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一曲终了，她的父亲说：“很好，莎拉。你可以继续学琴了。” 听到父亲这么说，莎拉高兴地跑出门去。在场的朋友对她的父亲说：“你已经花了不少钱了，可她还是拉得不怎么样。”

“噢，的确如此，”她爸爸说，“但自从她开始学小提琴以后，我就可以以很便宜的价格买下这幢楼的5个公寓。再过6周，我就可以拥有整幢楼啦！”