“Daddy, can I learn to play the violin?” young Sarah asked her father. She was always ____1____ things and her father was not very happy.
“爸爸，我能学拉小提琴吗?”小莎拉问她父亲。她总是要东西，她父亲很不高兴。
“You cost me a lot of money, Sarah,” he said. “First you wanted to learn horse riding, then dancing, then swimming. Now it’s the ____2____.”
“你花了我很多钱，莎拉，”他说。“一开始你想学骑马，然后是跳舞，然后是游泳。现在轮到小提琴了。”
“I’ll play every day,” Sarah said, “I’ll try very ____3____.”
“我每天都会练习，”莎拉说，“我会非常努力的。”
“All right,” her father said. “This is what I’ll do. I’ll pay for you to have lessons for one and a half months. At the end of ____4____ weeks you must play something for me. If you play well, you can have ____5____ lessons. If you play badly, I will ____6____ the lessons.”
“好吧，”她父亲说。“以下是我要做的：我会付你一个半月的学费。六个星期后，你必须为我演奏一些曲子。如果你拉得好，你可以上更多的课。如果你拉得不好，我就不让你上课了。”
He soon found a good violin teacher and Sarah began her lessons. The teacher was very expensive, ____7____ her father kept his promise.
他很快就找到了一位好的小提琴老师，莎拉开始了她的小提琴课。这位老师收费很高，但她父亲信守了诺言。
Quickly, the time came for Sarah to play for her father. Sarah began to play. She played very badly. She made a ____8____ noise. Her father had one of his friends with him, and the friend put his hands over his ears.
很快，莎拉为她父亲演奏的时间到了。莎拉开始拉起来。她拉得很差。她拉出了可怕的声音。她的父亲带着一个朋友，那个朋友用手捂住耳朵。
When Sarah finished, her father said, “Well done, Sarah. You can have more lessons.” Sarah ran ____9____ 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.
莎拉完成后，她父亲说:“做得好，莎拉。你可以上更多的课。”莎拉高兴地跑出了房间。她父亲的朋友转向他。“你花了很多钱，但她仍然拉得很差，”他说。
“Well, that’s true,” her father said, “But since she started learning the violin I’ve been able to ____10____ five apartments in this building very cheaply. In another six weeks I’ll own the whole building!”
“嗯，这倒是真的，”她父亲说，“但自从她开始学小提琴以来，我已经能以非常便宜的价格在这栋楼里买五套公寓了。再过六个星期，整栋楼就归我了!”
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