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　　My daughter performed on behalf of her class in the annual school concert today．She played so 　　1　　 that I could not help cheering her．The very 　　2　　 reminded me of her experiences of piano practicing．

　　When she was five, we gave her a piano as a birthday present．With great 　　3　　, she began learning it．However, when she was no longer 　　4　　, she became sick of it．　　5　　, it is a tough job to learn the piano, not to mention the daily routine(常规)of 　　6　　．

　　When her first teacher left, my friend 　　7　　 me to an American teacher whose way of teaching was completely American．After practicing, she would give my daughter some 　　8　　 comments, and then point out what should be 　　9　　．Every time she came, 　　10　　 beginning the lesson right away, she would first play some 　　11　　．She said,“To learn the piano, you should learn not only the 　　12　　 of playing, but more importantly, to 　　13　　 the music and love it．”

　　After some time, my daughter became fond of her lessons．Sometimes she 　　14　　 would like to 　　15　　 a little bit when her skill had reached a certain level．

　　Surprisingly, my daughter said to me one day,“Mom, I was 　　16　　 that you didn’t give up my piano lessons．Learning it is like climbing a mountain．You’ll feel 　　17　　 when you are on the way．When you look 　　18　　 from where you are, you will realize that you have been making 　　19　　．But if you 　　20　　, you’ll never take one more step．”That was the very thing I wanted to teach her．

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