Lang Lang usually had piano lessons once a week to prepare for the Conservatory.
Nearly 2000 students were applying for just 12 places at the Conservatory.
His lessons were expensive and very difficult, especially because of his piano teacher.
His music teacher didn't like Lang Lang.
He called his teacher "Professor Angry" because she always gave him a hard time.
What was the purpose of his lessons? - He wanted to study at the Conservatory.
His lessons were to prepare for entrance into the Conservatory.
Nearly 2000 students were applying for just 12 places at the Conservatory.
One afternoon, his teacher told him he had no talent and told him to go home.
Upon（当...的时候） hearing the news, his father screamed（尖叫） and seemed to lose his mind（失去理智）.
His father told him that everything was destroyed and there was no reason to live.
He ordered Lang Lang to jump off the 11th-floor balcony（阳台）.
After this, Lang Lang almost went crazy.
He didn't want to play the piano anymore.
What happened one afternoon? -His teacher told him to go home.
What did his father tell him to do? -jump off the balcony
Upon hearing the news, his father screamed and seemed to lose his mind.
What did his father tell him? -There was no reason to live.
One afternoon, his teacher told him he had no talent and told him to go home.
For several months, he neither played the piano nor spoke to his father.
Then some friends encouraged him to play a piece for them, and he realized his great love of the piano.
For the next 19 months, he practiced hard and his father encourage him.
Finally, when he was 10, he was accepted into the Conservatory with a full scholarship.
What happened when he was ten? -He was accepted into the Conservatory with a full scholarship.
Why did he started practicing again? - He realized his great love of the piano.
For several months, he neither played the piano nor spoke to his father.
In 1995, when he was 13 years old, he played music by Chopin in the Beijing Concert Hall.
In that same year he won first place in an international competition for young musicians in Japan.
When he was 15, he move to the United States and began studies with a famous pianist at the Curtis Institute.
Since then his career has grown and he has become a major star.
One American music critic(批评家, 鉴定家) called him "the biggest, most exciting keyboard talent I have encountered in many a year of attending piano recitals（钢琴演奏会）."
In that same year he won first place in an international competition for young musicians in Japan.
What did he do when he was 15? - He wanted to study in the United States.
In 2010, Lang Lang signed a recording contract for several million dollars.
In 2011, he performed at the White House for Presidents Obama of the United States and Hu jintao of China.
With all of his success and fame, Lang Lang tries to encourage others.
He uses his fame to spread the popularity of classical music and encourage young musicians.
And in the end, Lang Lang and his father have rebuilt their relationship.
In his autobiography(自传)[1], Mr Lang dedicated(献出, 贡献) the book to his mother and father.
With all of his success and fame, Lang Lang tries to encourage others.
Upon hearing the news, his father screamed and seemed to lose his mind.
For several months, he neither played the piano nor spoke to his father.
In his autobiography, Mr Lang dedicated the book to his mother and father.
He called his teacher "Professor Angry" because she always gave him a hard time.
His father told him that everything was destroyed and there was no reason to live.
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autobiography
[.ɒ:tәubai'ɒgrәfi] - ★★
n. 自传 ↩
