かなり、意味のとりにくい文章でした。
結果もあまり芳しくない…。
| 大問 | 得点 |
| 第6問：長文読解 「ピアニストを目指す少女の自伝」 | 34 / 45(満点) 8問中6問正解 |
Ms. Grodzinska, the teacher, was a plain, elderly woman and her apartment was thick with dust.
As she played, she altered from a plain woman to someone whose movements were as harmonious as th sounds she was creating.
I knew at once that I wanted to be able to bring forth sounds like that.
Musicians in Poland have sacredstatus, and having musical talent is an avenue of success open to all.
As a first step toward fame, I was taken for a musical hearing test, and felt the shame of failing most of it.
It was extremely dull to go through the finger exercises endlessly, but as soon as I was given parts of real pieces I learned them with enthusiasm.
It was an old school that combined a basic curriculumwith a full musical education.
Inside, the atmosphere was warm with the sounds of violins, red-faced kids running around the narrow hallways, and the heat of competition.
We wore a uniform, which hid inequalities,but the degree of everyone's talent was judged constantly.
At the end of my first year at music school, I gave my first public performance and I approached it with all the calmness of inexperience.
I seemed not to be playing but listening to the music as it poured out of my fingers.
Usually, the school resisted making stars of us, but they decided to make an exception to their policy and allowed me to give a whole concert by myself.
This was a frightening idea - to get through so many pieces without losing my nerve and concentration - and in preparation I started practicing like mad.
Afterward, though, I had my full reward.
For one glorious moment, music, admiration, and romance all came together, just like they're supposed to. |
