妙语短篇A1之12、Violin Lessons

12、Violin Lessons

\"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 to 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 right,\" her father said. \"This is what I'll do. I'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 play badly, I will stop the lessons.\"

\"0. K. Daddy,\" Sarah said. \"That is fair.

He soon found a good violin teacher and Sarah began her lessons. The teacher was very expensive, but her father kept his promise.

The six weeks passed quickly. The time came for Sarah to play for her father.

She went to the living room and said, \"I'm ready to play for you, Daddy.

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

She began to play. She played very badly. She made a terrible noise.

Her father had one of his friends with him, and the friend put his hands over his ears.

When Sarah finished, her father said, \"Well done, Sarah. You can have more lessons.\"

Sarah ran happily 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.

\"Well, that's true,\" her father said. \"But since she started learning the violin I've been able to buy five apartments in this build very cheaply. In another six weeks I'll own the whole building!\"

“爸爸，我可以学习小提琴吗？”年轻的萨拉问她的父亲。她从请求父亲学很多课程，并且她的父亲并不是很满意。

“你花费了我很多金钱，萨拉。”他说，：首先你想学会骑马然后跳舞，然后游泳，现在是小提琴。”

“我会每天去练习它的，爸爸”萨拉说，：我将尝试并会很努力的。”

“好。”她的父亲说，“这是什么我将做，我将使用为了你能有训练六个星期。在六个星期后你必须为我演奏，如果你演奏的很好，你将可以学习很多课程，如果你演奏的很糟，我将会停止你所有的课程。”

“行，爸爸。”萨拉说，“这很公平。”

他很快找到了一位很好的小提琴老师，并且萨拉很快开始了她的课程，这个老师的学费很昂贵，但是她的父亲很遵守诺言。

六个星期很快过去了，到了萨拉为父亲演奏的时刻。

她走到客厅说：“我该开始为您演奏了，爸爸”

“好，萨拉。”她父亲说，“开始吧！”

她开始演奏，他演奏的很糟糕，她制造出了恐怖的音乐。

她父亲有个朋友。他的朋友用手捂住自己的耳朵。

当萨拉完成了演奏，她父亲说：“做得好，萨拉，你可以学习更多的课程。”

萨拉愉快地跑出屋子。她父亲的朋友转身对他说：“你花费了很多金钱，但是她任然演奏的很糟糕。”他说。