On a cold January morning, a man sat at a subway station in Washington DC and started to play the violin. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. Since it was rush hour, it was __1__ that thousands of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.
Three minutes __2__ and a middleaged man noticed the musician playing. He slowed his __3__ and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his __4__. A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the hat and without stopping continued to walk. A few minutes later, someone __5__ against the wall to listen to him, but then the man looked at his watch and started to walk again.
The one who paid the most attention was a 3yearold boy. His mother __6__him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard, __7__ the child continued to walk __8__ his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without __9__, forced them to move on.
In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. He __10__ $32. When he finished playing and silence __11__, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any __12__. No one knew the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate (复杂的) pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars. Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell __13__ at a theater in Boston and the seats averaged $1, 000.
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