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.

　　This is a real story. Joshua Bell's incognito (隐姓埋名的) playing in the subway station was __14__ by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about __15__ and taste of people. The __16__ were: in a commonplace environment at a(n) __17__ hour, do we realize beauty? Do we stop to __18__ it? Do we recognize the talent in unexpected surroundings?

　　One of the possible __19__ from this experience could be: if we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we __20__？

　　这是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。美国《华盛顿邮报》安排一个著名的音乐家在一个寒冷早晨的上班高峰期，到华盛顿的地铁站演奏小提琴，很少有行人驻足欣赏音乐家的“演出”。于是作者发出感慨：假如我们没有时间停下来聆听世界上最优秀的演奏家演奏世界上最优美的旋律，不知道还有多少美好的东西从我们身边溜走呢！

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