赢得大师的尊重(美文欣赏及相关完形填空).docVIP

赢得大师的尊重wn over the master When the young American composer Daniel Gregory Mason came to Boston to interview the great pianist and composer Ignacy Jan Paderewski , there was trouble from the start. 年轻的美国作曲家丹尼尔?格里格利?梅森来到波士顿，当他拜见伟大的钢琴家和作曲家伊格纳奇?扬?帕岱莱夫斯基时，一开始就遇到了麻烦。 Because of a misunderstanding Mason was two-and-a-half hours late for his meeting with the great pianist. Mason was waiting in the hotel lobby while Paderewski was upstairs, getting more and more aggravated by Mason’s tardiness. Finally Mason went up to see Paderewski and found him cordial enough, but Paderewski’s wife was cold and stan