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2 - 时文阅读|著名钢琴家傅聪辞世 阅读短文并回答问题2020年12月28日，傅聪先生因感染新冠病毒在英国逝世，享年86岁。这位化坎坷为传奇、处世性情率真、艺术造诣斐然的音乐家在2020年的尾声离我们而去。作为驰骋于国际音乐舞台的“东方钢琴诗人”，傅聪先生是第一位获得肖邦大赛奖项的中国人，也是西方音乐家眼中最能表现肖邦诗情的钢琴家。 阅读短文并回答问题 Fou Ts’ong, a Chinese-born pianist known for his sensitive interpretations of Chopin, Debussy and Mozart, Fou Ts’ong, a Chinese-born pianist known for his sensitive interpretations of Chopin, Debussy and Mozart, died on Monday at a hospital in London, where he had lived for many years. He was 86. A lover of classical music from a young age, Mr. Fou began taking piano lessons when he was 7. Mr. Fou made his first stage appearance in 1952. The concert caught the attention of officials in Beijing, who selected him to compete and tour in Eastern Europe. Mr. Fou soon moved to Poland, where he studied at the Warsaw Conservatory（音乐学校）on a scholarship. To prepare for the fifth Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 1955, he practiced so diligently that he hurt his fingers and was nearly cut from the first round of the competition. Mr. Fou was one of the first Chinese pianists to achieve global prominence when he took third place in the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1955. He also won a special prize for his performance of Chopin’s mazurkas. Almost overnight, he became a national hero. To China, Mr. Fou’s recognition in a well-known international competition was proof that the country could stand on its own artistically in the West. Chinese reporters flocked to interview Mr. Fou, while many others sought out his father, Fu Lei, for advice on child-rearing. In 1981, a volume of letters written by his father, primarily to Mr. Fou, was published in China. Full of advice, encouragement, life teachings and strict paternal love, the book Fu Lei’s Family Letters became a best-seller in China. Besides influencing a generation of Chinese, Mr. Fu’s words resonated（引起共鸣）long after his death with the person for whom they were intended. “My father had a saying that ‘First you must be a person,