For a long time Gabriel didn't want to be involved in music at all. In his first years of high school, Gabriel would look pityingly at the music students, 1 across the campus with their heavy instrument cases, 2at school for practice hours 3 anyone else had to be there .He swore to himself to 4music, as he hated getting to school extra early.
5 , one day, in the music class that was 6 of his school's standard curriculum, he was playing idly (随意地) on the piano and found it7 to pick out tunes. With a sinking feeling, he realized that he actually8 doing it. He tried to hide his 9 pleasure from the music teacher,who had 10 over to listen. He might not have done this particularly well,11 the teacher told Gabriel that he had a good 12 and suggested that Gabriel go into the music storeroom to see if any of the instruments there 13him. There he decided to give the cello (大提琴) a 14.When he began practicing,he took it very 15. But he quickly found that he loved playing this instrument, and was 16 to practicing it so that within a couple of months he was playing reasonably well.
This 17 , of course, that he arrived at school early in the morning,18 his heavy instrument case across the campus to the 19 looks of the non musicians he had left 20.