Question

George Dennehy was born with no arms. He never dreamed he would become a musician. But that is what he has become. He was born in Romania. And because of his poor condition, his parents sent him to an orphanage (孤儿院), where George was adopted (领养) by a family in America.

Early on, George’s parents saw musical abilities in him. “When I was 8 years old, my mum took me to have cello (大提琴) lessons,” he said. Though he didn’t really enjoy it, he seldom missed any lessons.

His first teacher helped him be able to play with his feet. Soon he was very good at it. At the beginning of high school, when the cello became “not so cool” to play, George began to play the guitar. “It was a lucky thing to learn the cello first,” he said. This made playing the guitar not so hard.

Playing music hasn’t been an easy road. He was shy at first. “I did face different challenges and didn’t know if I was going to make something of myself,” he said. But these doubts didn’t stop him. Every time he got on stage to play music, he could see how the audience (观众) admired his abilities. This made him feel confident of himself and encouraged him to continue his career.

George said that the secret of his success was being able to overcome (克服). “No matter what situation you’re in, anything is possible. It is so easy to give up sometimes, but we shouldn’t do that. We believe there is more that is meaningful for us,” he said.

Early years	George Dennehy was born 1. arms. He was sent to an orphanage. A US family adopted him.
Learning to play the cello	His musical abilities were2. by his parents and they sent him to learn cello lessons. He seldom missed any lessons, 3. he didn’t really enjoy it. He learnt to play with his 4. .
Learning to play the guitar	George started playing the guitar soon after he entered high school. His experience of learning the cello made learning the guitar 5. .
The difficult road of playing music	He used to be shy and had to face 6.______ and had many doubts. Being admired by the audience made him 7. of himself and encouraged him.
His thoughts of being 8.	Being able to overcome is the9. of his success. Nothing is 10. even if one is in bad situation.

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