80-year-old Joao is a great Brazilian classical pianist. At the age of 8, he had already won a contest 1 Bach. He could play 21 notes per second at the 2 of his skills.
However, fortune wasn't 3 to Joao. At 24 years old, he suffered an accident that 4 the nerves in three of his fingers. And at 55, he was struck in the head, leaving him with brain injuries that completely paralyzed (使瘫痪) his 5.
He had to abandon the piano, since he could 6 use his fingers. But paralyzed hands weren't enough to make him 7 his musical career. Joao became a(n) 8 in 2003. He couldn't turn the pages in the score or even swing the stick, so instead, he just committed every score to 9, note by note—almost 5,000 score pages.
Luckily, an engineer who saw him playing live decided to 10 something to help him. After a concert, he 11 Joao with the first model of a pair of special artificial gloves.
After 12 several models, the perfect match was created. The gloves provide the necessary 13 for each finger and can even "tune" to what he plays. After more than 20 years, João could finally 14 with his piano.
João knows that he might never recover his 15 of the past. But he's starting over, and he will keep pushing.
