It was a cold morning. A man got off the underground and stood against a wall. He took out his 1 from case (盒子), put the case at his feet, and threw a few dollars in it. Then he began to play the violin.
After three minutes, a man 2 him. He stopped for a while and then left in a hurry. After five minutes, a woman threw a dollar in the case 3 stopping. After ten minutes, a little boy stopped, but his mother pulled his arm to get him 4 again. He turned his head to 5 the man all the time. Later, several children did the same thing. Every parent hurried their children to keep them walking 6 . After forty-three minutes, the man stopped. During the time, 1,097 people passed by, but only seven people stopped and listened to 7 a little.
The man was Joshua Bell, one of the 8 musicians in the world. A newspaper planned the experiment (实验) to see if people saw good things and enjoyed good things.
The experiment also brought up a question. When people are in a common place, can they see the9 things around them? One possible idea we get from this experiment could be this:10 we don't have time to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, how many other things are we missing?
