On March 18, 2018, I was alone at home in San José, Costa Rica, drinking a cup of tea, 1 that my life was about to change. I received an e-mail 2 with the subject "scholarship selection result".
My heartbeat quickened as I read through it, and I was mad with joy: I had been chosen to receive a（n） 3 scholarship for a master's degree in conducting at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Finally, I would be able to gain a deeper understanding of the ancient tales of dragons and the old legends of China, which had always 4 me.
Five months later, I arrived in Shanghai, 5 an entirely new world. At the airport, two of my Costa Rican friends were waiting for me and accompanied me to the 6 at Lingling Road.
I remember clearly when I approached dorm building No 3, I was 7 by the sweet melody of a dizi（Chinese flute）, which was totally different from all that I used to hear in my 8 .
In Costa Rica, I learned the conducting technique well. 9 , it was my professor, Cao Tongyi at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, who 10 me in promoting my skills. His teachings 11 not only careful attention to detail but also the art of letting the music flow as gracefully as T'ai Chi.
In my opinion, that's the 12 of life in China. You can see it on every 13 when you notice how the traffic flows or on the way people walk to the subway, and even on how the delivery system works throughout China. 14 , music can surpass the boundary of notation（符号） and paper, 15 from the musician to the audience, enriching the world one note at a time.
