Last night I went to a concert of Chinese folk （民間的） music.The piece which was played on the erhu deeply moved me.The music was （1）

strangely

strangely

（strange） beautiful，but under the beauty I sensed a strong sadness and pain. （2）

Although

Although

the piece had a simple name， "Moon Reflected on Second Spring" （二泉映月），it was one of the most moving pieces of music that I've ever heard.Later I looked up its history，and I began to understand （3）

why

why

it was so sad.
   The music was written by Abing，a folk （4）

musician

musician

（music） who was born in the city of Wuxi in 1893.Just one year later，his mother died.Abing's father taught him to play many musical instruments，and by age 17，Abing was well-known （5）

for

for

his musical ability.However，after his father died，Abing's life grew （6）

worse

worse

（bad）.He was very poor，caught a serious illness and became blind.For several years，he was homeless.He lived in the streets and played music （7）

to make

to make

（make） money.Even after Abing got married and had （8）

a

a

home again，he continued to sing and play in the city streets for many years.
   Abing's amazing musical skills made him very popular.He could play over 600 pieces of music and he wrote many of them （9）

himself

himself

（he）.It is a pity that only six pieces of music in total （10）

were recorded

were recorded

（record） for the future world to hear.Today，Abing's "Moon Reflected on Second Spring" has become one of China's national treasures.