Lang Lang usually had piano lessons once a week to prepare for the Conservatory. Nearly 2000 students were applying for just 12 places at the Conservatory. His lessons were expensive and very difficult, especially because of his piano teacher. His music teacher didn't like Lang Lang. He called his teacher "Professor Angry" because she always gave him a hard time.
郎朗通常每周上一次钢琴课，为进入音乐学院做准备。将近2000名学生申请只有12个音乐学院的名额。他的课既贵又难，尤其是因为他的钢琴老师。他的老师不喜欢朗朗，他称呼他的老师为“生气的教授”，因为她总是刁难他。
One afternoon, his teacher told him he had no talent and told him to go home. Upon hearing the news, his father screamed and seemed to lose his mind. His father told him that everything was destroyed and there was no reason to live. He ordered Lang Lang to jump off the 11th-floor balcony. After this, Lang Lang almost went crazy. He didn't want to play the piano anymore.
一天下午，他的老师说他没有天赋，让他回家。听到这个消息，他的父亲尖叫起来，似乎失去了理智。他的父亲告诉他，一切都毁了，没有理由再活着。他让郎朗从11楼的阳台上跳下去。此后，郎朗几乎疯了，他再也不想弹钢琴了。
For several months, he neither played the piano nor spoke to his father. Then some friends encouraged him to play a piece for them, and he realized his great love of the piano. For the next 19 months, he practiced hard and his father encouraged him. Finally, when he was 10, he was accepted into the Conservatory with a full scholarship.
几个月来，他既不弹钢琴，也不和父亲说话。后来一些朋友鼓励他为他们演奏一首曲子，他意识到他对钢琴仍有热爱。接下来的19个月里，他刻苦练习，他的父亲鼓励他。
最后，在他10岁时，他以全额奖学金被音乐学院录取。
In 1995, when he was 13 years old, he played music by Chopin in the Beijing Concert Hall. In that same year he won first place in an international competition for young musicians in Japan. When he was 15, he moved to the United States and began studies with a famous pianist at the Curtis Institute. Since then his career has grown and he has become a major star. One American music critic called him "the biggest, most exciting keyboard talent I have encountered in many a year of attending piano recitals."
1995年，郎朗13岁，他在北京音乐厅演奏了肖邦的作品。同年，他在日本一项青年音乐家国际比赛中获得第一名。15岁时，他搬到美国，开始在柯蒂斯学院师从一位著名钢琴家。从那时起，他的事业蒸蒸日上，成为了一位大明星。一位美国乐评人称他是“我参加钢琴独奏会多年来遇到的最伟大、最令人兴奋的键盘天才”。
In 2010, Lang Lang signed a recording contract for several million dollars. In 2011, he performed at the White House for Presidents Obama of the United States and Hu Jintao of China. With all of his success and fame, Lang Lang tries to encourage others. He uses his fame to spread the popularity of classical music and encourage young musicians. And in the end, Lang Lang and his father have rebuilt their relationship. In his autobiography, Mr Lang dedicated the book to his mother and father.
2010年，郎朗签下了一份数百万美元的唱片合同。2011年，他在白宫为美国总统奥巴马和中国国家主席胡锦涛献唱。郎朗以他所有的成功和名声来鼓励别人。他凭借自己的名声传播古典音乐，鼓励年轻的音乐家。最终，郎朗和父亲言归于好。在他的自传中，郎先生将本书献给他的父母。
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