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One day
when Picasso was walking along a road, a woman passed by and saw him. She ran
to Picasso for a painting as a gift. Picasso smiled and said {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(polite), "I'm sorry, Madam. I have
nothing to paint. I am {#blank#}2{#/blank#}/ˈempti/ handed here. I may make you a painting some other time."
However,
the woman didn't give up. She {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(keep)
on, "Please, I am a big fan of you and I want to meet you for years."
Hearing this, Picasso was moved and then took out a small {#blank#}4{#/blank#} of
paper and a pen, and began to draw something. Within 10 seconds, Picasso
finished {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(draw)
and handed it to the woman, "Take this! It's a million-dollar painting."
But the woman thought Picasso was just playing a joke on her. How
could it be {#blank#}6{#/blank#}/wɜːθ/ a million dollars just in 10 seconds? So she went to the market
and was {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(surprise)
to learn that it was true.
When
meeting Picasso again, she wished she could be his student. She said, "Please
teach me so that I can do the same thing {#blank#}8{#/blank#} such a short time."
Picasso
smiled and said, "Dear, the drawing I made was not in 10 seconds {#blank#}9{#/blank#} my
thirty-year efforts towards the arts!" The woman was speechless.
We fix our eyes on others' {#blank#}10{#/blank#}/səkˈses/ more often than the hard work and patience behind it. If we want
to reach it, we need experience and struggle(奋斗).