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Brenda Bongos was a happy, talented girl. She
had one big dream-to play the drums in a band. But one big problem lay in her
way. To be good enough to play in a band, Brenda had to practice a lot, but she
lived next-door to a lot of old people. Many of them are sick. She knew that
the sound of beating drums would really get them nervous. So, she had tried
playing in the strangest places: a basement, a kitchen, and even in a shower.
But there was always someone who would get mad.
One day, while watching a science
documentary on TV, she heard that sound cannot travel in space, because there's
no air. At that moment, Brenda Bongos decided to become a musical astronaut.
With
the help of a lot of time, books and work, Brenda built a space bubble (透明圆形罩). This was a big glass ball connected to a machine which sucked out
(抽出) all the air inside. All that would be left inside
was a drum kit (成套设备) and a chair. Brenda got into the
space suit she had made, entered the bubble，turned on the
machine, and played those drums like a wild child.
It wasn't long before Brenda Bongos became
very famous. Many people came to see her play in her space bubble. Shortly
afterwards she came out of the bubble and started giving concerts. Her fame
spread so much that the government suggested that she be part of a special
space journey. Finally, , and it was far beyond (超越) her first dream of playing drums in a band.
Years later, when asked how she had
achieved all her dreams, she thought for a moment, and said," If those old
people next-door hadn't mattered so much to me, I wouldn't have found a
solution, and none of this would have ever happened."
