AmansatatametrostationinWashingtonDCandstartedtoplaytheviolin;itwasacoldJanuarymorning.HeplayedsixBachpiecesforabout45minutes.Duringthattimesinceitwasrushhour1100peoplewentthroughthestationmostofthemontheirwaytowork.

Threeminuteswentbyandamiddleagedmannoticedtherewasmusicianplaying.Heslowedhispaceandstoppedforafewsecondsandthenhurrieduptomeethisschedule.

Aminutelatertheviolinistreceivedhisfirstdollartip:awomanthrewthemoneyinthemoneyboxwithoutstoppingandcontinuedtowalk.

Afewminuteslatersomeoneleanedagainstthewalltolistentohimbutthemanlookedathiswatchandstartedtowalkagain.Clearlyhewaslateforwork.

Theonewhopaidthemostattentionwasa3-year-oldboy.Hismothertaggedhimalonghurriedbutthekidstoppedtolookattheviolinist.Finallythemotherpushedhardandthechildcontinuedtowalkturninghisheadallthetime.Thisactionwasrepeatedbyseveralotherchildren.Alltheparentswithoutexceptionforcedthemtomoveon.

Inthe45minutesthemusicianplayedonly6peoplestoppedandstayedforawhile.About20gavehimmoneybutcontinuedtowalktheirnormalpace.Hecollected$32.Whenhefinishedplayingandsilencetookovernoonenoticedit.Nooneapplaudednorwasthereanyrecognition.

NooneknewthisbuttheviolinistwasJoshuaBelloneofthemosttalentedmusiciansintheworld.Hehadjustplayedoneofthemostbeautifulpieceseverwrittenonaviolinworth$3.5milliondollars.

TwodaysbeforehisplayinginthesubwayJoshuaBellsoldoutatatheaterinBostonwheretheseatsaveraged$100.

Thisisarealstory.JoshuaBell’splayinginthemetrostationwasorganizedbytheWashingtonPostaspartofasocialexperiment.

Theoutlineswere:inacommonenvironmentataninappropriatehour:Doweenjoybeauty?Dowestoptoappreciateit?Dowerecognizethetalentinanunexpectedsituation?

Oneofthepossibleconclusionsfromthisexperiencecouldbe:Ifwedonothaveamomenttostopandlistentooneofthebestmusiciansintheworldplayingthebestmusiceverwrittenhowmanyotherthingsarewemissing?”

1.FewpeoplestoppedtolistentoJoshuaBellplayingbecause______.

A.peopl