【    AlthoughIlovemylife,ithasn'tbeenalotoffunasI'vebeenillfor28years.    Musichasalwaysbeenagreatloveofmineand,inmy20s,whenmy   1   wasmoremanageab】

　　    AlthoughIlovemylife,ithasn'tbeenalotoffunasI'vebeenillfor28years.

　　    Musichasalwaysbeenagreatloveofmineand,inmy20s,whenmy   1   wasmoremanageable,I 2  ten

　　yearsasaprofessionalsingerinrestaurants,playingandsingingfolksongs.   3   thatwasyearsagoandtimes

　　havechanged.   4   Ilivewithmotheronacountryfarm.

　　    Twoyearsago,IdecidedthatIwouldneedtohavesomekindofextraworkto   5   mydisabilitypension

　　(残疾抚恤金).   6   Ineededtosleepintheafternoons,Iwaslimitedinmy   7 .IdecidedthatIwouldconsider 

　　  8   tosinginginrestaurants.

　　    Myfamilyareallmusicians,soIwas   9   whenIwentintoourlocalmusicstore.IexplainedthatIwanted

　　tosingagainbutusingrecordedkaraokemusic.IknewthatdiscswereveryexpensiveandIreallydidn'thave

　　alotof  10  togetstarted.And  11  youfindonlythreetofoursongsoutoftenonadiscthatyoucan  12  use.

　　    WhenItoldtheowneroftheshopaboutmy  13 ;hegavemealongthoughtful  14 ."Thismeansalotto

　　you,doesn'tit?"hesaid."Comewithme."

　　    Heledme  15  thecrowdedshopandtoabenchwithalargeprofessionalkaraokeboxonit.Heplacedhis

　　largehand  16  onhistreasureandsaid,"Ihave800karaokesongsinhere.Youcantakeyour  17  andI'llrecord

　　themforyou.Thatshouldgetyoustarted."

　　    I  18 .Thankinghim,Imadeatimewithhimtolistentoallthesongsandchoose  19  that