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Frederic Chopin（1810-1849）was a great composer and an excellent pianist. He composed twenty-four short 1．（piece）for the piano called preludes（序曲）. The longest one, Prelude no.15, is better 2．（know）by its nickname, the “Raindrop” Prelude. How did it get its nickname?

One day in 1838, when Chopin’s lover George Sand went out in a rainstorm, Chopin became worried. While he 3．（wait）for Sand, he wrote Prelude no.15.

When Sand came back Chopin played 4．（she）the music. Sand thought the notes sounded like raindrops. She let Chopin 5．（listen）to the raindrops falling on the roof. This made Chopin 6．（happy）. He insisted that he never paid attention to those sounds or 7．（copy）them.

However, like Sand, many people hear raindrops in this prelude. Some notes repeating throughout the piece sound like raindrops. The flow of the music is like rain, too. The piece starts 8．（soft）, 9． it gets louder, like rain getting heavier. Then the music gets quiet and finally 10．（end）, like rain when it stops.