追夢(mèng)人

Are you a dreamer？ You obviously dream of improving your English， or you wouldn’t be reading this magazine right now. And I’d imagine， no pun intended to the late John Lennon， that improving your English constitutes a mere step on your ultimate journey， doing whatever it is that you want to do with your new and improved fluency.

As a young child， I dreamed of being a play-by-play sportscaster. It took until age 30， but mission accomplished. The thing is， somewhere in between， I also dreamed of being a Broadway star and got lost along the way. The closest I ever got to that ill-fated dream was the national tour of Dragon Tales， followed by an off-off-Broadway gig singing about stinky fish. Soon the fruitless auditions， and endless nights of bartending and waiting tables， prompted a new dream： Escape！ I needed a change， and swore I’d never wait tables again.

Long story short， I got the chance to come to China， and I jumped on it. Ever since， I’ve had successes and accomplishments that were beyond even my wildest dreams.

So， this month’s features all show how important it is to keep dreaming， no matter how out-of-reach your dreams may seem. You can revisit the dreams of your youth in When I Grow up， I Want to Be…. You can see how sexism affected Sue Biggs’s employment decisions in Daring to Dream. How Simon Cowell Crushed the Dream of a 13-Year-Old Girl is a cautionary tale for anyone dreaming of playing the harp on Britain’s Got Talent. And Letter From a Child： Don’t Be Realistic！ teaches us how being naive can actually spark the flames that fuel presidential aspirations.

In other words， dream on dreamers！ The sky’s the limit！！

你是個(gè)追夢(mèng)人嗎？顯然你正夢(mèng)想著提升自己的英文水平，否則現(xiàn)在你也不會(huì)在讀這本雜志了。而我會(huì)想象——用這個(gè)詞并無調(diào)侃已故的約翰·列儂之意，提升英文水平只是你邁向終極旅途的僅僅一步，帶著一口全新的經(jīng)過提升的流利英語，去做你真正想做的事。

孩提時(shí)，我夢(mèng)想成為一個(gè)體育節(jié)目實(shí)況主持。雖然年至而立才得以實(shí)現(xiàn)，但終歸任務(wù)是達(dá)成了。其實(shí)，之前，我也曾夢(mèng)想要成為一個(gè)百老匯明星，但卻在半路迷失了方向。參與《龍的傳說》全國巡演，那應(yīng)該是我離那多舛的夢(mèng)想最近的一次了，之后，我還在紐約的某個(gè)小眾劇場的演出中唱過以臭魚為題的歌。不久后，徒勞的試鏡，還有當(dāng)酒保及侍應(yīng)生的無盡夜晚，催生了一個(gè)新的夢(mèng)想：逃離！我需要一次改變，并發(fā)誓我再也不要當(dāng)侍應(yīng)生了。

長話短說，我得到了來中國的機(jī)會(huì)，我抓住了機(jī)遇。從那時(shí)起到現(xiàn)在，我收獲到的成就是以往無從想象的。

所以，這個(gè)月的主題文章全都在講保有夢(mèng)想的重要性，不管你的夢(mèng)想看起來多么遙不可及。在《兒時(shí)夢(mèng)難圓？》一文中，你能夠再度造訪你年少時(shí)的夢(mèng)想。在《敢于夢(mèng)想》一文中，你能看到性別歧視如何影響了蘇·比格斯的職業(yè)規(guī)劃?！段髅伞た纪?，你毀了我的夢(mèng)！》一文，對(duì)于任何夢(mèng)想在《英國達(dá)人》舞臺(tái)上演奏豎琴的人來說則是一份箴言。《稚純來信：別太現(xiàn)實(shí)！》一文教導(dǎo)我們，天真的確可以燃亮做總統(tǒng)的雄心。

換句話說，繼續(xù)尋夢(mèng)吧，追夢(mèng)人！天高海闊，能者無垠！……