追夢人

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！！

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

孩提時，我夢想成為一個體育節(jié)目實況主持。雖然年至而立才得以實現(xiàn)，但終歸任務是達成了。其實，之前，我也曾夢想要成為一個百老匯明星，但卻在半路迷失了方向。參與《龍的傳說》全國巡演，那應該是我離那多舛的夢想最近的一次了，之后，我還在紐約的某個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，還有當酒保及侍應生的無盡夜晚，催生了一個新的夢想：逃離！我需要一次改變，并發(fā)誓我再也不要當侍應生了。

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

所以，這個月的主題文章全都在講保有夢想的重要性，不管你的夢想看起來多么遙不可及。在《兒時夢難圓？》一文中，你能夠再度造訪你年少時的夢想。在《敢于夢想》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。《西蒙·考威爾，你毀了我的夢！》一文，對于任何夢想在《英國達人》舞臺上演奏豎琴的人來說則是一份箴言?！吨杉儊硇牛簞e太現(xiàn)實！》一文教導我們，天真的確可以燃亮做總統(tǒng)的雄心。

換句話說，繼續(xù)尋夢吧，追夢人！天高海闊，能者無垠?。?/p>