放眼未来

A Glimpse of the Future

这些日子，我真不想再看报了。歌剧界过世的人越来越多，我实在不能接受这些噩耗了。中国朋友们以为我由于年末节日临近，想避开这些不吉利的讯息，其实原因绝非这么简单。在看过这么多回顾从前的讣闻后，我决定要放眼未来。

I＇ve stopped reading the newspaper these days. The number of deaths in the opera world had been climbing to epidemic proportions and one can only take so much bad news this time of year. My Chinese friends think I＇ m simply avoiding inauspicious announcements for the holidays, but actually it＇s more than that. After seeing so many obituaries so concerned with the past, I＇ve decided to concentrate on the future.