摘要
金发的高中女孩怀揣着音乐理想，人到中年的成功人士“我”却对她青春萌动的梦想不屑一顾。生活在高楼林立的喧嚣城市中，快节奏的生活早已让“我”忘记了梦想的意义。
The first time we met, she was perched1 on the brick wall surrounding a park,cradling2 a guitar. I marched across the street to her and asked why she wasn＇t in school on a Tuesday morning. ＇Tm going to become a famous musician,＂ she declared, pushing her blonde hair behind her ears. She couldn＇t have been older than sixteen years old, and yet a fierce brightness in her eyes accompanied her raised chin. However, I had always viewed music with disdain3 , and the girl＇s words made my lip curl.
