追夢人
卷首語
作者：by Jesse Hunter
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.