5 It just proves that a guy from nowhere can actually make it if he follows his dreams.这证明一个默默无闻的人也可以成功，只要他追寻自己的梦想。VI Enrichment ReadingAlexander Bloch was the conductor of the Florida West Coast Symphony Orchestra for manyyears. He also played in a string quartet and composed works for the violin, as well as writingoperettas and songs.Life in a Violin CaseThe turning point of my life was my decision togive up a promising business career and study music. Myparents, although sympathetic, and sharing my love ofmusic, disapproved of it as a profession.This was understandable in view of my familybackground. My grandfather had taught music for nearlyforty years at Springhill College in Mobile and, thoughmuch beloved and respected in the community, earnedbarely enough to provide for his large family.My father often said it was only the hardheadedthriftiness of my grandmother that kept the wolf at bay. As a consequence of this example in thefamily, the very mention of music as profession carried with it a picture of a precarious existencewith uncertain fi nancial rewards.My parents insisted upon college instead of a conservatory of music, and to college I wentquite happily, as I remember, for although I loved my violin and spent most of my spare timepracticing, I had many other interests.Before my graduation from Columbia, the family met with severe fi nancial reverses and I feltit my duty to leave college and take a job. Thus was I launched upon a business careerwhich Ialways think of as the wasted years.Now I do not for a moment mean to disparage business. My whole point is that it was notfor me. I went into it for money, and aside from the satisfaction of being able to help the family,money is all I got out of it. It was not enough, I felt that life was passing me by.From being merely discontented I became acutely miserable. My one ambition was to saveVI Enrichment Reading37Begin Again UnitTwoenough to quit and go to Europe to study music.I used to get up at dawn to practice before I left for downtown, distracting my poor motherby bolting a hasty breakfast at the last minute. Instead of lunching with my business associates, Iwould seek out some cheap caf, order a meager meal and scribble my harmony enough to enableme to go abroad.The family being once more solvent, and my help no longer necessary, I resigned frommy position and, feeling like a man released from jail, sailed for Europe. I stayed for four years,worked harder than I had ever dreamed of working before and enjoyed every minute of it.Enjoyed is too mild a word. I walked on air. I really lived. I was a free man and I was doingwhat I loved to do and what I was meant to do.If I had stayed in business I might be a comparatively wealthy man today, but I do not believeI would have made a success of living. I would have given up all those intangibles, those innersatisfactions that money can never buy, and that are too often sacrifi ced when a mans primary goalis fi nancial success.Money is a wonderful thing, but it is possible to pay too high a price for it.VII ExercisesSection A Oral Activities1. Discuss the following questions and answer them according to the movie and yourown knowledge and experiences.1 When you feel sad or depressed, what do you do to cheer yourself up?2 Some people say the real enemy in life is ourselves. Do you agree or disagree? Why?2. Read the quotations. Learn them by heart if you can.1 Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing. JohnErskine2 Music has always fascinated us in the way that it communicates, without words, withoutpictures. August Rush3 Music has charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks or bend a knotted oak.William Congreve4 Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule. SamuelButler5 I dont think you get to good writing unless you expose yourself and your feelings. Deepsongs dont come from the surface; they come from the deep down. The poetry and thesongs that you are supposed to write, I believe are in your heart. Judy CollinsVII Exercises
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