A violinist in the metro
地鐵里的小提琴手
One cold January morning,
一月的一個寒冷的早晨,
a man sat down at a metro station in Washington D.C.and started to play the violin.
一個男人在華盛頓特區的一個地鐵站坐下,開始拉小提琴。
He played six famous pieces for about 45 minutes.
他演奏了六首名曲,大約45分鐘。
It was rush hour
當時是交通高峰期,
and thousands of people went through the station,
成千上萬的人經過車站,
most of them on their way to work.
大多數人在上班的路上。
Three minutes went by before a middle-aged man noticed there was a violinist playing.
三分鐘過去了,一位中年男子注意到小提琴手正在演奏。