A violinist in the metro
地铁里的小提琴手
One cold January morning,
一月的一个寒冷的早晨,
a man sat down at a metro station in Washington D.C.and started to play the violin.
一个男人在华盛顿特区的一个地铁站坐下,开始拉小提琴。
He played six famous pieces for about 45 minutes.
他演奏了六首名曲,大约45分钟。
It was rush hour
当时是交通高峰期,
and thousands of people went through the station,
成千上万的人经过车站,
most of them on their way to work.
大多数人在上班的路上。
Three minutes went by before a middle-aged man noticed there was a violinist playing.
三分钟过去了,一位中年男子注意到小提琴手正在演奏。