VOA慢速英语:New Year's Music: Where Memories and Hopes Meet at Midnight

1. The past and the future come together at midnight.

come together 聚会，相见
例句：The parallels seem to come together in the distance. 
平行线在远处看上去似交合在一起。 

2. In 1981, at the age of 38, he died in a car crash on his way to a performance.

at the age of 在…岁时
例句：Children enter primary school at the age of 7. 
孩子们7岁进小学。

3. Songs can also capture the pain of a wish that a person knows will never come true.

come true 实现，成真
例句：His dream had come true.
他的梦想已经变为现实了。

4. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.

as soon as possible 尽早，尽快
例句：We will contact you as soon as possible this time.
这一次我们会尽快给您回复的。