VOA慢速英语:Memories and Hopes Meet in New Year's Music

短语讲解：

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

come together 聚会，相见; 会面
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：He'd dropped out of high school at the age of 16
他16岁的时候就从中学退学了。

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

come true 应验; 实现，成真
例句：You can make that dream come true.
你可以让那个梦想实现。