by Jesse Hunter

City kids know the deal； the excitement and danger of stepping onto a subway platform for the first time. I remember my mom holding my hand tight， with good reason， as this massive， screeching silver dragon （tattooed with graffiti） came hurdling around the corner at breakneck speed. It was beyond AWESOME！

I spent the better part of my childhood on that 103rd Street subway platform， waiting for the No. 1 local train. But my fondest subway related memories have to be the first time I heard the Bing-Bong-Bing-Bong as the doors closed behind me， since I still find myself singing along with that simple yet addictive tune today， and my first time standing at the front of the train， seeing what the conductor sees， as a flurry of golden twinkling comets（old flickering halogen bulbs） zoom past my peripheral vision， causing me to jerk my head from left to right in what must have been a pretty adorable scene at the time.

This century-old underground machine bears many names； Subway， Metro， Underground and Tube to name a few. But its purpose goes beyond mere transportation. Its an all important part of many urbanites lives， who can hail from all walks of life. Misunderstanding on the Metro shows how a lot can happen， and not happen， just going from one stop to the next. Have you ever shared a glance with someone， above the sea of heads on a subway car， and wondered...what if？ Then I Fell in Love on the Subway is the story for you. 15 Minutes of Fame for Londons Underground examines the Tubes extensive acting career， and A 24 Hour New York City Subway Ride acts as mysterious metaphor for the journey of life.

I live in Guangzhou now， so I have to call it the Metro. But whatever its called， and wherever it goes， it will always be a part of me.

城里的孩子都熟悉這段經(jīng)歷：初次踏上地鐵站臺有多驚險，多刺激。我記得那時媽媽緊緊地握住我的手，要知道，那畫滿涂鴉的銀色巨龍可是以玩命般的速度呼嘯疾馳而至的。豈止厲害呀！

我大部分的童年時光都花在了103街的地鐵站臺上，等待1號車的到來。但我與地鐵相關(guān)的那些最美好的回憶要數(shù)我第一次聽到身后的車門關(guān)閉時發(fā)出的“呯嘭呯嘭”聲——因為我發(fā)現(xiàn)自己到現(xiàn)在依然會隨著那簡單卻引人著迷的聲調(diào)一起和唱；還有，我第一次站到地鐵首節(jié)車廂內(nèi)，看到列車長所能看到的一切，當(dāng)時，許多金光閃閃的“彗星”（舊時忽閃忽閃的鹵素?zé)襞荩┮魂噿呱?，迅速掃過我的視線范圍，使得我從左到右猛轉(zhuǎn)過頭，那時的這個情景一定非常有趣可愛。

這種上百年歷史的地下機器有眾多稱謂：

“Subway”、“Metro”、“Underground”、“Tube”也只是其中的幾個。但地鐵的作用可不只是運輸。它是來自各行各業(yè)的都市人生命中的重要部分。《地鐵上的小插曲》展示了在兩站之間會發(fā)生或者不會發(fā)生許多故事。你曾試過在人頭簇?fù)淼牡罔F車廂與某人四目相對嗎？你有曾想過，要是……會怎樣嗎？那么《地下鐵遇見愛》就是屬于你的故事了?！秱惗氐罔F屏幕緣》細(xì)數(shù)了地鐵豐富的演藝生涯，而《紐約地鐵24小時之旅》則是對人生之旅的神秘隱喻。

我現(xiàn)在在廣州生活，所以我得稱之為“Metro”。但無論它稱謂如何、現(xiàn)身何地，它總會是我的一部分。