人物：赵林，一个憨厚老实，却不思进取的阔公子；张力，勤奋好学，家境贫寒的读书生。这两位可是十足的铁哥们，也是一对欢喜同桌。他们是山东济南人。
People: Zhao Lin, a simple and honest, but not enterprising broad-minded childe; tension, studious, poor scholar. These two are full iron brothers. They are also a happy couple. They are from Jinan, Shandong Province.
时间：1996年6月
Time: June 1996
背景：这两位书生正预备体验：“千军万马闯独木桥”的阵势——高考。
Background: these two scholars are preparing to experience the formation of "thousands of troops rush into the single wood bridge" - college entrance examination.
第一幕
Act one
张力：（埋头苦干，咬着笔杆，紧皱眉头）这题怎么这么棘手呀？
Tension: (working hard, biting the pen and frowning) why is this so difficult?
赵林：（翻阅着动漫，嚼着泡泡糖，高跷二郎腿）哎，不会做就别做了呗！动漫多好看呀！
Zhao Lin: (flipping through anime, chewing bubble gum and walking on stilts) Hey, if you can't do it, don't do it! How nice the cartoon is!
张力：（叹了一口气，摇了摇头）兄弟，现在可是关键时期，咱们马上就要经历“一考定终生”了，多花点心思学习吧！
Tension: (sighs and shakes his head) brother, it's a critical period now. We're going to experience "one test for life". Please study more!
（话外音：看潮起潮落，赏花开花谢，高考在考生们的提心吊胆中已经过去，丰收的秋天，北京大学迎来了又一批学子）
(voice over: watching the tide rise and fall, appreciating the flowers bloom and thank you, the college entrance examination has passed in the fear of the examinees. In the autumn of harvest, Peking University ushered in another group of students.)
张力：（怀着无限憧憬，拎着大包小包的行李在北大西门前）啊，我魂牵梦绕的圣地，末名湖，博雅塔，我来了！
Tension: (in front of the west gate of Peking University with infinite vision and big bags of luggage) ah, the holy land of my dreams, the last name lake, boyata, I'm here!
赵林：（穿着一身名牌，慢慢驾奔驰轿车经过北大西门）咦，你怎么在这儿，张力？你考下了北大吗？
Zhao Lin: (wearing a famous brand, driving a Mercedes Benz car slowly past the west gate of Peking University) eh, why are you here, tension? Did you pass Peking University?
张力：（万分惊喜）对呀，这是我梦开始的地方。你呢？在你父亲的北京分公司做经理吗？
Tension: (extremely surprised) Yes, this is the beginning of my dream. What about you? Do you work as a manager in your father's Beijing branch?
赵林：（万分惊喜，十分自豪，拍了拍胸脯）我是黑鸟木头市场的总经理呢！
Zhao Lin: (very surprised, very proud, clapped chest) I am the general manager of black bird wood market!
张力：（十分钦佩）恭喜恭喜。
Tension: (admires) congratulations.
话外音：两个铁哥们又在北京相遇，一个选择了书，另一个选择了经商，5年后，他们的境遇如何呢？
Voice over: two iron brothers met again in Beijing. One chose books, the other chose to do business. What's their situation five years later?
（在北京一家微软公司的门口）
(at the door of a Microsoft company in Beijing)
张力：（匆匆忙忙正摸索着钥匙，欲驾车回家）喂，赵林，好久不见，还好吗？我是张力！
Tension: (fumbling for the key in a hurry to drive home) Hello, Zhao Lin, long time no see, OK? I'm tension!
赵林：（忽然转过身，看见旧友，激动不已）赵林，我现在好后悔啊，父亲的公司已经被环保局命令关闭了！现在没有文凭的我只能为别人打工了！书，真是一笔财富！
Zhao Lin: (turns around suddenly, sees the old friend, excited) Zhao Lin, I regret now, my father's company has been shut down by the order of the environmental protection bureau! Now I can only work for others without diploma! Book, what a fortune!
张力（微微一笑）书是人类进步的阶梯；读书，是生命飞翔的羽翼！没关系，趁现在还年轻，再读些书，为自己铺设通往明天的道路！
Tension (smile) book is the ladder of human progress; reading is the wing of life flying! Never mind, while still young, read some more books to pave the way to tomorrow for yourself!
赵林：（热泪盈眶）我能行，让书走进我的生活，我的未来还有梦！
Zhao Lin: (tearful eyes) I can do it. Let books come into my life. My future has dreams!
（两人紧紧握住对方的手，眼神里充满了一种叫“坚信”的东西）
(they hold each other's hands tightly, and their eyes are full of something called "belief")
