书城外语双语学习丛书-青春之火
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第1章 Youth青春

Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals.

Youth

Samuel Vllmar

Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks cheek n.颊, 厚颜, 类似颊的事物, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor vigor n.精力, 活力 of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.

年龄的增加,并非真的衰老;理想的消失,才是真的垂老。

青春

塞缪尔·马尔曼

青春是一种心态,而不等于年少;青春不是漂亮的容颜、红润的嘴唇、柔软的膝盖,而是坚强的意志、美好的想像、纯真的情怀;青春是生命的精彩绽放。

Youth means a temperamental predominance predominance n.优势 of courage over timidity timidity n.胆怯, of the appetite appetite n.食欲, 胃口, 欲望, 爱好 for adventure over the love of ease ease n.安逸, 安心, 不费力, 悠闲 .

This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20.

Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals.

Years may wrinkle wrinkle v.使皱 the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry worry n.烦恼, 忧虑, 苦恼, 撕咬, fear, selfdistrust bows bow v.鞠躬, 弯腰 the heart and turns the spring back to dust.

Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human beings heart, the lure lure n (常与of连用)诱惑;引诱 of wonder, the unfailing childlike appetite of whats next and the joy of the game of living.

青春是豪情万丈、勇敢进取,而不是怯弱、苟安。

这样的锐气,在60岁男子身上表现得比20岁男子还要强烈。

年龄的增加并非真的衰老;理想的消失才是真的垂老。

岁月可能使我们皱纹增多,也可能让我们失去热情,扭曲灵魂。烦恼、恐慌,以及不自信都使内心更加灰暗。

无论你的年龄是60年还是16,每个人内心都有对未来的憧憬、生活的欢快以及孩童般的天真。

In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station wireless station 无线电台 : so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from the Infinite, so long are you young.

When the aerials aerial adj.航空的, 生活在空气中的, 空气的, 高耸的 are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism cynicism n.犬儒主义, 玩世不恭, 冷嘲热讽 and the ice of pessimism pessimism n.悲观, 悲观主义, then you are grown old, even at 20, but as long as your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism optimism n.乐观, 乐观主义, there is hope you may die young at 80.

每个人内心都有一座无线电台,如果我们学会只接收美好、希望、欢乐、勇敢和力量的信号,那我们将会青春常在、永远年轻。

如果你只接收那些不好的信息,那你就会陷于消极并自暴自弃,即便只有20岁,你也已经变老;但如果你调整一下方向,转而接收乐观的信息,即便已经80岁了,你事实上还是年轻的。

青春是一种平和的状态。青春是感性的,所以我们赋予感动;青春又是理性的,所以我们勇于追求。青春不老,他不会随匆匆的岁月消失,也不会像流走的年华远去。真正的青春是一种心态,是一种对生活充满美好、自信、勇敢和不懈追求的乐观。青春是微笑的,迎接挑战、把握瞬间,我们也就拥有了青春。