Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind. . A& V/ F2 D) [1 v s青春不是年华,而是心境; ! L4 z" k9 b/ `
) F o; q2 U! n+ u# }5 F' |2 tIt is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees. 9 k6 S- M) j; b# [+ N2 _
青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝, 3 L: i) r- i" x+ s6 p8 ?1 Q3 i + g8 a# H2 |" VIt is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, vigor of the emotions; 6 Q8 u! Z5 n O而是深沉的意志、宏伟的想象、炽热的感情; 9 v5 h$ X% n' D; a2 S' c9 q
: u! F0 w5 h1 ?1 \1 P/ q, r; nIt is the freshness of the deep spring of life. 9 b4 i J9 E, [6 r" `9 X
青春是生命的深泉在涌流。 & v. {( H1 J) G6 r
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Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, ; k* B: z, B/ S, R
青春气贯长虹,勇锐盖过怯弱, ( r( O- E& s) M: U- n+ ^3 q. L
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of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. }& _& a' D; g. y
进去压倒苟安,如此锐气, * V/ a2 ]+ p& a: w2 A% }% r" {2 E
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This often exits in a man of 60, more than a boy of 20. 5 @- N9 c9 B! c# L( w* X e' C& R
二十后生有之,六旬男子则更多见。 . B# s! Q2 X1 c" D
3 P. B3 Q6 e6 ~ A/ h; Nnobody grows merely by the number of years;we grow old by deserting our ideas. # X8 d* k! g. _. R6 u9 J* F
年年有加,并非垂老;理想丢弃,方堕暮年。 / ]0 h7 x* l7 t, h6 t" c# q
- T/ ?6 h1 J7 X- B% ?8 rYears may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. 8 H: D, X5 _5 b! v I
岁月悠悠,衰微只及肌肤;热忱抛却,颓唐必至灵魂。 - M' K+ Z1 S' b+ ~: T- K6 t+ g 1 p& y1 v% G: S% a$ l; T" S+ U2 C+ ~/ EWorry, fear, self-distrust1 bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust. - X p! B! J2 N4 r0 [
烦忧、惶恐、丧失自信,定使心灵扭曲,意气如灰。 ) W( U) C; E* l: M
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Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonders, 6 s- ` s9 e9 P) ~! A无论年届花甲,抑或二八芳龄,心中皆有生命之欢乐,奇迹之诱惑, ! v5 x" l0 C# ~6 `8 h# h' V% ^$ o3 i6 \6 u/ I0 f) P9 J
the unfailing childlike appetite of what's next and the joy of the game of living. ) U3 P- x3 I! h4 `孩童般天真久盛不衰。 8 s* W0 } y% p1 M# P% k' S+ @5 [3 W" H6 Y" [3 H
In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station; % A. Z) F& k; F$ }9 p人人心中皆有一台天线, # k' j6 B" @# q4 x4 M' Q3 J$ @
7 Q" K5 E/ I! W. ]5 ?so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from infinite, * i' G; [% A; ]! |只要你从天上人间接受美好、希望、欢乐、勇气和力量的信号, 0 ]4 ]$ @# ^# `: {( V
6 g! v0 S8 \0 t6 O8 f- kso long as you are young. 1 o1 W/ R$ Z( B; n z
你就青春永驻,风华常存。 # I' {$ u- \$ T, Y0 p5 K9 _, G4 K [0 T/ o6 j. r7 G, j% @When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with the snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, J7 S0 r" r8 N: \
一旦天线倒塌,锐气被冰雪覆盖,玩世不恭、自暴自弃油然而生, & Z3 g, K! V Z9 i9 J; Y- J8 g- S
then you've grown old, even at 20, but as long as your aerials are up, * x' o- W5 m) O9 f. O* B几十年方二十,实已垂老矣; ! R& O& K1 p R! ~1 A$ d8 i/ P6 P" x* K$ w' J9 }/ X9 {
to catch waves of optimism, there's hope you may die young at 80. 9 T* h6 u, G1 H) y. X然则只要竖起天线,捕捉乐观的信号,你就有望在八十高龄告别尘寰时仍觉得年轻。