Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind. 7 v; ?/ @$ B& W# \' f/ ]" z青春不是年华,而是心境; 1 }6 Z1 v( d' @: b. z8 K q) |8 \6 x) c7 c! ^# E/ Q6 z
It is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees. 6 P: g. l' W9 x( D) q- L+ a& s2 S青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝, ' u1 X4 R% {; r$ L9 ]( z/ F" q+ g: I! A- w0 {) S
It is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, vigor of the emotions; 7 D9 p2 o( [6 N而是深沉的意志、宏伟的想象、炽热的感情; ) R9 {. f! }$ U' ?2 K1 O9 @ * a# `/ I1 R4 x8 z4 s' S. rIt is the freshness of the deep spring of life. & |5 u) }: R7 }6 }6 r1 f, A. h青春是生命的深泉在涌流。 # l( _3 r1 Z6 [
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Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, % p% ~' Y) m. H) D
青春气贯长虹,勇锐盖过怯弱, 5 a3 n" S7 g! Y% }
% M. ]6 C3 w3 C2 Uof the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. $ W6 b9 \- W- Q) P) L) x+ r% Y5 J) W进去压倒苟安,如此锐气, 8 r2 ?& g. ]2 h + Y2 |2 G" Y! Q2 J9 XThis often exits in a man of 60, more than a boy of 20. ; l2 M2 G; c8 c/ D4 @8 I# p二十后生有之,六旬男子则更多见。 : f$ W- O8 w/ g$ V+ F" ]# d : d6 X3 n) E# B7 C% f, [nobody grows merely by the number of years;we grow old by deserting our ideas. # j7 o- {& ]/ C0 P# w" c6 W
年年有加,并非垂老;理想丢弃,方堕暮年。 4 E% j& b. y( q) A/ P
0 L; i" k3 L/ f$ a9 b$ v& e4 uYears may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. ' p4 l+ [8 a+ i; O岁月悠悠,衰微只及肌肤;热忱抛却,颓唐必至灵魂。 5 f# Y- _& ]4 w m- J( H# [% G X c* J1 Y
Worry, fear, self-distrust1 bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust. 7 A, Q& u/ P- x, \2 V; g9 J
烦忧、惶恐、丧失自信,定使心灵扭曲,意气如灰。 ) v+ ~# t. |7 @- x9 W6 I( s 9 Z' j' X7 q! c$ rWhether 60 or 16, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonders, % M2 S2 q {$ ?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, 3 a" e+ o. _, s8 D k3 p$ Y: _, h1 t p; fthe unfailing childlike appetite of what's next and the joy of the game of living. , K$ N) F3 l, F6 ]* X
孩童般天真久盛不衰。 ; r( c6 T* o! g. F( t9 s - `5 h \: e& E' p& Z- YIn the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station; ' I) J: C3 ~6 o r, C
人人心中皆有一台天线, # K! @9 m7 n' z/ `* B5 _# K; t M) b3 C0 z* Q1 Q+ b. [7 K
so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from infinite, & U+ N( i7 E3 N0 X/ C8 n" f只要你从天上人间接受美好、希望、欢乐、勇气和力量的信号, 1 p- v& t, n9 T! r, U7 o3 c
( f- o' x& j3 Y1 rso long as you are young. 5 b* L$ L7 F, x7 o* R1 T
你就青春永驻,风华常存。 2 ~# m! ]' B0 ]5 t) t ; H$ j3 M; m- j) m5 I3 g0 qWhen the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with the snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, ; P$ c6 g: _) b, F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, , L# v N/ f" _2 W& {8 }( o. b
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then you've grown old, even at 20, but as long as your aerials are up, 8 t4 W8 Z3 I+ q1 R/ o几十年方二十,实已垂老矣; ' D% J. s* a, C) p) b, I: O! Y$ s5 R5 G6 ], F
to catch waves of optimism, there's hope you may die young at 80. 2 F+ O' Z( i% Y" v& d
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。