Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind. ( O8 l) f, `( I: \5 ?$ h
青春不是年华,而是心境; % L5 ]- @ a: h/ ^
1 C% _1 I3 y! e1 @0 R9 c* KIt is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees. + q6 {+ D8 H) R+ ?! J
青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝, ; W. e5 n1 e7 S! n
, b! w1 F4 P2 ~% QIt is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, vigor of the emotions; , \8 x$ }1 n# x7 p而是深沉的意志、宏伟的想象、炽热的感情; $ a2 Z; V0 x7 W2 d; Z7 N $ C: I8 z9 }; c \# s0 oIt is the freshness of the deep spring of life. # A# J' {: M; f: B0 [( `; F h5 {青春是生命的深泉在涌流。 6 a& E& n; z8 _ h5 r8 D
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Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, . H, p3 @6 V6 _+ x青春气贯长虹,勇锐盖过怯弱, 0 _$ r" t; q Y' r/ G
/ l& i/ @+ _+ Y# ~ z+ I3 [+ Iof the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. % ^) D3 h3 U- Q进去压倒苟安,如此锐气, M7 p( J# G$ W1 z8 C6 w4 u C9 U& \7 P
This often exits in a man of 60, more than a boy of 20. R1 z8 I0 f7 C( ]7 i二十后生有之,六旬男子则更多见。 ! w9 c3 g" R( U8 T8 E/ d/ |, G; b
# y1 A) O- ^1 _! [nobody grows merely by the number of years;we grow old by deserting our ideas. : F& W2 d! C! F k! j0 @2 l
年年有加,并非垂老;理想丢弃,方堕暮年。 / W4 K! @7 Y$ Y% t- [
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Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. 7 q# }9 |4 J2 i5 J' w
岁月悠悠,衰微只及肌肤;热忱抛却,颓唐必至灵魂。 7 C! O; E' e% g 7 B, j E9 X+ F2 j) J" hWorry, fear, self-distrust1 bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust. * s/ Q' s8 o* t2 [* Y烦忧、惶恐、丧失自信,定使心灵扭曲,意气如灰。 . Y% B* _" T2 p3 ^ k2 c3 s+ Y* Y& {) }Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonders, " T6 Q) ?+ e& M$ }7 k9 m. h0 y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, ) N p. ?5 M. ^2 _: u8 Q 2 ^" f( u* m& a3 f9 Dthe unfailing childlike appetite of what's next and the joy of the game of living. 5 w; i4 L# N' |: A+ a
孩童般天真久盛不衰。 * r8 M! k+ V+ @. M7 e' b ' z) U) |) E: }# e. s: wIn the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station; 4 F3 b( K( R3 ] ^人人心中皆有一台天线, & R& k' w, z8 n9 } ' |+ h+ h: ?6 c2 tso long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from infinite, $ v; d p$ c. a- ~4 d" L& o
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 B8 U- E2 d) z. i2 L4 j8 H1 L% Z# O+ L
4 K0 U- F. c) |% M$ M( N; i [so long as you are young. ) v" Q: ]* q1 ?你就青春永驻,风华常存。 + O* k1 `4 d; B9 z1 ~ c# {# q- t8 x- y) @
When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with the snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, 0 H/ H# `; z/ V( B% e7 X: 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, 6 o# u5 o8 t9 K, i" i
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then you've grown old, even at 20, but as long as your aerials are up, 1 s7 O- d( p3 k# G' m8 U4 R5 {
几十年方二十,实已垂老矣; / s8 h/ p1 z$ `: i7 O
+ l/ s( e2 y; h" Uto catch waves of optimism, there's hope you may die young at 80. # C' ]6 U0 t( W- b) L: y
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。