Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind. 1 m: q3 o1 f+ s, @3 r5 A青春不是年华,而是心境; d4 \7 K/ f4 ~1 c# k8 k; i
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It is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees. + X( g: R; D8 ?5 E& `" ?青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝, 6 g" w1 \4 P, n8 ]& l" `
! u: F% l1 \5 k8 V' }' T9 @It is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, vigor of the emotions; ; @3 |- I+ c/ T- V! s: U" h而是深沉的意志、宏伟的想象、炽热的感情; 0 u. j$ m$ } ~' {: i1 R
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It is the freshness of the deep spring of life. 0 J! r) e6 b; ]# ^青春是生命的深泉在涌流。 / b5 J& S* J0 d; X7 r$ q! x2 D + C9 C; z1 s v% q! VYouth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, [1 a% I/ F3 k- d$ }5 U青春气贯长虹,勇锐盖过怯弱, & g% a9 m; g6 l# ]9 X
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of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. . X+ c' |( J% M1 |/ X/ X" F进去压倒苟安,如此锐气, - ?5 y4 b( C9 x# n- x0 ?
9 v' u1 O, Q( Y: v" p' b8 w. ^This often exits in a man of 60, more than a boy of 20. 2 f3 w! e0 y" f; M$ g- H二十后生有之,六旬男子则更多见。 4 y1 Z3 u, }& \: y% i3 C" |
$ N3 n$ a, C5 k% D4 X! gnobody grows merely by the number of years;we grow old by deserting our ideas. 2 N1 d) z6 u& I: U% C8 a年年有加,并非垂老;理想丢弃,方堕暮年。 ) L3 h8 [. r7 h( x' \+ N8 _1 t& H6 g- y* j; H
Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. # i* I9 \- A; x% k岁月悠悠,衰微只及肌肤;热忱抛却,颓唐必至灵魂。 6 o& N+ k& j6 W% l4 U0 k1 d7 k
9 `7 C# C6 K: U2 GWorry, fear, self-distrust1 bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust. 0 r1 y8 Q+ R5 K7 s8 f7 c烦忧、惶恐、丧失自信,定使心灵扭曲,意气如灰。 + \; D5 ^: ~8 o z9 p" j2 S& I0 z2 N9 {2 U
Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonders, ' j# C; Z5 c( K" C& G, [
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, * K; w* g9 b( z7 B% {% ?
1 k: @3 j; k$ o- c0 F/ Q' Sthe unfailing childlike appetite of what's next and the joy of the game of living. 0 H: l5 X8 d# k5 F孩童般天真久盛不衰。 % T' V3 A3 c% ]- M! m v% i ?
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In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station; " x; y! y) x8 h: R5 c3 q人人心中皆有一台天线, 4 q( H& u+ V; v% B+ ] & g% x4 b2 g6 Rso long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from infinite, # m. Y; g& {' |! z) p
只要你从天上人间接受美好、希望、欢乐、勇气和力量的信号, ! J8 ?5 K0 s4 p5 ^# g- E8 `, I4 r- V! b! [8 |, b4 o6 Y/ e
so long as you are young. ^* X; Q" f3 j5 A6 F1 o& |你就青春永驻,风华常存。 9 Z L' ?$ V% C* Q* i5 h
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When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with the snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, - s$ W1 J$ ` { v- y+ ]1 N5 d0 _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, d! Z. x- A8 B$ n
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then you've grown old, even at 20, but as long as your aerials are up, : S9 ?6 p1 }# W1 U: G1 ]4 l几十年方二十,实已垂老矣; 7 H+ f* P( E u; D, v1 s
- B$ U( z& g& K0 mto catch waves of optimism, there's hope you may die young at 80. ' y2 x9 f# o" q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。