Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind. 1 Y4 Z: c ^9 ^# F1 H; ?
青春不是年华,而是心境; / T- h5 D* ?; j- [) t5 O
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It is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees. 6 a" r6 w' d: ?& J; p: `9 `
青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝, % a( d, v3 v! i6 ^# n
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It is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, vigor of the emotions; 6 }4 P N+ y0 w# _/ f而是深沉的意志、宏伟的想象、炽热的感情; ( [0 O4 i- E5 M- s6 U) D# H" @- }9 }5 g. Z4 K& m5 d6 I: i
It is the freshness of the deep spring of life. 7 n6 V1 E- x& h/ G
青春是生命的深泉在涌流。 0 g7 ?2 {1 v* I4 ^: V4 W( Z/ E
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Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, " T4 Q9 N0 l b, M) \青春气贯长虹,勇锐盖过怯弱, / w# ]/ J. |& |9 M# c " p: _+ m' g' x% M2 e7 Z, k$ Dof the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. B+ b# Q" R+ Y N$ [ R6 i
进去压倒苟安,如此锐气, ) _ U. k; M6 H( l" M9 ~/ L6 c2 L 7 Y6 m$ d2 R7 ~1 C) L7 lThis often exits in a man of 60, more than a boy of 20. & s6 M3 N+ V; J) E( K
二十后生有之,六旬男子则更多见。 : q! T' a- n, j# V- l9 U& v. E, m
! `5 p0 [0 z! T% D4 z' y; Jnobody grows merely by the number of years;we grow old by deserting our ideas. 5 w7 g* ]+ j: s/ J- A
年年有加,并非垂老;理想丢弃,方堕暮年。 9 m/ r% V; a; O' N6 p
$ {' b/ r' y( LYears may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. ) w0 z$ N% n1 ^2 b! a岁月悠悠,衰微只及肌肤;热忱抛却,颓唐必至灵魂。 ' f9 ?/ n5 a! R+ k$ T 3 @% K: n9 c/ Q9 P' ~. ~8 w1 x5 vWorry, fear, self-distrust1 bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust. 9 _; I+ K& C9 F! `7 D烦忧、惶恐、丧失自信,定使心灵扭曲,意气如灰。 ( x. }# C$ x! X4 c3 [5 ^0 j3 p* v! I w. |
Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonders, 8 W- U6 ]# B d. @# {1 w. `) e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, $ u! T% q5 m9 K$ L# ]
' d- l% C3 @ w( B* \6 Pthe unfailing childlike appetite of what's next and the joy of the game of living. $ ?, C$ \+ y- A' E) V0 |$ b% c
孩童般天真久盛不衰。 8 Y: P6 ]$ U( n! y# L- f n! Z% z! j8 C# K) U( ?5 {; D3 k
In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station; 0 a7 H* _; O5 L' c# E6 J
人人心中皆有一台天线, * V- n) r8 c# j- g( \ 8 w' W- ^* S% t1 A9 h) gso long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from infinite, 0 v3 r8 m2 s) I0 f. u" d只要你从天上人间接受美好、希望、欢乐、勇气和力量的信号, . l: {' g7 _ }& s) F& }6 D* S$ }# S+ R
so long as you are young. 5 O4 B5 \1 j2 y q3 H8 ?
你就青春永驻,风华常存。 6 R; Y' `! k( z9 v( _! G; R0 L
8 `! H7 Y) Q n6 L3 u& H! W0 b$ g% fWhen the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with the snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, x/ b z% q2 }1 b5 Y! U
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, / E' q$ x, K# C: ] ( I$ D1 j9 W& Q) V$ C, }. Athen you've grown old, even at 20, but as long as your aerials are up, 1 f9 X& z1 D+ D# t7 ~ S$ {; S, \
几十年方二十,实已垂老矣; 1 X3 b$ {# y, B' I
- n$ ^8 V, V" P6 _to catch waves of optimism, there's hope you may die young at 80. ( f. n4 ]( \+ P! m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。