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Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind.
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It is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees. . F9 }% r) y5 M. Z, q2 L/ e+ i1 C
青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝,
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It is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, vigor of the emotions; 0 N% R6 F5 Q9 s1 F; z
而是深沉的意志、宏伟的想象、炽热的感情;
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! \- a& y. C( k2 KIt is the freshness of the deep spring of life.
8 F$ k$ W) g& N5 n* `. C! @; w青春是生命的深泉在涌流。 7 |6 b" }* |+ P$ f2 O8 T" b
+ ?: ] z5 I' V* L, [+ O: s" A1 }* NYouth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity,
- t$ a# K# @* f( }# T$ d青春气贯长虹,勇锐盖过怯弱,
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3 `3 H0 ^, ?* e- ?4 mof the appetite for adventure over the love of ease.
/ |; k. i* x! Z% S7 M' g进去压倒苟安,如此锐气,
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7 C# V8 u/ p \3 P/ s9 VThis often exits in a man of 60, more than a boy of 20.
! h( Y- C) R, Z6 F7 W, b二十后生有之,六旬男子则更多见。 ( W, O: ~ p+ h, U* U4 i) B, e
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nobody grows merely by the number of years;we grow old by deserting our ideas. * n2 c6 \$ @2 D! i8 S8 L2 t! X
年年有加,并非垂老;理想丢弃,方堕暮年。
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Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.
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. P$ c3 a! M3 vWorry, fear, self-distrust1 bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.
1 ~( l1 C* w5 x* Z6 |# R烦忧、惶恐、丧失自信,定使心灵扭曲,意气如灰。 7 S" M) t/ q5 o
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Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonders, " l, Q1 O4 V3 [4 x; {- {
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, ) b$ |, h# L1 {) ~
) D& U6 Z/ B# t( X8 bthe unfailing childlike appetite of what's next and the joy of the game of living. 2 o+ H# W8 ^/ N( V% E
孩童般天真久盛不衰。 4 _" d% s! I- j5 r& R& y. }$ ]2 {
* G/ {+ Q, c+ Q0 L! w+ W9 O3 MIn the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station; & I& @( r) [4 @5 `0 i2 f4 T
人人心中皆有一台天线,
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so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from infinite, . o$ @5 O, m9 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,
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so long as you are young. 1 ^0 x0 T i7 W* G# n
你就青春永驻,风华常存。
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! A! L+ | s+ m3 V! w4 KWhen the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with the snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism,
$ i- w# u8 t: h! C1 {- a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,
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then you've grown old, even at 20, but as long as your aerials are up,
3 c% @, e( A2 F* r1 ~6 ] O几十年方二十,实已垂老矣;
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; o: c. c N/ q5 z% u& C5 I1 Mto catch waves of optimism, there's hope you may die young at 80.
- g9 P, h, z/ P" ^3 M: 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。 |
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