双语有声阅读：Youth

YOUTH

 

Youth is not a time of life，it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of 

rosy¹ cheeks, red lips and supple² knees， it is a matter of the will, a 

quality of the imagination, a vigor³ of the emotions.it is the freshness of 

the deep springs of life.

 

Youth means a tempera-mental predominance of courage over timidity, of the 

appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of 

60 more than a boy of 20.　Nobody grows old merely by a number of years.　We 

grow old by deserting our ideals.

 

Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. 

Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spring back to dust.

 

whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being’s heart the lure⁴ of wonder, 

the unfailing childlike appetite of what’s next and the joy of the game of 

living.　In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless 

station: so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and 

power from men and from the Infinite, you and I will remain young.

 

When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism 

and the ice of pessimism⁵, then you are grown old, even at 20, but as long as 

your aerials are upto catch waves of optimism, there is hope you may have 

young heart at 80.

 

 

青春不是生命的一瞬，它是一种自然的心境；青春不是如花的脸庞、鲜红的嘴唇和健康柔润的双腿，它是一 

种意志、想象、精力，更是生命中那生机勃勃的春天。

 

青春是冲动的勇敢而不是懦弱,青春是挑战的欲望而不是安逸的生活。即使年过花甲,仍壮心不已.没有人痴长 

百岁,而伴随着的是我们抛却幻想,锤炼生活的经历。

 

岁月让我们的皮肤起了皱纹,但缺乏激情会让我们的灵魂萎缩。焦虑、恐惧、缺乏自信则让心稽首，更让心灵 

的青春尘封

 

无论60岁还是16岁，我们每个人都有着天生的好奇心、孩子般刨根追底不厌其烦的渴求欲望、幻想游戏人生 

的生活方式。在你我心中有着心灵的默契：只要我们的心还能从人们的身上和大自然的怀抱中感受到美丽、 

希望、快乐、勇气和力量，那么我们依旧年轻无限。

 

当幻想破灭，而你愤世嫉俗，对生活充满悲观情绪，那么你已经老了。即使在20岁的时候，只要你积极乐观的追求你心中的幻想，一直到永远，那么你在80岁的时候仍有一颗永保青春的心。

1 rosy   

adj.美好的，乐观的，玫瑰色的

参考例句：

• She got a new job and her life looks rosy.她找到一份新工作，生活看上去很美好。
• She always takes a rosy view of life.她总是对生活持乐观态度。

2 supple   

adj.柔软的，易弯的，逢迎的，顺从的，灵活的；vt.使柔软，使柔顺，使顺从；vi.变柔软，变柔顺

参考例句：

• She gets along well with people because of her supple nature.她与大家相处很好，因为她的天性柔和。
• He admired the graceful and supple movements of the dancers.他赞扬了舞蹈演员优雅灵巧的舞姿。

3 vigor   

n.活力，精力，元气

参考例句：

• The choir sang the words out with great vigor.合唱团以极大的热情唱出了歌词。
• She didn't want to be reminded of her beauty or her former vigor.现在，她不愿人们提起她昔日的美丽和以前的精力充沛。

4 lure   

n.吸引人的东西，诱惑物；vt.引诱，吸引

参考例句：

• Life in big cities is a lure for many country boys.大城市的生活吸引着许多乡下小伙子。
• He couldn't resist the lure of money.他不能抵制金钱的诱惑。

5 pessimism   

n.悲观者，悲观主义者，厌世者

参考例句：

• He displayed his usual pessimism.他流露出惯有的悲观。
• There is the note of pessimism in his writings.他的著作带有悲观色彩。