英语散文分享（两篇）

英语散文分享（两篇）
英语散文分享（两篇）
一、《青春》
Youth
塞缪尔·厄尔曼
德裔美籍人塞缪尔·厄尔曼70多年前写的一篇只有四百多字的短文，首次在美国发表的时候，引起全美国轰动效应，成千上万的读者把它抄下来当作座右铭收藏，许多中老年
人把它作为安排后半生的精神支柱。

美国的麦克阿瑟将军在指挥整个太平洋战争期间，办公桌上始终摆着装有短文《青春》复印件的镜框，文中的许多的词句常被他在谈话或开会作报告时引用。

后来此文传到日本，文章的观点成为许多日本人生活哲学的基础。

松下公司的创始人松下幸之助说：“多年来，《青春》始终是我的座右铭。

”
英文全文如下：
Youth
Samuel Ullman
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind.
It is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees.
It is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, vigor of the emotions;
it is the freshness of the deep spring of life.
Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease.
This often exits in a man of 60, more than a boy of 20.nobody grows merely by the number of years; we grow old by deserting our ideas.
Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm
wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.
Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being’s hea rt the lure of wonders, 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 infinite, so long as you are young.
When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with the snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, t hen you’ve grown old, even at 20, but as long as your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, t here’s hope you may die young at 80.
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind. It is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep spring of life.
These are what I have and what we have at this period of life.
So, I'm still young, yes, definitely ! Come on my fellow friends, show your energy and passion to this god damn world !
Let the universe hear our voice, see our cheek, hug our enthusiasm and witness our maturity. We're going to create a brand new future !
中文译文：
青春
塞缪尔·厄尔曼
年轻，并非人生旅程的一段时光，也并非粉颊红唇和体魄的矫健。

它是心灵中的一种状态，是头脑中的一个意念，是理性思维中的创造潜力，是情感活动中的一股勃勃的朝气，是人生春色深处的一缕东风。

年轻，意味着甘愿放弃温馨浪漫的爱情去闯荡生活，意味着超越
羞涩、怯懦和欲望的胆识与气质。

而60岁的男人可能比20岁的小伙子更多地拥有这种胆识与气质。

没有人仅仅因为时光的流逝而变得衰老，只是随着理想的毁灭，人类才出现了老人。

岁月可以在皮肤上留下皱纹，却无法为灵魂刻上一丝痕迹。

忧虑、恐惧、缺乏自信才使人佝偻于时间尘埃之中。

无论是60岁还是16岁，每个人都会被未来所吸引，都会对人生竞争中的欢乐怀着孩
子般无穷无尽的渴望。

在你我心灵的深处，同样有一个无线电台，只要它不停地从人群中，从无限的时间中
接受美好、希望、欢欣、勇气和力量的信息，你我就永远年轻。

一旦这无线电台坍塌，你的心便会被玩世不恭和悲观失望的寒冷酷雪所覆盖，你便衰
老了—即使你只有20岁。

但如果这无线电台始终矗立在你心中，捕捉着每个乐观向上的电波，你便有希望超过
年轻的80岁。

所以只要勇于有梦，敢于追梦，勤于圆梦，我们就永远年轻！
千万不要动不动就说自己老了，错误引导自己！年轻就是力量，有梦就有未来！
二、《整个世界因你而改变》
All the Difference in The World
一个人的努力到底能带来多大改变呢？勿以善小而不为，或许你的一个善意的举动就
会改变世界。

走进散文去看看文中老妇人是如何改变世界的。

Every Sunday morning I take a light jog around a park near my home.
There’s a lake located in one corner of the park. Each time I jog by this lake, I see the same elderly woman sitting at the
water’s edge with a small metal cage sitting beside her.
每个星期日的早晨我都会绕着我家附近的公园轻松地慢跑。

公园的一角有一片湖。

每
当我慢跑经过这片湖，都会看到同一个老妇人，身边放着一个金属笼子坐在湖边。

This past Sunday my curiosity got the best of me, so I stopped jogging and walked over to her.
上个星期日我终于忍不住好奇，停止了慢跑，走到她身边。

As I got closer, I realized that the metal cage was in fact a small trap.
走近时我发现金属笼子其实是一个小陷阱。

There were three turtles, unharmed, slowly walking around the base of the trap.
三只乌龟安然无恙，绕着陷阱底部慢悠悠地爬着。

[ls]She had a fourth turtle in her lap that she was carefully scrubbing with a spongy brush.[/ls]
她正认真地用海绵刷擦拭着第四只趴在她膝盖上的乌龟。

“H ello,” I said. “If you don’t mind my nosiness, I’d love to know what you’re doing with these turtles.”
“你好啊，”我说。

“如果你不介意我多管闲事的话，我很想知道你在对这些乌龟做什么呢。

”
She smiled. “I’m cleaning off their shells ,” she replied.
“我在清洗他们的壳，”她笑着回答说。

“Anything on a turtle’s shell, like algae or scum, reduces the turtle’s ability to absorb heat and impedes its ability to swim. It can also corrode and weaken the shell over time.”
任何乌龟壳上，像海藻、泡沫浮渣这些东西，都会减弱乌龟的吸热能力并且阻碍他们游动，时间长了还会腐蚀龟壳，让龟壳变得脆弱。

She went on: “I s pend a couple of hours each Su nday morning, relaxing by this lake and helping these little guys out.
It’s my own strange way of making a difference.
”她继续说道：“每个星期天早晨我都会花几个小时待在湖边，边放松自己，边帮这些小家伙摆脱困难。

这就是我奇怪的制造改变的方式。

”
“But don’t most freshwater turtles live the ir whole lives with algae and s cum hanging from their shells?” I asked.
“但是，难道不是所有的淡水乌龟都是伴随着它们壳上的海藻和泡沫、浮渣度过一生
的吗？”我问道。

“Yep, sadly, they do,” she replied.
“遗憾的是，它们的确这样。

”她回答道。

“Well then, don’t you think your time could be better spent? And 99% of these turtles don’t have kind people like you to help them clean off their shells. So, no offense… but how exactly are your localized efforts here truly making a difference?”
“那么，你不觉得你在浪费时间吗？99%的乌龟都没有遇到像你这么好的人去帮他们清洗龟壳。

所以，无意冒犯…但是你在这儿，通过你一个人的努力到底能带来多大改变呢？”
The woman giggled aloud.
老妇人大声咯咯笑起来。

She then looked down at the turtle in her lap, scrubbed off the last piece of algae from its shell, and said, “Sweetie, if this little guy could talk, he’d tell you I just made all the difference in the world.
接着她看看膝盖上的乌龟，把龟壳上的最后一块海藻擦拭干净，说道：“亲爱的，如
果这只小乌龟会说话的话，它一定会告诉你我刚刚改变了整个世界。

”。