生而为赢 第一篇 Youth+译文

·第一篇：Youth 青春

Youth

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, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.

Youth means a temperamental 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 spirit back to dust.

Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being’s heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing ? appetite for 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, courage and power from man and from the infinite,so long are you young.(第一个so long as的意思是“只要”；后面的so long 是个倒装，相当于you are young so long，相当于个副词短语，用来加强are young的。)

When your aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you’ve grown old, even at 20; but as long as your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, there’s hope you may die young at 80.

青春不是年华，而是心境；青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝，而是深沉的意志，恢宏的想象，炙热的恋情；青春是生命的深泉在涌流。

青春气贯长虹，勇锐盖过怯弱，进取压倒苟安。如此锐气，二十后生而有之，六旬男子则更多见。年岁有加，并非垂老，理想丢弃，方堕暮年。

岁月悠悠，衰微只及肌肤；热忱抛却，颓废必致灵魂。忧烦，惶恐，丧失自信，定使心灵扭曲，意气如灰。

无论年届花甲，拟或二八芳龄，心中皆有生命之欢乐，奇迹之诱惑，孩童般天真久盛不衰。人人心中皆有一台天线，只要你从天上人间接受美好、希望、欢乐、勇气和力量的信号，你就青春永驻，风华常存。、

一旦天线下降，锐气便被冰雪覆盖，玩世不恭、自暴自弃油然而生，即使年方二十，实已垂垂老矣；然则只要树起天线，捕捉乐观信号，你就有望在八十高龄告别尘寰时仍觉年轻。

rosy cheeks玫瑰色的脸颊

rosy [ˈroʊzi] adj.玫瑰色的；愉快的，乐观的；一切都称心如意；〈美〉滥醉

cheek英[tʃi:k]美[tʃik]

n.脸颊，脸蛋；无礼而放肆的行为，厚颜；半边屁股；两侧相对的物体

vt.对…无礼地说话

复数：cheeks 过去式：cheeked 过去分词：cheeked 现在分词：cheeking 第三人称单数：cheeks cheeks英[t'ʃi:ks]美[t'ʃi:ks] n.脸颊，脸蛋( cheek的名词复数)；无礼而放肆的行为；脸蛋儿

supple knees 柔软的膝盖

supple英[ˈsʌpl] 美[ˈsʌpəl]

adj.（身体）柔软的；灵活的；易弯曲的；顺从的，巴结的

v.使柔软，使柔顺；使顺从；驯（马）；变柔软，变柔和

quality 英[ˈkwɒləti] 美[ˈkwɑ:ləti]★★★★☆

n.质量，品质；美质，优点；才能，能力，技能，素养；品种

adj.优质的，高质量的；上流社会的

vigor英['vɪgə] 美[ˈvɪɡɚ]

n.<美>（法律上的）效力；智力；（语言等的）气势；（动，植物的）强健

freshness英[freʃnəs]美[freʃnəs] ★★★★☆

n.气味清新地，精神饱满地，刚；鲜度

springs英[sprɪŋz]美[sprɪŋz]★★★★☆

n.春( spring的名词复数)；跳；弹簧；泉

v.[口语]花（钱）(for)( spring的第三人称单数)；使（木材等）裂开；使断裂；使弯曲temperamental英[ˌtemprəˈmentl] 美[ˌtɛmprəˈmɛntl:, ˌtɛmpərə-]

adj.气质的；性格的；不可靠的； <口>喜怒无常的

predominance英[prɪˈdɒmɪnəns]美[prɪˈdɑ:mɪnəns]

n.优势；主导或支配的地位；运星主宰