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简单青春励志英语短文

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  塞缪尔·厄尔曼(1840.4.13-1924.3.21)是一名出生在德国的美国作家。儿时随家人移居美利坚,参加过南北战争,之后定居伯明翰,经营五金杂货,年逾70开始写作,著作有知名散文《青春》等。

谨以此文,献给正值青春的莘莘学子!

YOUTH

Samuel Ullman

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

rosy1

  It is not a matter ofcheeks, red lips and supple knees;

vigor2

  It is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, aof the emotions;

  It is the freshness of the deep springs of life.

temperamental3

  Youth means aof courage over, of thefor adventure over the love of ease.

  This often exists in a man of sixty more than a boy of twenty.

merely7

  Nobody grows oldby a number of years.

  We grow old by deserting our ideals.

wrinkle8

  Years maythe skin, but to give upwrinkles the soul.

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

lure10

  Whether sixty or sixteen, there is in every human being’s heart theof wonders, the unfailing child-like appetite of what’s next, and the joy of the game of living.

wireless11

  In the center of your heart and my heart there is astation;

infinite12

  So long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from the, so long are you young.

cynicism14

  When the aerials13 are down, and your spirit is covered with snows ofand the ice of, then you’ve grown old, even at twenty, but as long as your aerials are up, to catch the waves of, there is hope you may die young at eighty.

词汇积累:

  1. rosy /’rəʊzɪ/ 蔷薇色的,玫瑰红色的;美好的;乐观的;涨红脸的;

  2. vigor/’vɪgə/ 活力;精力

  3. temperamental /,temp(ə)rə’ment(ə)l/ 喜怒无常的;性情的;易兴奋的

  4. predominance /prɪ’dɒmɪnəns/ 优越;卓越

  5. timidity/tɪ’mɪdətɪ/ 胆怯,胆小;羞怯

  6. appetite /’æpɪtaɪt/ 食欲;嗜好

  7. merely /’mɪəlɪ/ 仅仅,只不过;只是

  8. wrinkle /’rɪŋkl/ 起皱纹

  9. enthusiasm/ɪnˈθju:zɪæzəm/ 热心,热忱,热情

  10. lure/l(j)ʊə/ 诱惑;饵;诱惑物

  11. wireless /ˈwʌɪəlɪs/ 无线的;无线电的

  12. infinite /’ɪnfɪnət/ 无限的,无穷的;无数的;极大的

  13. aerials/’ɛrɪəl/ 天线

  14. cynicism /’sɪnɪsɪz(ə)m/ 玩世不恭,愤世嫉俗;犬儒主义;冷嘲热讽

  15. pessimism /’pesɪmɪz(ə)m/ 悲观,悲观情绪;厌世主义

  16. optimism /’ɒptɪmɪz(ə)m/ 乐观;乐观主义

  接下来,我们来看一下中文翻译的不同版本吧!

《青春》青春

王佐良

  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,炙热的感情;

  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,抑或二八芳龄,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。

青春

黄志坚

  青春,并非年轻岁月,而是一种心态;青春的特征,并非粉颊、朱唇、柔肢,而是毅力、激情、创意;青春是生命涌泉的清澈、激扬。

  青春,是指超越怯懦、勇气如虹,不图安逸、敢闯敢试。毅力若此,花甲多胜弱冠。年岁递增,非必老化;背弃理想,方陷残年。