常春藤名家散文精選 第12期:青春

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第十二課 青春

Youth is not just a stage of life; it is a state of mind.

青春不只是人生的一個(gè)階段;它是一種心境。

It is not a matter of rosy cheeks，red lips and suppleknees;

它不是指紅潤的臉頰、紅色的嘴唇和柔軟彎曲的膝蓋;

it is a matter of the will, a quality of theimagination，a vigor of the emotions.

而是指意志力、豐富的想象力、充沛的感情。

It is the freshness of the deep spring of life.

它是生命深泉之清新。

Youth means the predominance over of courage over timidity, of adventure over the love ofease.

青春意味著勇氣勝過膽怯，冒險(xiǎn)犯難勝過貪圖安逸。

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

六十歲的人往往要比二十歲的小伙子更持有這種精神。

Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years.

沒有人只因活了若干年而變老。

We grow old by deserting our ideals.

我們變老是因?yàn)槲覀儝仐壛俗约旱睦硐搿?/p>

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

歲月可以使皮膚產(chǎn)生皺紋，但是放棄熱誠則會(huì)消蝕靈魂。

Worry，doubt，self-distrust，fear and despair - these bow the head and turn the growingspirit back to dust.

憂慮、懷疑、缺乏自信、恐懼和絕望—這些都會(huì)讓我們垂頭喪氣，而且會(huì)讓成長的精神化為烏有。

Whether sixty or sixteen，there is in every numan being's heart the love of wonder,

每個(gè)人不管是六十歲或是十六歲，心中都有一股好奇心，

the sweet amazement of the stars and the starlike things, the undaunted challenge ofevents，

對(duì)星星及星狀的東西會(huì)產(chǎn)生一種歡喜之情，不畏任何挑戰(zhàn)，

the unfailing childlike appetite for what-next and the joy of the game of living.

對(duì)未知的事物有著一種像孩子般永不冷卻的熱望，以及游戲人生的喜悅之情。

You are as young as your faith，as old as your doubt, as young as your self-confidence,

你有信心、自信和希望時(shí)，就會(huì)年輕;

as old as your fear, as young as your hope, as old as your despair.

而你若懷疑、恐懼和絕望時(shí)，就會(huì)衰老。