Youth青春.doc

1、地址：远大路世纪城远大园五区 9 号楼 电话：88594404YouthYouth 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.rosy adj. 1) (-ier, -i

2、est) of the colour of red roses; deep pink 玫瑰红的; 深粉红色的:rosy cheeks, ie indicating good health 红润的脸颊. 2) (fig 比喻) very encouraging; very hopeful 令人鼓舞的; 极有希望的: She painted a rosy picture of the firms future. 她认为这家公司前途十分美好。supple adj. (-r, -st) bent or bending easily; not stiff; flexible 易弯曲的; 柔软的; 灵活的

3、: Exercise keeps you supple. 经常锻炼可使身体灵活。vigor n. energy, force or enthusiasm 活力These young men are full of vigor. 这些年轻人精力充沛。spring n. (place where there is) water coming up naturally from the ground; flow of this 泉; 泉水; 有泉水处; 泉水的流淌:a hot spring 温泉批注：不要以为 spring 只有春天的意思，我们常常见到的词也会偶尔和我们开开玩笑。不妨查一下字典，看看

4、 spring 还有什么含义。比如在下面这句话中，spring 是什么意思呢？With an easy spring the cat reached the branch. 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

5、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.temperamental adj. 1）having a tendency to become angry, excited or upset easily, and to behave in an unreaso

6、nable 地址：远大路世纪城远大园五区 9 号楼 电话：88594404way 喜怒无常的, 易怒的2）connected with somebodys nature and personality 气质上的predominance n. 1）the situation of being greater in number or amount than other things or people 控制地位There is a predominance of men in the club. 该俱乐部男人居多。2）the state of having more power or influ

7、ence than others 卓越timidity n. shyness and nervousness 胆怯He shows an almost childlike timidity in talking with strangers. 他和生人谈话简直像小孩子一样胆怯。appetite n. 1）physical desire, esp for food or pleasure 肉体的欲望（尤指对食物或享乐） ; 食欲; 胃口:When I was ill I completely lost my appetite. 我生病时完全没有食欲。2）C instance of a natur

8、al desire for sth （对某事物的）自然的欲望: He has an amazing appetite for hard work. 他出奇地喜爱艰巨的工作。Nobody grows merely by the number of years; we grow old by deserting our ideas.merely adv. used meaning only or simply to emphasize a fact or something that you are saying 仅仅Shes merely a child. 她只是个小孩子。desert 1）n.

9、 a large area of land that has very little water and very few plants growing on it. Many deserts are covered by sand 沙漠2）vt. to stop using, buying or supporting something 遗弃，抛弃批注：没有人会只因为时间而成长，我们是通过抛弃我们不正确或陈旧的想法成长起来的。所以说，并不是年龄越大心智就越成熟。人的成长是丰富的经历和对过去未来的思考逐渐完成的。wrinkle vt. (cause sth to) form wrinkles

10、（使某物）形成皱纹或皱褶: The paper has wrinkled where it got wet. 这张纸湿的地方起皱褶了。soul n. spiritual or non-material part of a person, believed to exist after death 灵魂Christians believe that a persons soul survives the death of his body. 基督徒相信人的灵魂在躯地址：远大路世纪城远大园五区 9 号楼 电话：88594404体死后依然存在。spirit n. persons mind or fe

11、elings as distinct from his body; soul 精神; 心灵: He is troubled in spirit/His spirit is troubled. 他内心苦恼。Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human beings heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing childlike appetite of whats next and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart

12、 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.lure n. 1）thing that attracts or invites 诱惑物: She used all her lures to attract his attention. 她使尽浑身解数以吸引他的注意。2）(usu sing 通常作单数) power of attra

13、cting 诱惑力; 吸引力; 魅力: the lure of adventure 探险的吸引力so long as 在这里意思是 provided that 即，只要You may use the room as you like，so long as you clean it up afterwards你可以随便使用这个房间，只要你用过后把它打扫干净就行了。cheer n. shout of joy, praise, support or encouragement 欢呼声; 喝采声:the cheers of the crowd 群众的欢呼声cheer-leader n. (esp US

14、) person who leads the cheering by a crowd, esp at a sporting event 带领观众欢呼的人; （尤指体育比赛中的）啦啦队长infinite adj. 1) without limits; endless 无限的; 无穷的:infinite space 无限的空间2) that cannot be measured, calculated or imagined; very great 无法衡量的; 无法估计的; 难以想像的; 极大的: have infinite faith/an infinite amount of faith i

15、n sb 对某人绝对的信心 批注：虽然 infinite 是形容词，但是如果前面加上 the 就可以看作名词了，意思是“上帝，造物主”或者“无限的空间” 。类似的情况有很多，比如 the poor 表示穷人，the disabled地址：远大路世纪城远大园五区 9 号楼 电话：88594404表示残疾人。When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with the snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then youve grown old, even at 20, but as

16、 long as your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, theres hope you may die young at 80.aerial n. one or more wires or rods for sending or receiving radio waves 天线aerial bombardment 轰炸cynicism n. 愤世嫉俗, 讥笑, 冷言冷语批注：这个词一般大写首字母，表示犬儒主义。犬儒主义（Cynicism）是个外来词，中文里本来没有现成的对应词汇，通常将它理解为讥诮嘲讽，愤世嫉俗，玩世不恭。犬儒主义是古

17、希腊的一个哲学流派，其代表人物是西诺普的狄奥根尼。这派哲学主张清心寡欲，鄙弃俗世的荣华富贵，力倡回归自然。据说狄奥根尼本人住在一个桶里（又有一说是住在瓮里） ，以讨饭为生。有人讥笑他活得象条狗，他却不恼。 “犬儒”之称由此得名。关于狄奥根尼，有段故事很著名，一天，亚历山大御驾亲临，前来探望正躺在地上晒太阳的狄奥根尼，问他想要什么恩赐；狄奥根尼回答说：“只要你别挡住我的太阳。 ”想知道更多关于犬儒主义的故事，可以自己去搜索一下。【参考译文】青春青春不是年华，而是心境；青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝，而是深沉的意志、宏伟的想象、炽热的感情；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

18、，如此锐气，二十后生有之，六旬男子则更多见。年年有加，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，颓唐必至灵魂。烦忧、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、勇气和力量的地址：远大路世纪城远大园五区 9 号楼 电话：88594404信号，你就青春永驻，风华常存。一旦天线倒塌，锐气被冰雪覆盖，玩世不恭、自暴自弃油然而生，几十年方二十，实已垂老矣；然则只要竖起天线，捕捉乐观的信号，你就有望在八十高龄告别尘寰时仍觉得年轻。其实这篇文章很短，也不难，有兴趣可以自己翻译一下。