致青春

Youth

青春，

是出生的牛犊，懵懂不安，

凭着一颗沸腾的心闯荡未知的世界，

尽管会受伤。

当伤和泪装满了那颗火热的心时，

它，累了，

不再热烈，不再跃跃欲试。

这时，回想我的青春，

你为我灿烂的人生留下什么精彩片段？

致青春

朗读者：图书管理员 丹丹

春，是绿色

是生命的颜色

春，是季节

是成长的季节

　　Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple① knees;  it is a matter of the will,  a quality of the imagination， vigor of the emotions;  it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.

　　Youth means a temperamental② predominance③ of courage over timidity④, 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.

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　　Years may wrinkle⑤ 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 lure⑥ 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 as you are young.

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　　When your aerials⑦ are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism⑧ 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

　　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。

一旦人生天线下降, 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; 然则只要树起人生天线, 捕捉乐观信号, 你就有望在八十高龄告别尘寰时仍觉年轻。

01

supple   [ˈsʌpl]    

adj. （身体）柔软的，灵活的; 柔韧性好的;  

02

temperamental    [ˌtemprəˈmentl]    

adj.  喜怒无常的; 容易激动的; 反复无常的;

气质的; 性情的; 性格的;

03

predominance    [prɪˈdɒmɪnəns]

n.  (数量上的)优势; 主导地位; 支配地位;

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timidity    [tɪ'mɪdətɪ]    n.  胆怯; 胆小;

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wrinkle    [ˈrɪŋkl]    

v.   (使脸上)起皱纹; 皱起; (使)起皱褶;

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lure    [lʊə(r)]    

vt.  劝诱; 引诱; 诱惑;    

n.  吸引力; 诱惑力; 魅力; 鱼饵; 诱饵；

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aerial   [ˈeəriəl]    n.  天线;

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cynicism   [ˈsɪnɪsɪzəm]    

n.  认为世人皆自私的观念; 愤世嫉俗; (对成功或人的真善的)怀疑;

- YOUTH -

青春

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