youth-课前演讲-经典英语美文

1、 1) Supple 柔软的、易弯曲的柔软的、易弯曲的2) Temperamental 气质的、性格的气质的、性格的3) Predominance 优势、显著优势、显著4) Wrinkle 使使起皱纹起皱纹5) Lure 吸引力、魅力吸引力、魅力6) Infinite 无限物无限物(指空间、时间指空间、时间)7) Aerial 天线天线8) Cynicism 愤世嫉俗、玩世不恭愤世嫉俗、玩世不恭9) Optimism 乐观、乐观主义乐观、乐观主义 Youth-青春青春Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind.青春不是年华，而是心境；青

2、春不是年华，而是心境； It is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees.青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝，青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝，It is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, vigor of the emotions; 而是深沉的意志、宏伟的想象、炽热的而是深沉的意志、宏伟的想象、炽热的感情；感情；It is the freshness of the deep spring of life.青春是生命的深泉在涌流。青春是生命的深泉在涌流。Youth mea

3、ns a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity,青春气贯长虹，勇锐盖过怯弱，青春气贯长虹，勇锐盖过怯弱，Of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. 进去压倒苟安，如此锐气，进去压倒苟安，如此锐气，This often exits in a man of 60, more than a boy of 20.二十后生有之，六旬男子则更多见。二十后生有之，六旬男子则更多见。nobody grows merely by the number of years;we grow

4、old by deserting our ideas. 年年有加，并非垂老；理想丢弃，方堕暮年。年年有加，并非垂老；理想丢弃，方堕暮年。Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.岁月悠悠，衰微只及肌肤；热忱抛却，颓唐必至岁月悠悠，衰微只及肌肤；热忱抛却，颓唐必至灵魂。灵魂。 Worry, fear, self-distrust1 bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust. 烦忧、惶恐、丧失自信，定使心灵扭曲，意气如烦忧、惶恐、丧失自信，定

5、使心灵扭曲，意气如灰。灰。 Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human beings heart the lure of wonders, 无论年届花甲，抑或二八芳龄，心中皆有生命之无论年届花甲，抑或二八芳龄，心中皆有生命之欢乐，奇迹之诱惑，欢乐，奇迹之诱惑，the unfailing childlike appetite of whats next and the joy of the game of living. 孩童般天真久盛不衰。孩童般天真久盛不衰。In the center of your heart and my heart there i

6、s a wireless station; 人人心中皆有一台天线，人人心中皆有一台天线，so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from infinite, 只要你从天上人间接受美好、希望、欢乐、勇气只要你从天上人间接受美好、希望、欢乐、勇气和力量的信号，和力量的信号，so long as you are young. 你就青春永驻，风华常存。你就青春永驻，风华常存。 When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with the snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, 一旦天线倒塌，锐气被冰雪覆盖，玩世不恭、自一旦天线倒塌，锐气被冰雪覆盖，玩世不恭、自暴自弃油然而生，暴自弃油然而生，then youve grown old, even at 20, but as long as your aerials are up,几十年方二十，实已垂老矣；几十年方二十，实已垂老矣；To catch waves of optimism, ther