youth-課前演講-經(jīng)典英語美文

1、 1) Supple 柔軟的、易彎曲的柔軟的、易彎曲的2) Temperamental 氣質的、性格的氣質的、性格的3) Predominance 優(yōu)勢、顯著優(yōu)勢、顯著4) Wrinkle 使使起皺紋起皺紋5) Lure 吸引力、魅力吸引力、魅力6) Infinite 無限物無限物(指空間、時間指空間、時間)7) Aerial 天線天線8) Cynicism 憤世嫉俗、玩世不恭憤世嫉俗、玩世不恭9) Optimism 樂觀、樂觀主義樂觀、樂觀主義 Youth-青春青春Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind.青春不是年華，而是心境；青

2、春不是年華，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、宏偉的想象、熾熱的而是深沉的意志、宏偉的想象、熾熱的感情；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,青春氣貫長虹，勇銳蓋過怯弱，青春氣貫長虹，勇銳蓋過怯弱，Of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. 進去壓倒茍安，如此銳氣，進去壓倒茍安，如此銳氣，This often exits in a man of 60, more than a boy of 20.二十后生有之，六旬男子則更多見。二十后生有之，六旬男子則更多見。nobody grows merely by the number of years;we grow

4、old by deserting our ideas. 年年有加，并非垂老；理想丟棄，方墮暮年。年年有加，并非垂老；理想丟棄，方墮暮年。Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.歲月悠悠，衰微只及肌膚；熱忱拋卻，頹唐必至歲月悠悠，衰微只及肌膚；熱忱拋卻，頹唐必至靈魂。靈魂。 Worry, fear, self-distrust1 bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust. 煩憂、惶恐、喪失自信，定使心靈扭曲，意氣如煩憂、惶恐、喪失自信，定

5、使心靈扭曲，意氣如灰?；摇?Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human beings heart the lure of wonders, 無論年屆花甲，抑或二八芳齡，心中皆有生命之無論年屆花甲，抑或二八芳齡，心中皆有生命之歡樂，奇跡之誘惑，歡樂，奇跡之誘惑，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; 人人心中皆有一臺天線，人人心中皆有一臺天線，so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from infinite, 只要你從天上人間接受美好、希望、歡樂、勇氣只要你從天上人間接受美好、希望、歡樂、勇氣和力量的信號，和力量的信號，so long as you are young. 你就青春永駐，風華常存。你就青春永駐，風華常存。 When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with the snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, 一旦天線倒塌，銳氣被冰雪覆蓋，玩世不恭、自一旦天線倒塌，銳氣被冰雪覆蓋，玩世不恭、自暴自棄油然而生，暴自棄油然而生，then youve grown old, even at 20, but as long as your aerials are up,幾十年方二十，實已垂老矣；幾十年方二十，實已垂老矣；To catch waves of optimism, ther