英语杂谈：75 Youth
Youth is not a time of life，it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of
rosy 1 cheeks, red lips and supple 2 knees,it is a matter of the will, a
quality of the imagination, a vigor 3 of the emotions.it is the freshness of
the deep springs of life.
Youth means a tempera-mental predominance of courage over timidity, 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.
Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.
Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spring back to dust.
whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being’s heart the lure 4 of wonder,
the unfailing childlike appetite of what’s next and the joy of the game of
living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless 5
station: so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and
power from men and from the Infinite, you and I will remain young.
When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism
and the ice of pessimism 6, then you are grown old, even at 20, but as long as
your aerials are upto catch waves of optimism, there is hope you may have
young heart at 80.
- She got a new job and her life looks rosy.她找到一份新工作，生活看上去很美好。
- She always takes a rosy view of life.她总是对生活持乐观态度。
- She gets along well with people because of her supple nature.她与大家相处很好，因为她的天性柔和。
- He admired the graceful and supple movements of the dancers.他赞扬了舞蹈演员优雅灵巧的舞姿。
- The choir sang the words out with great vigor.合唱团以极大的热情唱出了歌词。
- She didn't want to be reminded of her beauty or her former vigor.现在，她不愿人们提起她昔日的美丽和以前的精力充沛。
- Life in big cities is a lure for many country boys.大城市的生活吸引着许多乡下小伙子。
- He couldn't resist the lure of money.他不能抵制金钱的诱惑。
- There are a lot of wireless links in a radio.收音机里有许多无线电线路。
- Wireless messages tell us that the ship was sinking.无线电报告知我们那艘船正在下沉。