年轻和年老

supple knees.

年青并无关乎是否拥有红润的

脸颊、粉红的双唇、以及柔软的身躯。

It is a temper of the will;

它是坚韧的意志;

a quality of the imagination; a vigor of the emotions.丰富的想象力;澎湃的情感；It is a freshness of the deep

springs of life.它是极度清新的生命泉源

Youth means a temperamental

年青意味着以勇敢的性格

predominance of courage over timidity,

克服胆怯的思维，

of the appetite for adventure over a

life of ease.

爱好冒险胜过优哉度日。

This often exists in a man of fifty, more than in a boy of

twenty.

50岁的人有如此的心境往往多过于20

岁的年青人。

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Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years; people grow old by deserting their ideals.人不会仅仅因岁月的增长而变老;

人们之所以变老是因为他们放弃追求理想。

Years may wrinkle the skin,

上了年纪或许将使肌肤满布皱纹，

but to give up enthusiasm

wrinklesthesoul.

然而放弃热情所吹皱的却是人们的灵魂。

Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and

despair—

长期的担心、怀疑、缺乏自信、恐惧与绝望，

these are the long, long years

that bow the head

and turn the growing spirit back to dust.

经年累月的低头将使心灵渐渐蒙上尘土。

Whether seventy or sixteen, there is in every

being’s heart a love of wonder。

无论是七十岁或十六岁，人在心中都存有对梦的追求

the sweet amazement at the stars

摘下星星的甜蜜

and star like things and thoughts;

星星般的珍品与梦想、

the undaunted challenge of events,

无畏于挑战艰巨任务、

the unfailing childlike appetite for what

comes next,

始终保持天真的心情期待即将到来的每一刻

and the joy in the game of life.

并充分享受生活的喜悦。，

You are as young as your faith,

as old as your doubt;您保有信念，你年青，一旦事事迟疑，你老了。as young as yourself-confidence,as old as your fear,您持有自信，你年青，一旦事事恐惧，你老了。as young as your hope,as old as your despair.您拥有希望，你年青，一旦事事绝望，你老了。

In the central place of your heart

there is a wireless station.

在您的心中有一个无线网络，

So long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, grandeur, courage,and power from the earth, from men and from the Infinite

只要您能从地球、人类及宇宙无限的空间里，接收到美丽、希望、喝采、庄严、英勇、能量

等讯息，

—so long are you young.

那么您就能长保年青。

When the wires are all down

当网络全部挡机了，

and the central places of your

heart are covered

with the snows of pessimism and

the ice of cynicism,您心中的网络被冷酷的悲观情绪、

冷淡的讥讽言词所覆盖时，

then are you grown old, indeed!

那么您就真的老了!

Age is a quality of mind!

年龄依心境来决定！

If you have left your dreams behind,

假如您抛弃梦想，If hope is lost,假如您失去希望，

If you no longer look ahead,

假如你不再向前看，

If your ambitions' fires are dead—

假如您没了雄心壮志，

Then you are old.那么您就是老了。

But if from life you take the best然而，如果您总是撷取生活中最好的部分，And if in life you keep the jest,

如果您总在生活中保持幽默，

If love you hold—如果您心中拥有爱--No matter how the years go by,

那么无论岁月如何流失，

No matter how the birthdays fly,

无论生日如何一年一年过，

YOU ARE NOT OLD!

你都将永远保持年青!

取材Tommy’swindow slideshowpps by yy with Chinese 2008-06-25