Youth（青春）

名称：Youth（青春）
内容简介：
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[00:05.06]Nobody grows merelyby a number of yearswe grow older bydeserting our ideas.
[00:08.47]人老不仅仅是岁月流逝所致,更主要的是懒惰不思进取的结果。
[00:11.87]　　 YouthBy Samuel Erman　　　青春塞缪尔.俄尔曼
[00:16.63]Youth is not a timeof life, it is astate of mind,
[00:20.86]青春不是生命的一段时光
[00:25.10]it is not a matterof rosy cheeks, redlips and suppleknees,
[00:27.98]不是指红润的脸颊、红扑扑的嘴唇和柔韧的双膝
[00:30.85]it is a matter ofthe will, a qualityof the imagination,
[00:33.30]它是一种精神状态，是指不懈的干劲、丰富的想象力和滚烫的情怀。
[00:35.74]a vigor of theemotions,
[00:36.86]它是生命春意正浓时的活力。
[00:37.98]it is the freshnessof the deep springof life.
[00:40.31]它是生命之源勃勃生机的涌泉。
[00:42.64]Youth means atemperamentalpredominance
[00:44.22]青春意味着战胜懦弱的
[00:45.79]of courage overtimidity,
[00:46.75]那股大丈夫气概
[00:47.71]of the appetite foradventure over thelove of ease.
[00:49.90]和摈弃安逸的那种冒险精神
[00:52.10]This often existsin a man of 60more than a boy of20.
[00:54.66]往往一个60岁的老者比一个20岁的青年更多一点这种劲头
[00:57.22]Nobody growsmerely by a numberof years,
[00:58.85]人老不仅仅是岁月流逝所致
[01:00.47]we grow old bydeserting ourideas.
[01:02.19]更主要的是懒惰、不思进取的结果
[01:03.90]Years may wrinklethe skin,
[01:05.16]光阴可以在颜面上留下印记
[01:06.41]but to give upenthusiasm wrinklesthe soul.
[01:08.22]而热情之火的熄灭则在心灵上刻下皱纹
[01:10.02]Worry, fear,self-distrust bowsthe heart
[01:12.35]忧虑、恐惧、缺乏自信，会扭曲人的灵魂
[01:14.69]and turns thespirit back todust.
[01:16.26]并将青春化为灰烬。
[01:17.84]Whether 60 or 16,there is in everyhuman being's heartthe lure of wonders,
[01:21.72]无论是60岁还是16岁你需要保持永不衰竭的好奇心，
[01:25.61]the unfailingchildlike appetiteof what's next
[01:27.65]永不熄灭的孩提般求知的渴望
[01:29.68]and the joy of thegame of living. Inthe center of yourheart, and my heart,
[01:32.61]和追求生活乐趣的热情。在你我的心底，
[01:35.54]there is a wirelessstation: so long asit receives messagesof beauty,
[01:38.37]都有一座无线电台：它能在多长时间里接收到人间万物传递来的美好、
[01:41.20]hope, cheer, courageand power from menand from theinfinite,
[01:44.26]希望、欢乐、鼓舞和力量信息，
[01:47.33]so long asyou are young.
[01:48.84]你就会年轻多长时间
[01:50.35]When the aerialsare down,
[01:51.38]当天线倒塌时
[01:52.40]and your spirit iscovered with snowsof cynicism and theice of pessimism,
[01:55.26]你的精神就被玩世不恭和悲观厌世的冰雪所覆盖，
[01:58.12]then you've grownold, even at 20,
[02:00.02]你就已经衰老了，即使你只是20岁；
[02:01.91]but as long as youraerials are up, tocatch waves ofoptimism,
[02:03.91]而你的天线巍然矗立着的时候，凭着高昂的乐观主义