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英语背诵美文 30 篇　英文＋翻译 第一篇：Youth 青春 Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple1) knees; it is a matter of will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life. Youth means a temperamental2) predominance3) 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 deserting4) 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 spirit back to dust. Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being’s heart the lure of wonders, 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 station: So long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from the infinite5), so long are you young. When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism6) and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old, even at 20; 1 but as long as your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, there is hope you may die young at 80. [Annotation:] 1）supple adj. 柔软的 2）temperamental adj. 由气质引起的 3）predominance n. 优势 4) desert vt. 抛弃 5) the Infinite 上帝 6) cynicism n. 玩世不恭 青春 青春不是 华，而是心境；青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝，而是深 沉的意志、恢弘的想象、炙热的感情；青春是生命的深泉在涌动。 青春气贯长虹，勇锐盖过怯弱，进取压倒苟安。如此锐气，二十 后生而有之，六旬男子则更多见。 岁有加，并非垂老，理想丢弃，方 堕暮年。 岁月悠悠，衰弱只及肌肤；热忱抛却，颓废必致灵魂。忧烦，惶恐，丧 失自信，定使心灵扭曲，意气如灰。 无论年届花甲，抑或二八芳龄，心中皆有生命之欢乐，奇迹之 惑， 孩童般天真久盛不衰。人人皆有一台天线，只要你从天上人间接受美 好、希望、欢乐、勇气和力量的信号，你就青春永驻，风华常存。 一旦天线倒塌，锐气使