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青年人一定拥有青春吗?麦克阿瑟的座右铭《Youth》秒解!

 

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五四青年节虽已过,但青春永远没有完成时。到底什么是青春呢?14到28周岁,称为青年,但一定可以就拥有青春吗?超过28岁的人们还能拥有青春吗?一切尽在下面这篇短文《Youth》中。

Youth (by Samuel Ullman) 青春 作者:塞缪尔·厄尔曼

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Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind;

青春不是一个年龄阶段,而是指人的思想状态;

it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees;

青春不代表桃面、红唇和柔膝;

it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions;

它的内涵是意志力、想象力还有炽热的情感,

it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.

是日日常新的生命深泉。

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Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity,

青春意味着卓绝的勇气而不是胆小怯懦,

of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease.

选择热爱冒险而不是安逸舒适。

This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20.

这经常更多在60岁老翁的身上展现而不是20岁的小伙子。

Nobody grows old merely by a number of years.

没有人仅仅因为年龄的增长而变老。

We grow old by deserting our ideals.

我们变老是由于放弃了自己的理想和追求。

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Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

岁月是把刀,在皮肤上刻下凹槽,但是放弃热情则会让灵魂起皱。

Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.

担忧、恐惧、缺乏自信贬低损害我们的心灵,让精神都归于尘土。

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Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human beings heart the lure of wonder,

不管是古稀之年还是年方二八,每个人的心里都会被奇迹所诱惑,

the unfailing childlike appetite for whats next and the joy of the game of living.

都会对下刻要发生的事有无尽的儿童版的热切期待,都有着对生命这场游戏的喜悦。

In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station:

在你我的心中都有一个无线电台:

so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and

power from men and from the Infinite, so long are you young.

只要它接收到的是来自人们及无限世界的美丽、希望、喜悦和勇气,你就是年轻的。

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When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism,

如果天线垂下去了,你的精神被愤世嫉俗和悲观厌世的冰雪所覆盖,

then you are grown old, even at 20,

那就真的变老了,即使你现在只有20岁,

but as long as your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism,

但是,只要你的天线是向上,接收的是积极乐观的信号,

there is hope you may die young at 80.

你就有希望在80岁离世时青春依旧。

《Youth》最新倾情翻译:向全球学创新头条号karl

塞缪尔·厄尔曼是美籍商人和诗人,热衷于教育事业。他在78岁高龄写的这篇关于青春的美文,被美国军事家麦克阿瑟视作至爱和座右铭,并因此闻名世界。为了纪念他,在美国的阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校专门建了一座纪念馆。

下面是《Youth》的低沉男音朗诵版,强烈建议观看,会有不一样的感受。友情提醒:请在Wifi下观看(土豪随意)

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青春不是青年人的专利,所有年龄阶段的人都能拥有;创新也一样人人都可做到,但拥有青春的人更有创新的热情和能量。

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