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·第一篇:Youth青春Youthisnotatimeoflife;itisastateofmind;itisnotamatterofrosycheeks,青春不是生命中的一段时间,它是心灵上的一种状态;它不是红润的脸陜、redlipsandsuppleknees;itisamatterofthewill,aqualityoftheimagination,a嘴唇和柔软的膝盖的物体;它是一种意愿的东西,一种想象的质量,一种vigoroftheemotions;itisthefreshnessofthedeepspringsoflife.情感的精力;它是生命深处里新鲜的春天.Youthmeansatemperamentalpredominanceofcourageovertimidity,ofthe青春意味着一种气质的卓越,勇敢胜于胆怯,appetiteforadventureovertheloveofease.Thisoftenexistsinamanof60more冒险的欲望胜于对安逸的喜好。这通常存在于一个60岁的男人thanaboyof20.Nobodygrowsoldmerelybyanumberofyears.Wegrowold多于一个20岁的男孩。没有人仅通过许多年就成熟。我们通过遗弃我们的理想bydesertingourideals.而成长Yearsmaywrinkletheskin,buttogiveupenthusiasmwrinklesthesoul.Worry,岁月也许会使皮肤发皱,但是放弃你的热情就会使你的精神疲劳。担忧、fear,self-distrustbowstheheartandturnsthespiritbacktodust.恐惧、畏缩使心灵歪曲并使你的精神回归于3无。Whether60or16,thereisineveryhumanbeing’sheartthelureofwonders,the无论是60还是16,在每个人心中都有好奇心的诱惑:unfailingappetiteforwhat’snextandthejoyofthegameofliving.Inthecenter对未来无尽的欲望与对生活游戏的乐趣。ofyourheartandmyheart,thereisawirelessstation;solongasitreceives在你我的心中,有个无线电站,只要它收到messagesofbeauty,hope,courageandpowerfrommanandfromtheinfinite,来自于人并无穷的美丽、希望、勇气和力量的信息,solongasyouareyoung.只要你年轻。Whenyouraerialsaredown,andyourspiritiscoveredwithsnowsofcynicism当你的天线掉下时,你的精神将被冷嘲热讽的雪和悲观的冰覆盖andtheiceofpessimism,thenyou’vegrownold,evenat20;butaslongasyour,然后你就成熟了,甚至在20岁时,只要你的天线是直的,捕捉到乐观向上的aerialsareup,tocatchwavesofoptimism,there’shopeyoumaydieyoungat80.电波,你就有希望死在年轻的80岁。·第二篇:ThreeDaystoSee(Excerpts)假如给我三天光明(节选)Allofushavereadthrillingstoriesinwhichtheherohadonlyalimitedand我们全部都看过哪些英雄只有一段有限的规定的specifiedtimetolive.Sometimesitwasaslongasayear,sometimesasshortas刺激的时间去生存。有时是长达一年的时间,有事是短短的24小时。24hours.Butalwayswewereinterestedindiscoveringjusthowthedoomedhero但是我们总会乐于发现注定的英雄chosetospendhislastdaysorhislasthours.Ispeak,ofcourse,offreemenwho怎样选择运用这最后一天或一小时。当然,我这里所说的人的自由haveachoice,notcondemnedcriminalswhosesphereofactivitiesisstrictly有一个选择,而不是罪犯的活动范围被严格限定范围。delimited.Suchstoriessetusthinking,wonderingwhatweshoulddoundersimilar这些故事启迪我们思考,诱发我们想象,当我们处于这类情况,该做的。circumstances.Whatevents,whatexperiences,whatassociationsshouldwe什么事件,什么经历,什么交往的人,我们应该在那最终的几个小时内crowdintothoselasthoursasmortalbeings,whatregrets?,作为注定要死的人后悔吗?SometimesIhavethoughtitwouldbeanexcellentruletoliveeachdayasifwe有时我想那将是个很好的规则在我们每天的生活中如果我们明天就会死去。shoulddietomorrow.Suchanattitudewouldemphasizesharplythevaluesof这样的态度可以鲜明地强调生命的价值。life.Weshouldliveeachdaywithgentleness,vigorandakeennessofappreciation每一天我们都应该以和善的态度、充沛的精力和热情的欣赏whichareoftenlistwhentimestretchesbeforeusintheconstantpanoramaof恰恰是在来日方长时往往被我们不变的全景图时天,moredaysandmonthsandyearstocome.Therearethose,ofcourse,whowould几个月和几年来,当然,有那么一些人,他们采纳了adopttheEpicureanmottoof“Eat,drink,andbemerry”.Butmostpeople享乐主义的格言:“吃、喝、玩、乐”。但是大多数人wouldbechastenedbythecertaintyofimpendingdeath.要受到即将面临死亡的必然性。Instoriesthedoomedheroisusuallysavedatthelastminutebysomestrokeof在故事里,注定要死的主人公往往在最后一刻由保存交上好运,但fortune,butalmostalwayshissenseofvaluesischanged.Hebecomesmore几乎总是他的价值观被改变了。appreciativeofthemeaningoflifeanditspermanentspiritualvalues.Ithas他更加珍视生命的意义及其永恒而神圣的价值。oftenbeennotedthatthosewholive,orhavelived,intheshadowofdeathbring人们常常注意到,那些生活在或者曾经生活在死亡阴影下的人,都带amellowsweetnesstoeverythingtheydo.着成熟的甜蜜去做。Mostofus,however,takelifeforgranted.Weknowthatonedaywemustdie,但是,我们大多数人把生活认为是理所当然的。butusuallywepicturethatdayasfarinthefuture.Whenweareinbuoyant我们知道,某一天我们一定会死,但通常我们把那天想象在遥远的将来。health,deathisallbutunimaginable.Weseldomthinkofit.Thedaysstretchout当我们心宽体健时,死亡几乎是不可想象的。我们很少想到它。inanendlessvista.Sowegoaboutourpettytasks,hardlyawareofourlistless时日在无穷的展望中延展着。于是我们干着琐碎的事情,几乎意识。attitudetowardlife.不到我们对生活的倦怠态度Thesamelethargy,Iamafraid,characterizestheuseofallourfacultiesand同样的昏睡,恐怕,描述了利用我们所有的本能和感觉。senses.Onlythedeafappreciatehearing,onlytheblindrealizethemanifold只有聋者才知道听觉的重要,只有盲人才给人带来的各种恩赐,blessingsthatlieinsight.Particularlydoesthisobservationapplytothosewho躺在了眼前。这是否观察特别适用于那些在成人丧失视觉和听觉的生活。havelostsightandhearinginadultlife.Butthosewhohaveneversuffered而那些从没有遭受视觉或impairmentofsightorhearingseldommakethefullestuseoftheseblessed听觉损伤之苦的人却很少充分利用这些天赐的官能。faculties.Theireyesandearstakeinallsightsandsoundshazily,without他们的眼睛和耳朵在所有的景象和声音以浓度和模糊地concentrationandwithlittleappreciation.Itisthesameoldstoryofnotbeing漫不经心地、不太多的回报。还是那相同的老话说的gratefulforwhatwehaveuntilweloseit,ofnotbeingconsciousofhealthuntil不失去不懂得我们所拥有的,直至失去它,对被我们的健康意识不到,直至生病时。weareill.Ihaveoftenthoughtitwouldbeablessingifeachhumanbeingwerestricken我经常想如果每个人他年轻生命时期某些时间的几天被盲和耳聋打击的话blindanddeafforafewdaysatsometimeduringhisearlyadultlife.Darkness那将是一个赐福。黑暗将令他对光更加感激wouldmakehimmoreappreciativeofsight;silencewouldteachhimthejoysof沉默将教会他声音的乐趣。sound.·第三篇:CompanionshipofBooks以书为伴(节选)Amanmayusuallybeknownbythebookshereadsaswellasbythecompanyhe一个人通常会因为他读的书和他经营的公司而被得知。keeps;forthereisacompanionshipofbooksaswellasofmen;andoneshould因为有个书的伴侣和人类的伴侣;还有一个人应该alwaysliveinthebestcompany,whetheritbeofbooksorofmen.一直与最好的伴侣生活,不管是一本书或是一个人。Agoodbookmaybeamongthebestoffriends.Itisthesametodaythatitalways一本好熟或许是在最好的朋友间。现在也是,一直都是,永不改变。was,anditwillneverchange.Itisthemostpatientandcheerfulofcompanions.这是最耐心的和激励的伴侣。I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