一篇名叫 Youth 的英语演讲稿

Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind.
青春不是年华，而是心境；

It is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees.
青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝，

It is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, vigor of the emotions;
而是深沉的意志、宏伟的想象、炽热的感情；

It is the freshness of the deep spring of life.
青春是生命的深泉在涌流。

Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity,
青春气贯长虹，勇锐盖过怯弱，

of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease.
进去压倒苟安，如此锐气，

This often exits in a man of 60, more than a boy of 20.
二十后生有之，六旬男子则更多见。

nobody grows merely by the number of years;we grow old by deserting our ideas.
年年有加，并非垂老；理想丢弃，方堕暮年。

Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.
岁月悠悠，衰微只及肌肤；热忱抛却，颓唐必至灵魂。

Worry, fear, self-distrust1 bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.
烦忧、惶恐、丧失自信，定使心灵扭曲，意气如灰。

Wheth