Whether sixty or sixteen, there is in every human being's heart the lure（诱惑） 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 infinite, so long are you young.
An individual human existence should be like a river—small at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and rushing passionately past boulders and over waterfalls. Gradually the river grows wider, the banks recede, the waters flow more quietly, and in the end, without any visible break, they become merged in the sea, and painlessly lose their individual being.
Youth means a temperamental predominance（优势，卓越） of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of sixty more than a boy of twenty. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting 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.
相关单词：lure
lure解释：n.吸引人的东西，诱惑物；vt.引诱，吸引
lure例句：
Life in big cities is a lure for many country boys.大城市的生活吸引着许多乡下小伙子。
He couldn't resist the lure of money.他不能抵制金钱的诱惑。
相关单词：wireless
wireless解释：adj.无线的；n.无线电
wireless例句：
There are a lot of wireless
Wireless messages tell us that the ship was sinking.无线电报告知我们那艘船正在下沉。
相关单词：passionately
passionately解释：ad.热烈地，激烈地
passionately例句：
She could hate as passionately as she could love. 她能恨得咬牙切齿，也能爱得一往情深。
He was passionately addicted to pop music. 他酷爱流行音乐。
相关单词：boulders
boulders解释：n.卵石( boulder的名词复数 )；巨砾；（受水或天气侵蚀而成的）巨石；漂砾
boulders例句：
Seals basked on boulders in a flat calm. 海面风平浪静，海豹在巨石上晒太阳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
The river takes a headlong plunge into a maelstrom of rocks and boulders. 河水急流而下，入一个漂砾的漩涡中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
相关单词：recede
recede解释：vi.退(去)，渐渐远去；向后倾斜，缩进
recede例句：
The colleges would recede in
He saw that the dirty water had begun to recede.他发现那污浊的水开始往下退了。
相关单词：merged
merged解释：（使）混合( merge的过去式和过去分词 )； 相融； 融入； 渐渐消失在某物中
merged例句：
Turf wars are inevitable when two departments are merged. 两个部门合并时总免不了争争权限。
The small shops were merged into a large market. 那些小商店合并成为一个大商场。
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