Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind. It is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple（柔软的） knees. It is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep spring of life.
Youth means a temperamental（喜怒无常的） predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exits in a man of 60, more than a boy of 20. Nobody grows merely by the number of years; we grow old by deserting our ideas. Years may wrinkle（褶皱） 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 infinite, so long as you are young.
When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with the snows of cynicism（愤世嫉俗） and the ice of pessimism（悲观） , then you’ve grown old, even at 20, but as long as your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, there’s hope you may die young at 80.
相关单词：rosy
rosy解释：adj.美好的，乐观的，玫瑰色的
rosy例句：
She got a new job and her life looks rosy.她找到一份新工作，生活看上去很美好。
She always takes a rosy view of life.她总是对生活持乐观态度。
相关单词：supple
supple解释：adj.柔软的，易弯的，逢迎的，顺从的，灵活的；vt.使柔软，使柔顺，使顺从；vi.变柔软，变柔顺
supple例句：
She gets along well with people because of her supple nature.她与大家相处很好，因为她的天性柔和。
He admired the graceful and supple movements of the dancers.他赞扬了舞蹈演员优雅灵巧的舞姿。
相关单词：vigor
vigor解释：n.活力，精力，元气
vigor例句：
The choir sang the words out with great vigor.合唱团以极大的热情唱出了歌词。
She didn't want to be reminded of her beauty or her former vigor.现在，她不愿人们提起她昔日的美丽和以前的精力充沛。
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：pessimism
pessimism解释：n.悲观者，悲观主义者，厌世者
pessimism例句：
He displayed his usual pessimism.他流露出惯有的悲观。
There is the note of pessimism in his writings.他的著作带有悲观色彩。
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