青春不是年华，而是心境；青春不是丹唇皓齿，而是坚定的意志，不羁的想象和奔放的情绪……
岁月褶皱的只是肌肤，而不是心灵。架起心灵天线，捕捉乐观、希望、勇气和力量的信号，你将青春永驻，即使到了古稀之年，告别尘寰之际，你将觉得自己依然年轻。
塞缪尔·厄尔曼的这篇佳作堪称为“青春”一词最好的诠释。
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy（粉红色的） cheeks, red lips and supple（柔软的） knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.
Youth means a tempera-mental predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals.
Years may wrinkle（使…变皱）the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spring back to dust.
Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being' s heart the lure of wonder, 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.
When the aerials（天线）are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old, even at 20, but as long as your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, there is hope you may die young at 80.
Samuel Ullman (1840 Hechingen, Germany - March 21, 1924) was an American businessman, poet, humanitarian.
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。
相关单词：humanitarian
humanitarian解释：n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者
humanitarian例句：
She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
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