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1、正文
youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind ; it is not rosy cheeks , red lips and supple knees, it is a matter of the emotions : it is the freshness ; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life .
youth means a temperamental 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 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 .
whether 60 of 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’s a wireless station : so long as it receives messages of beauty , hope ,cheer, courag.
2、譯文
【最簡單一分鐘英語演講】青春不是生命的時候，它是一種精神狀態；它不是紅潤的臉頰、紅潤的嘴唇和柔軟的膝蓋 ， 它是一種情緒的物質：它是新鮮的；它是生命深處的新鮮 。
青春意味著勇氣驅走怯懦氣貫長虹，冒險戰勝安逸 。這往往存在于一個60歲以上的男子，比一個20歲的男孩 。沒有人會變老，只是靠一些年 。不思進取 。
歲月在皮膚上起皺紋，但放棄熱情則會使靈魂起皺 。憂慮，恐懼，自我不信任扭曲了心靈 ， 把精神變成了塵土 。
不管60 16，但在每個人的心，奇跡之誘惑，孩童的孩童般的渴望和對生活的樂趣 。在你的心中和我的心中有一個無線電臺：只要它接收美麗，希望，歡樂，勇氣 。