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励志英语读物一---Youth is a state of mind(青春是一种心态)

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励志英语读物之人生篇（第一篇）
Youth is a state of mind
青春是一种心态
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 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 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 deserthing 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 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 jou of the game of living. In the ceter 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 adn from the infinite, so long are you young.
when the aerials 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.
译文：
青春不是年华，而是心态；青春不是粉面、红唇、柔膝，而是坚强的意志，恢弘的想象，炙热的恋情；青春是生命深泉的自在奔流。
青春气贯长虹，勇锐盖过怯弱，进取压倒苟安。如此锐气，20岁的后生有之，六旬的男子则更多见。年岁有加，并非垂老；理想丢弃，方堕暮年。
岁月悠悠，衰微只及肌肤；热忱抛却，颓废必至灵魂。忧烦、惶恐、丧失自信，定使心灵扭曲，意气如灰。
无论年届花甲，抑或二八芳龄，心中皆有生命之欢乐，好奇之冲动，孩童般天真久盛不衰。你我心中都有一台天线，只要你从天上人间接受美好、希望、欢乐、勇气和力量的信号，你就会青春永驻，风华常存。
一旦天线落下，锐气便函被冰雪覆盖，玩世不恭、自暴自弃油然而生，即使年方20，实则垂垂老矣；然而只要树起天线，捕捉东观信号，即使80岁高龄，行将告别尘寰，你也会觉得年轻依旧，希望永存。

励志英语读物之人生篇（第二篇） Help Others,Help Yourself
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励志英语读物一---Youth is a state of mind(青春是一种心态)Have you ever had a day ,when everything seemed to go wrong, and nothing seemed to go right? Not too long ago ,I was having one of those days. I was discouraged, weary, and plain sad. My focus was on me , me,me. After all, no one else was esperiencing the same trials as I was.
I expressed my downcast state to my mother,hoping for some pity. instead,she said,'I heard Lily was having a difficult day too. Why don't you make her some cookies and we'll take them to her this afterroom?' I didn't really want to, but decided that Ididn't want to go back to my other problems just yet. I made the cookies and arranged them on a little plate.Then I made a card with a wunflower on it and wrote a small note of empathy.
That afternoon we droped by my friend's house. i went to the door and rang the bell. Soon, Lily came to the door and looked at me in surprise for the unexpected visit.Before she could say anything I rushed,'I heard you were having a hard day and decided to bring you something. I hope your day goes better.'The look that came over Lily's face was one that I could never put into words.It was as if a darkened shy was wuddenly lit with the golden rays of the sun; it was as if in that small act, her day was brightened.
I got back into the car and for some amazing reason, I felt a lot better myself. That day I experienced the truth that James Barrie attempeted to describe.'Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others,caanot keep it from themselves.'
译文：
你有没有这样的一天，事事都不如人意，没有一件事让你开心？不久前，我就有过这么一天。我气馁、疲倦，悲伤挥之不去。我的注意力就是我自己、自己、自己。毕竟，没有任何人经历我所遭受的磨难。
我向母亲说出了沮丧的心境，希望得到一点同情。而她开口说的是：“我听说莉莉今天也不大开心。你为什么不做些曲奇饼，下午我们给她送去？”我并不想做曲奇饼，但决定还是暂时别回到自己的问题中去。于是，我做了曲奇饼，并把它们摆放到一个小盘子里。然后我还做了一张卡片，上面画了一朵向日葵，还写了几句安慰的话语。
那天下午我们去了我朋友莉莉的家。我走到门前按响了门钤。不一会，莉莉来开门，惊奇的看着我，没料到我们会到访。没等她开口，我先急急地对她说：“我听说你不开心，决定给你带点东西来。”莉莉脸上浮现的表情是我无法用语言描述的。好像原来乌云密布的天空顷刻间雨过天晴，金光四射；好像就因为这么个小小的举动，她的这一天就亮堂直来了。
我回到我们的车子里，也不知是什么奇妙的原因，我自己也感觉好多了。那天，我的经历正如同詹姆斯.巴里曾试图描述的：“给他人带去阳光的人，自己也会沐浴在阳光之中。”
励志英语读物一---Youth is a state of mind(青春是一种心态)
注：励志英语读物之人生篇（第三篇）是:
“The Sanit Next Door Could Be YOU---下一扇伟大的门可能由你开启”。点此观注

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