《生而为赢》美文30篇之一“青春”

              Youth 青春

               作者：Samuel Ullman

                          讲析：沈静

1.Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind;

  青春不是年华，而是心境。

   A time一段时间 a time of life生命的时段，即年华

   A state一种状态a state of mind一种心态

2. It is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees;

  青春不是桃面，丹唇，柔膝；

    Rosy cheek玫瑰色的脸颊

    Supple:柔软的

3. it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions;

    而是深沉的意志，恢宏的想象，炙热的情感；

   Will名词“意志决心”

   Vigor精力活力

4.it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.

    青春是生命的深泉在涌流。

   Spring泉水，通常指天然泉

   fountain常指人工喷泉

5.Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. 

   青春气贯长虹，勇锐盖过怯懦。进取压倒苟安。

   Temperamental易激动的

   Predominance优势

   Timidity怯懦

   Appetite for adventure渴望冒险

   本句用了两个…over…结构，表达简洁！

6.This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20.

   如此锐气，二十后生而有之。六旬男子则更多见。

   A man of数字：多大年纪的人

 7. 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.

    年岁有加，并非垂老，理想丢弃，方堕暮年。

   Grow old by.. years随着年龄的增长而老去

   Grow old by deserting ideals随着理想的丢弃而渐渐老去

   岁月悠悠，衰微只及肌肤；

   Wrinkle the skin皮肤生出皱纹

   热忱退却，颓废必至灵魂。

   Wrinkle the soul心灵颓废

8.Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.

     忧烦，惶恐，丧失自信，定使心灵扭曲，意气如灰。

   Self-distrust畏缩

   Bow动词“使弯曲”bow the heart使心灵扭曲

   Turn … back to …将什么变回什么

9.Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being’s heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing appetite for what’s next and the joy of the game of living.

    无论年届花甲，抑或二八芳龄，心中皆有生命之欢乐，奇迹之诱惑，孩童般天真久盛不衰。

   Whether 60 or 16无论60岁还是16岁

   There is lure of sth是句子主干 in every human being’s heart 为插入成分，表地点

   Unfailing appetite不衰败的好奇心

10.In the center of your heart and my heart, there is a wireless station; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, courage and power from man and from the infinite, so long as you are young.

人人心中皆有一个无线电台，只要你从天上人间接受美好、希望、欢乐、勇气和力量的信号，你就青春永驻，风华常存。

   第一个So long as只要

   第二个 so long as与..一样长久

   同样的短语不同的含义，本句的特色，构思巧妙

 11.When your aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, 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.

    一旦天线倒塌，锐气便被风雪覆盖，玩世不恭自报自弃油然而生，即使年方二十，已垂老矣；然则只要竖起天线，捕捉乐观信号，你就有望在高龄告别尘寰时仍觉年轻。

   Be covered with被..覆盖

   Cynicism玩世不恭 snows of cynicism玩世不恭的（像)雪

   Pessimism悲观主义Ice of pessimism悲观主义的（像）冰

   Optimism乐观主义

   Die young at 80. 80岁的时候死去也依然年轻

born to win的解释