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① of one’s own accord 自愿地 ② procrastinate [ pr?u'kr?stineit ] v.
延迟,迁延,耽搁
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你随时都可以迈向成功
要解决任何问题或实现自己的目标，你无须提前知道所有的答案。但你必须清楚地了解你所面临的问题或你希望达到的目标。
你唯一要做的就是知道自己欲往何方。自然而然，你就会得出答案。遇到大难题时不要拖延，应该把问题分成几个部分，然后逐一解决。
如果你能鼓起勇气去开始，那么你就有勇气去获取成功。需要花最多时间完成的正是那些你从未着手去做的工作。不要担心远处暗淡模糊的事物，而是要做清楚摆在眼前的那些事。
你现在所处的位置就是你最大的机遇。一旦开始，你就成功了一半。
YOUTH Samuel Ullman
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind.
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 sixty more than a body of twenty. Nobody grows old merely by a
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number of years. We grow old by deserting 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 spirit back to dust.
Whether sixty or sixteen, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonder, the unfailing child-like 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 are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old, even at twenty, but as long as your aerials are up, to catch the waves of optimism, there is hope you may die young at eighty.
New Words and Expressions
rosy: [ 'r?uzi ] a. 蔷薇色的,玫瑰红色的 supple: [ 's?pl ] a. 柔软的,逢迎的,顺从的 vigor: [ 'vig? ] n. 活力,精力
temperamental: [ .temp?r?'mentl ] a. 性情的,喜怒无常的 predominance: [ pri'd?min?ns ] n. 卓越,优势,控制 timidity: [ ti'miditi ] n. 胆小,胆怯,羞怯 appetite: [ '?pitait ] n. 爱好,嗜好,食欲,胃口,欲望 desert: [ di'z?:t ] v. 放弃,遗弃
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wrinkle: [ 'ri?kl ] n. 皱纹v. (使)起皱纹vi. (使)起皱纹,皱眉vt. 使起皱纹 unfailing: [ ?n'feili? ] a. 无尽的,无穷的 infinite: [ 'infinit ] a. 无限的,无穷的n. 无限 aerial: [ '??ri?l ] n. 天线
cynicism: [ 'sinisiz?m ] n.犬儒哲学, 嘲笑挖苦, 玩世不恭, pessimism: [ 'pesimizm ] n. 悲观,悲观主义 optimism: [ '?ptimiz?m ] n.&a. 乐观,乐观主义
青 春
塞缪尔. 厄尔曼
青春不是年华，而是一种心态；青春不是粉面、朱唇、柔膝，而是坚强的意志、
美好的憧憬、奔放的情感；青春是生命中汨汨涌动的深泉。
青春，意味着勇气胜过怯弱，进取压倒苟安。此般青春锐气，二十后生虽有之，六旬长者则更多见。年岁有加，并非垂老；理想荒废，方显老态。
岁月荏苒，只能催老红颜；热忱抛却，必至灵魂枯槁。忧烦，恐惧和不自信，会使心灵卑下，使活力如蒙尘之春泉。
无论六十花甲，抑或二八芳龄，奇迹之诱惑、孩童般永不泯灭的天真向往以及游戏生活之愉悦，人人心中皆有之。你我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，你便青春永驻，风华常存。
一旦天线倒塌，你的精神便为嫉俗之雪和悲观之冰所覆盖，即使年方二十，实已垂垂老矣；然而只要坚起心灵的天线，捕捉乐观信号，你就有望在耄耋之年以青春终老。
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\will not.\
“不会生气的人是愚者，不生气的人乃是真正的智者。”
The habit of keeping pleasant is indeed better than an income of a thousand dollars a year. The life without cheerfulness is like the severe winter without sun.
保持快乐的心情胜于年薪上千美元的收入。生活中若没有快乐，
就如同严寒的冬季没有阳光。
We all love cheerful company, but we are apt to forget that cheerfulness is a habit that can be cultivated by all.
快乐的伙伴受人喜爱，而我们却忘了快乐是每个人都可以培养的习惯。
We find it very difficult to be gay when we are in distress. It requires great courage. We should never forget that to be cheerful when it is not easy to be cheerful shows greatness. Thorny may be our way, but how happy is the conqueror's song!
悲伤之时，让我们快乐起来很难，那需要有很大的勇气。谨记，转悲为欢是一件很了不起的事。也许，前方的道路荆棘满布，
然而，胜利者之歌却洋溢着快乐！
