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36.Youth(青春）

    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 tempermental predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man fo 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 wrinklw 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 sa it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from the Infinite, so long are you young.
                                                                                                                                             Samuel Erman①

words:
supple  adj.  柔软的，逢迎的，顺从的
vigor  n.  精力，活力
temperamental  adj.  气质的，性情的
predominance  n.  优势
timidity  n.  胆怯
appetite  n.  食欲，胃口，欲望，爱好
desert  v.  放弃，遗弃，逃跑
wrinkle  n.  皱纹
enthusiasm  n.  狂热， 热心，积极性
lure  v.  引诱
Infinite  n.  [宗]上帝，神

①这篇Samuel Erman（塞缪尔·厄尔曼）写的不足500字的短文，半个世纪以来一直产生轰动效应；美国麦克阿瑟将军生前将其视为座右铭。本文有删节。

译文：
    青春不是年华，而是心境；青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝，而是深沉的意志，恢弘的想象，炙热的恋情；青春是生命的深泉在涌流。
    青春气贯长虹，勇锐盖过怯弱，进去压倒苟安。如此锐气，二十后生而有之，六旬男子则更多见。年岁有家，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，颓废必致灵魂。忧烦，惶恐，丧失自信，定使心灵扭曲，意气如灰。
    无论年届花甲，拟或二八芳龄，心中皆有生命之欢乐，奇迹之诱惑，孩童般天真久盛不衰。人人心中皆有一台天线，只要你从天上人间接受美好、希望、欢乐、勇气和力量的信号，你就青春永驻，风华常存。

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56.人与环境
Man and His EnvironmentThroughout history man has changed his physical environment in order to improve his way of life. With the tools of technology he has altered many physical features of the earth. He has transformed woodlands and prairies into farms and made lakes and reservirs out of rivers for errigation purpose or hydroelectric power. Man has also modified the face of the earth by draining marshes and cutting through mountains to build roads and railways.
However, man’s changes to the physical environment have not always had beneficial results. Today, pollution of the air and water is an increasing danger to the health of the planet. Each day thousands of tons of gases come out of the exhausts of motor vehicles. Smoke from factories pollutes the air of industrialized areas and the surrouding areas of the countryside. The pollution of water is equally harmful. The whole ecological balance of the sea is being changed and industrial wastes have already made many rivers lifeless.
Now environment protecion is more pressing than ever before. As we know, massive destrucion of environment has brought about negative effects and even poses a great threat to man’s existence. Indifference to theses problems will mean committing suicide. Therefore, effective measures should be taken and laws pssed to conserve environment. Otherwise, man is certain to sufer from the serous consequences caused by this lack of care for his living surroundings.


words:
alter  v.  改变
feature  n.  特征，容貌，特色，特写
transform  v.  转换，改变，改造
woodland  n.  森林地，林地
prairie  n.  大草原，牧场
reservoir  n.  水库，蓄水池
irrigation  n.  灌溉，冲洗

hydroelectric  adj.  水力电气的
modify  v.  更改，修改
drain  v.  排水，流干
marsh  n.  湿地，沼泽，沼泽地
beneficial  adj.  有益的，受益的
exhaust  n.  废气口，废气
vehicle  n.  交通工具，车辆，媒介物
industrialize  v.  使工业化
ecological  adj.  生态学的，社会生态学的
pressing  adj.  紧迫的
massive  adj.  厚重的，大快的
negative  adj.  否定的，消极的，负的
indifference  n.  不关心


译文：
在历史的长河中，人类韦了提高生存条件不断改变者周围的自然环境。人们借助技术工具已经改变了地球的自然特征。他们把森林和草原变成了农田，使讲和变成了湖泊和水库，用语灌溉和水利发电所许。他们还牌干沼泽，开山修建公路和铁路，这些都改变了地球的面貌。
然而，人们改变自然环境的结果并不总是有益的。如今，大气和水的污染越来越严重地危害着地球的健康。每天，激动车辆牌坊出成千上万吨废气。工厂释放的厌恶污染了工业区的空气，也污染了周围乡村的空气。水的污染也同样有还。海洋的整个生态平衡已经改变了，工业废水已使狠多河流的生物死亡。
现在，环境保护的问题比以往更韦迫切。我们都知道，对环境的大规模破坏已经带来了跗面影响，甚至对人类的生存也带来了极大的威胁。模式这些问题无意于自杀。所以，应该采取有效的措施并办法保护环境的法令。否则，人类势必遭受因期不关心生存环境尔引起的严重后果之苦。

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87.I Have a Dream(我有一个梦想)①
    I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
    I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creeed:"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."
     I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and sons of former slaves-owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.  I have a dream—
     That one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis fo freedom and justice; I have a dream—
    That my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will nott be judged by the color of their skin but by content of their character; I have a dream today.
     I have a dream that one day down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullificaion, one day right here there in Alabama liitle black boys and black girls will be able to jion hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers;  I have a dream today.
     I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, and rough places will be made plane and crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.

words
frustation  n.  挫败，挫折，受挫
creed  n.  信条
bortherhood  n.  手足情谊，兄弟关系
sweltering  adj.  闷热的，中暑的，酷热的
injustice  n.  不公平，不讲道义
oppression  n.  压迫，镇压，压抑，苦恼
oasis  n.  （沙漠中）绿洲
vicious  adj.  恶的，不道德的，恶意的，刻毒的
racist  n.  种族主义者
interposition  n.  插入，干涉，干预
nullification  n.  无效，废弃，取消
exalt  v.  提升，晋升
crooked  adj.  弯曲的，拐骗的
glory  n.  荣誉，光荣
flesh  n.  肉，人体

①1963年8月28日在华盛顿林肯纪念堂举行的"为工作的自由进军"是民权运动的重要里程碑.那天最激励人心的,是马丁·路德·金牧师代表南方基督教领导会议所作的讲演.一位新闻记者指出,金氏的演讲"充满林肯和甘地精神的象征和圣经的韵律".他既义正严词又有节制;公开宣扬——这是其基本哲学的一部分——非暴力的改革途径；并且侃侃陈词，雄辩有力。在60年代和70年代，美国国会、总统和法院将金氏在讲演中提到的各种法律障碍解除了。

译文：
    朋友们，今天我要对你们说，尽管眼下存在着困难和挫折，但我依然有一个梦想。这个梦深植于美国梦之中。
    我有一个梦想，总有一天这个国家将会奋起，实践其民族信条的真谛：“人人生而平等，我们认为这些真理不言而喻。”
    我有一个梦想，总有一天在佐治亚洲的红色山冈上，昔日奴隶的子弟和昔日奴隶主的子弟能够情同手足地同坐一堂；我有一个梦想——
    总有一天即使密西西比州这个充满不公和压迫的热浪灼人的荒漠之州，也会改变成一个自由和公正的绿洲；我有一个梦想——
    总有一天我的四个孩子能够生活在一个根据内在品质而不看肤色对他们进行评判的国家里。今天我有一个梦想。
    我有一个梦想，总有一天亚拉巴马州会有所改变——尽管那儿的种族主义者恶毒凶残，尽管该州的州长口口声声说什么要干预和废除，总有一天那儿黑人儿童能够和白人儿童如同兄弟姐妹一样携手同行；今天我有一个梦想。
    我有一个梦想，总有一天深谷弥合，高山夷平，歧路化坦途，曲径成通衢，上帝的光辉终将重现，普天生灵共谒。

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40.Declaration of Independence(独立宣言)
    we hold these truths to be self-evident,  that all men are created equal,  that they are endowed by their Creator with ceatain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. —That, to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed—That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Rights of the People to alter or to abolish it, and institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

words
self-evident  adj.  自明的，不证自明的
unalienable  adj.  （古）不可剥夺的
liberty  n.  自由，特权
institute  v.  创立，制定
derive  v.  得自
consent  n.  同意，赞成
destuctive  adj.  破坏（性）的
alter  v.  改变，修改
abolish  v.  废除，废止

译文：
    我们认为以下的真理是不言而喻的：人人生而平等，造物主赋予每个人一些不可剥夺的权利，包括生命、自由和追求幸福的权力。政府的成立乃是为了保障这些权力，政权则由人民授权而来。对于无法保障这些权利的政府，人民有权改变或废除，进而建立新政府，并采取此原则为基础，以次方式组织权力，因为这是最有可能实现安全与幸福的方法。

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A4.What kind of Man Do You Wish to Be?
    What kind of man you wish to be you will be. Oh! What a glorious saying this is! But can we really attain our aims if we only wish? Of course, the answer is in the negative.
    You may become a lawyer only after you have mastered laws, a merchant only after you have had commercial experience, and a general only after you have learnt military tactics. In short, you may become what you wish to be only if you possess the necessary ability and knowledge.
    Every boy should ask himself this question, "What kind of man do I wish to be in the future, a scholar, a merchant, a farmer, or a workman?"
    Having settled that question, one should hold to one's purpose with firmness and unfaltering devotion. Having one objective today and another objective tomorrow is very bad. Success comes only after struggles with natural obstacles.

词汇
merchant  n.  商人
commercial  a.  商业的;贸易的
militay  a.  军事的;军用的
possess  v.  拥有;占有
settle  v.  解决;决定
firmness  v.  坚定;稳固
unfaltering  a.  毫不动摇;坚决的
objective  n.  目标;目的

注释
in short: 总之;简而言之
hold to: 坚持;紧握

译文
    你希望成为什么样的人?
    你希望成为什么样的人，你就会成为什么样的人。噢,这是多么好的一则谚语!但是如果我们只希望成为什么样的人,我们就能达到目的吗?当然,答案是否定的.
    只有在你掌握了法律之后你才可能成为一名律师,只有在你有了经商经验之后你才可能成为一名商人,只有在你学会了军事战术之后你才可能成为一名将军。总之，你只有具备了必要的能力和知识才可能成为你希望成为的人。
    每个男孩儿都应该问自己这样一个问题：“我希望将来自己成为一个什么样的人，学者、商人、农民，还是工人？”
    在确定了这个问题的答案之后，就应该毫不动摇地坚持目标，并为之不懈努力。今天一个目标，明天又一个目标是不行的。成功只有在与自然障碍的斗争中才能取得。

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