○ 初中英语演讲稿青春 ○
youth
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 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 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.
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.
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.
英文翻译：
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、宏伟的想象、炽热的感情;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，
二十后生有之，六旬男子则更多见。
年年有加，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，颓唐必至灵魂。
世界上有一个词汇，让孩子心驰神往，使青年意气奋发，让老者回味无穷;人世间有一段年华，让失败者重燃斗志，使奋斗者斗志昂扬，让成功者心旷神怡。人们会问：它是什么?它在哪儿?智者会含笑答道：它就是青春啊!
青春，是个美丽的词汇，象征着无限的梦想、活力与激-情。青春是刚长齐羽毛的雏鹰，即将振翅，飞向万里长空去追逐梦想;青春是种子，深埋我们的心底，即将破土而出，在我们的心灵中萌发远大的抱负;青春是小船，穿梭在生活的风雨中，乘风破浪，乘出我们的美好梦想，乘出我们的昂扬斗志。
青春是人生中最难忘的光阴年华。好似我们从懵懂的孩童到一个怀有理想与抱负、满腔热血与激-情的青年，经历的成长光阴，都让我们对青春有了新的认识。正因为拥有青春，我们才会有远大的理想，勇于搏击风浪，在智慧的海洋上空飞翔;正因为拥有青春，我们才会有过人的胆识，敢于披荆斩棘，在困难的阻挠前大步向前;正因为拥有青
