Youth英语美文专用课件.ppt

Youth???????????????????? Samuel?Erman Youth?这篇不足500字的短文，半个世纪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，日本许多名流也将其放在随身的钱夹里。 Youth???????????????????? Samuel?Erman  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, cheer, 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. 1.supple????? adj. 柔软的,逢迎的,顺从的 Exercise keeps you supple.? 经常锻炼可使身体灵活。 2.temperamental????? adj. 性情的,喜怒无常的 have a temperamental dislike of sports 生性不喜欢运动 3.predominance????? n. 卓越,优势,控制 The policy is designed to prevent the predominance of one group over another.? 该政策旨在防止一些人压制另一些人 4.wrinkle???? n. 皱纹? v. (使)起皱纹 He wrinkled up his forehead in perplexity.? 他困惑地皱起了眉头。 5.aerial??? a. 空中的, 航空的, 空气的, 空想的? n. 天线 The birds perched on the television aerial.? 鸟停在电视天线上. 6.cynicism?????? n.犬儒哲学, 犬儒主义 讥笑, 嘲笑挖苦 玩世不恭, 愤世嫉俗 Will s