Ladies and gentlemen , good afternoon! i’m very glad to stand here and give you a short speech. today my topic is “youth”. i hope you will like it , and found the importance in your youth so that more cherish it.

　　first i want to ask you some questions:

　　1、do you know what is youth?

　　2、how do you master your youth?

　　youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind ; it is not rosy cheeks , red lips and supple knees, it is a matter of the emotions : it is the freshness ; 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 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 of 16 , there is in every human being ‘s heart the lure of wonders, 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’s a wireless station : so long as it receives messages of beauty , hope ,cheer, courage and power from men and from the infinite, so long as you are young .

　　女士们,先生们,下午好!我很高兴站在这里给你们一个简短的演讲。今天我的主题是“青年”。我希望你能喜欢它,在你年轻的时候,发现的重要性,更珍惜它。

　　首先我想问你一些问题:

　　1,你知道什么是青春?

　　2,如何掌握你的青春呢?

　　青春不是生命的一段时间,而是一种精神状态,它不是玫瑰色的脸颊,红色的嘴唇和柔软的膝盖,这是一个重要的情感:它是新鲜的,它是生命的深泉在涌流。

　　青春意味着战胜懦弱的那股大丈夫气概的食欲,对冒险的爱。这通常存在于一个60岁的人比一个20岁的青年更多一点。人老不仅仅是许多年。我们理想的毁灭,人类才出现了变老。

　　岁月,衰微只及肌肤;热忱抛却,颓废必致灵魂。担心,恐惧,自我不信任弓精神回到心灵扭曲,意气如灰。

　　无论是60岁的16岁,每个人的心奇迹的诱惑,孩提般求知的渴望和游戏的快乐的生活。你的心和我的心的中心有一个无线电台:只要它接收消息的美、希望、鼓励、勇气和力量的男性和无限的,只要你是年轻人。