Monday, March 23, 2009

Youth

There is only one difference between an old man and a young one: the young man has a glorious future before him and the old one has a splendid future behind him: and maybe that is where the rub is.

I find young people exciting. 令人振奋

They have an air of freedom, and they have not a dreary(沉闷的) commitment(承诺) to mean(v.为了) ambitions(野心) or love of comfort.
他们无拘无束,既不追逐卑鄙的名利,也不贪图生活的舒适。

They are not anxious social climbers, and they have no devotion to material things.
不热衷于向上爬,也不一味的追逐物质享受。

All this seems to me to link them with life, and the origins of things.
在我看来,所有这些使他们与生命和万物之源联系在了一起。

It's as if they were, in some sense, cosmic being in violent and lovely contrast with us suburban creatures.
从某种意义上讲,他们似乎是宇宙人,同我们这些凡夫俗子形成了强烈而鲜明的对照。

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