年輕時最應該明白的五件事

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如果你還年輕，你需要學會 —— 5 Skills You Need to Learn at Young Age

如果你已不再是二十多歲，那麼你需要知道

「Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind」。

Build a foundation for health

鍛煉強健的體魄

In your twenties it"s easy to feel like you"re invincible. That fast food and the five margaritas you downed the night before burn right off and you wake up the next morning feeling fine. This does not last. Start building healthy habits now before they catch up to you later. At 30, I"m still struggling with this one myself. Get in the habit of eating healthfully and exercising. Your body will thank you for years later.

20幾歲的時候，你很容易覺得自己所向披靡。吃個快餐、晚上喝的五杯瑪格麗塔酒酒勁還沒過，第二天醒來還感覺良好。但這持續不了多久的。在身體垮掉之前趕緊養成健康的習慣。30歲的時候，我仍舊在和自己的健康作鬥爭。習慣吃得健康一點，做做運動。幾年之後，你的身體狀況會感激你現在所作出的努力。

foundation /fa?n"de??(?)n/ n. 基礎;地基

invincible /?n"v?ns?b(?)l/ adj. 無敵的;不能征服的

margarita /,mα: g?"ri: t?/ n. 瑪格麗塔(一種雞尾酒名)

struggle /"str?g(?)l/ v. 奮鬥，努力;掙扎

exercise /"eks?sa?z/ n. 運動;練習;運用 v. 鍛煉;練習

Learn resiliency

學會振作

Your twenties is a time when most are relatively free of the responsibilities that will increase into your thirties and forties. This is a great time to experiment, fail, and bounce back. Learn how to ride out failure and persevere. Life is full of challenges. The twenties are a great time to toughen up and start teaching yourself how to be emotionally and mentally resilient enough to weather both the joys and hardships to come.

20幾歲是你最自由的時候，到了30歲和40歲的時候，責任就相對增加很多了。這是去嘗試、失敗、重新振作的最佳時期。學著怎麼從失敗當中爬起來並且堅持下去。生活中充滿挑戰。無論幸福還是悲傷，20歲都是你吃苦和學會怎麼從精神上和身體上振作的最佳時期。

resiliency /r?"z?l??ns?/ n. 彈性;跳回

relatively /"rel?t?vl?/ adv. 相當地;相對地，比較地

responsibility /r??sp?ns??b?l?t?/ n. 責任，職責;義務

experiment /?k"sper?m(?)nt/ v. 嘗試;進行實驗; n. 實驗，試驗;嘗試

bounce /ba?ns/ v. 彈跳;彈起，反跳

persevere /p?: s?"v??/ v. 堅持;不屈不撓

toughen /"t?fn/ v. 使…堅韌;使…頑固

emotionally /??m????n?li/ adv. 感情上;情緒上;令人激動地

mentally /"ment(?)l?/ adv. 精神上，智力上;心理上

resilient /r?"z?l??nt/ adj. 彈回的，有彈力的

hardship /"hα: d??p/ n. 困苦;苦難;艱難險阻

Figure out your lifestyle

找到你真正想要的生活方式和工作。

I felt like a failure throughout my twenties because most of my university friends seemed happy in corporate jobs that made me miserable. I felt constant pressure to fit a specific mold. It"s only within the past year that I"ve started to come to terms with who I really am and what really makes me happy. Life is not one-size-fits-all. Choose the career and lifestyle that are true to you, not a version of that you wish you were.

20幾歲的時候我覺得自己很失敗，因為我大多數的大學同學都有著幸福的工作，這讓我覺得自己很可悲。為了一定的目標，我不斷給自己施加壓力。過去的一年裡，我才真正開始思考我到底是個什麼樣的人，什麼才能使我快樂。沒有任何一種生活方式能適合所有人。選擇你自己真正想要的生活方式跟職業，而不是像你所希望的那樣。

figure /"f?g?/ n. 數字;人物;圖形;v. 計算;出現;找出

lifestyle /"la?fsta?l/ n. 生活方式

corporate /"k?: p(?)r?t/ adj. 法人的;共同的，全體的

miserable /"m?z(?)r?b(?)l/ adj. 悲慘的;痛苦的;卑鄙的

constant /"k?nst(?)nt/ adj. 不變的;恆定的;經常的

pressure /"pre??/ n. 壓力;壓迫

specific /sp?"s?f?k/ adj. 特殊的，特定的;明確的;詳細的

mold /m??ld/ n. 黴菌;模子;目標

version /"v?: ?(?)n/ n. 版本;譯文

Learn to live within your means

學會靠自己生活。

Learn smart financial management now. Learn how to live within a budget and maintain good credit. A mistake I once made, and one I still see a number of my peers making, is being a slave to lifestyle: taking cabs everywhere, buying expensive clothing, and having meals out constantly. This is stupid and reckless. I know people who were left completely adrift despite having made great salaries because they had no savings when their careers hit a rough patch. Their income was spent all on things that are frivolous. Luxuries are a wonderful thing only if you can truly afford them. Don"t be a slave to funding a lifestyle that will not last. Learn to live modestly and save up, and then you will have earned the right to purchase yourself some treats, in moderation.

現在開始，學些理財知識吧。學著怎麼在不打破預算的情況下生活，還保持良好的信用額度。我曾經犯過一個錯誤，現在我仍舊看見我的很多朋友在犯這個錯誤，那就是成為了生活方式的奴隸：無論去哪兒都打的，買昂貴的衣服，還有經常去外面吃飯。這是愚蠢和魯莽的。我見過那種人，儘管工資很高，但是當他們的工作遇到困難的時候卻因為沒有積蓄而徹底絕望。他們把所有的收入都用在那些沒有意義的東西上。只有當你真正能負擔得起的時候，奢侈才是恰到好處。不要去選擇一種不會持久的奴隸的生活方式。學會謙虛地生活還有節約，然後你就可以有節制地給自己來個獎勵。

financial /fa?"n?n?(?)l/ adj. 金融的;財政的，財務的

management /"m?n?d?m(?)nt/ n. 管理;管理人員;管理部門

budget /"b?d??t/ n. 預算，預算費

maintain /me?n"te?n/ v. 維持;繼續;維修

credit /"kred?t/ n. 信用，信譽

peer /p??/ n. 貴族;同等的人

slave /sle?v/ n. 奴隸;從動裝置

cab /k?b/ n. 駕駛室;出租汽車

expensive /?k?spens?v/ adj. 昂貴的;花錢的

reckless /"rekl?s/ adj. 魯莽的，不顧後果的;粗心大意的

adrift /?"dr?ft/ adj. 漂泊的;漂浮著的

frivolous /"fr?v(?)l?s/ adj. 無聊的;輕佻的;瑣碎的

luxury /"l?k?(?)r?/ n. 奢侈，奢華;奢侈品

afford /?"f?: d/ v. 給予，提供;買得起

modestly /?m?d?stl?/ adv. 謹慎地;適當地

purchase /"p?:t??s/ n. 購買;緊握 v. 購買;贏得

moderation /m?d?"re??(?)n/ n. 適度;節制;溫和;緩和

Choose your friends wisely

認真選擇你的同伴。

Time is a precious commodity and you start to realize that increasingly into your mid to late twenties. Choose your friends wisely. Separate yourself from toxic or negative influences, those who would waste your time, and those who encourage you to focus on the unimportant. Seek out people who give you happiness, who inspire you, who support you, and nourish those relationships instead.

在你二十五六歲時候你會開始發現，時間是一件珍貴的商品。明智地選擇你的朋友。不要讓自己被有害的的或者消極的人所影響，那些人只會浪費你的時間，他們只會讓你專註於那些不重要的事情上。看看誰能給你帶來幸福，誰激勵你，誰支持你，讓你們之間的關係升溫。

precious /"pre??s/ adj. 寶貴的;珍貴的

commodity /k?"m?d?t?/ n. 商品，貨物;日用品

separate /?sep?re?t/ v. 使分離;使分開;使分居

toxic /"t?ks?k/ adj. 有毒的;中毒的

encourage /?n"k?r?d?/ v. 鼓勵，慫恿;激勵;支持

seek /si: k/ v. 尋求;尋找;探索

inspire /?n"spa??/ v. 激發;鼓舞;啟示

nourish /"n?r??/ v. 滋養;懷有;使健壯

或許你已不再是二十多歲，那麼這篇名為《Youth》的經典之作，更適合你~

Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter ofrosy cheeks, red lips andsuppleknees; it is a matter of the will, aqualityof theimagination, avigorof theemotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.

青春不是年華，而是心境;青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝，而是深沉的意志，恢宏的想像，炙熱的感情;青春是生命的深泉在涌流。

Youth means atemperamental predominanceof courage overtimidity, of theappetiteforadventureover the love ofease. This oftenexistsin a man of 60 more than a boy of 20. Nobody grows oldmerelyby a number of years. We grow old bydesertingour ideals.

青春氣貫長虹，勇銳蓋過怯弱，進取壓倒苟安。如此銳氣，二十後生而有之，六旬男子則更多見。年歲有加，並非垂老，理想丟棄，方墮暮年。

rosy/"r??z?/ adj. 薔薇色的，玫瑰紅色的;美好的

cheek/t?i?k/ n. 面頰，臉頰

supple/"s?p(?)l/ adj. 柔軟的;靈活的;順從的

quality/?kw?l?t?/ n. 質量，品質;特性

imagination/?,m?d??"ne??(?)n/ n. [心理] 想像力;空想;幻想物

vigor/"v?g?/ n. [生物] 活力，精力

emotion/?"m???(?)n/ n. 情感;情緒

temperamental/[,temp(?)r?"ment(?)l/ adj. 喜怒無常的;性情的;易興奮的

predominance/pr?"d?m?n?ns/ n. 優勢;卓越

timidity/t?"m?d?t?/ n. 膽怯，膽小;羞怯

appetite/"?p?ta?t/ n. 食慾;嗜好

adventure/?d"vent??/ n. 冒險;冒險精神

ease/i: z/ v. 減輕，緩和;使安心

exist/?g"z?st/ v. 存在;生存;生活

merely/"m??l?/ adv. 僅僅，只不過;只是

desert/ "dez?t/ v. 遺棄;放棄;逃跑

Years maywrinklethe skin, but to give upenthusiasmwrinkles the soul. Worry, fear,self-distrustbows the heart and turns thespiritback to dust.

歲月悠悠，衰微只及肌膚;熱忱拋卻，頹廢必致靈魂。憂煩，惶恐，喪失自信，定使心靈扭曲，意氣如灰。

Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being"s heart thelureof 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 awirelessstation: so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from theInfinite, so long are you young.

無論年屆花甲，抑或二八芳齡，心中皆有生命之歡樂，奇蹟之誘惑，孩童般天真久盛不衰。人人心中皆有一台天線，只要你從天上人間接受美好、希望、歡樂、勇氣和力量的信號，你就青春永駐，風華常存。

wrinkle/"r??kl/ n. 皺紋; v. 起皺

enthusiasm/?n?θju:z??z?m/ n. 熱心，熱忱，熱情

self-distrust/,selfdis"tr?st/ n. 沒有信心;畏縮;自疑

spirit/"sp?r?t/ n. 精神;心靈;情緒

lure/l(j)??/ n. 誘惑;餌;誘惑物

wireless/?w???l?s/ adj. 無線的;無線電的

infinite/"?nf?n?t/ adj. 無限的，無窮的; n. 無限;[數] 無窮大

When theaerialsare down, and your spirit is covered with snows ofcynicismand the ice ofpessimism, then you are grown old, even at 20, but as long as your aerials are up, to catch waves ofoptimism, there is hope you may die young at 80.

一旦天線下降，銳氣便被冰雪覆蓋，玩世不恭、自暴自棄油然而生，即使年方二十，實已垂垂老矣;然則只要樹起天線，捕捉樂觀信號，你就有望在八十高齡告別塵寰時仍覺年輕。

aerial/"e?r??l/ n. [電訊] 天線

cynicism/"s?n?s?z(?)m/ n. 玩世不恭，憤世嫉俗;犬儒主義

pessimism/"pes?m?z(?)m/ n. 悲觀，悲觀情緒;厭世主義

optimism/"?pt?m?z(?)m/ n. 樂觀;樂觀主義

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