范文:YOUTH
「要求」
在老人节这一天，学校邀请了很多本市有突出成就，并且坚持老有所为，不断为社会做贡献的老人。你应邀做一个英文的发言，内容如下：
年青并非生命的一个阶段，而是一种思想状态。
年青意味着永远保持勇气，永不放弃理想。
乐观的人永保青春，悲观的人才会老去。
「范文」
YOUTH
Youth is not a period 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， vigor of emotions. It is the freshness of the deep springs of life.
Youth means a 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.
When the aerials are down， and your spirit is covered with shows of cynicism and ice of pessimism， then you are old， even at 20， but as long as your aerials are up， to catch wavers of optimism， there is hope you may die young at 80.
「评语」
该文的一个特点是排比、对比用得好：在第一段里就用了两个排比句，使人留下深刻的印象。在全篇都使用了年轻与年老的对比，紧扣主题，很有说服力。另外，最后一段中“snows of cynicism and ice of pessimism”的句式也是很地道的英语，值得一学。
阅读理解能力是高中英语教学中侧重培养的能力。
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