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2009-04-02

聽“Young At Heart”

在年紀相對比較輕的人的觀念中,大於自己的人就是比較老,老就是代表觀念落伍,賴在位子上不走的意思。

被陌生人稱為老先生、老太太,被低年次的稱為老大哥、老大姐,被新進人員稱為老前輩,被同事背後稱為老人,都是令人莫可奈何的事,誰教自已的年紀相對的比較大,資歷比較久!

但只要有顆不老的心,你就可以有無限寬廣的理想,夢碎了也能一笑置之。你會活得一天比一天快樂,因為愛已活或正滋長在你的心頭。

要知道年青的心比得上世上所有的珍寶,財富即使再多,也永遠比不上一顆年青的心。你如能活到一百零五,看看四周的人,你會為自己還活著感到慶幸,最奇妙的是,你在起跑點上,就贏了你的同儕。

有首 Frank Sinatra 唱的 “Young At Heart” 就有如此之說。

Young At Heart      Frank Sinatra

Fairy tales can come true, it can happen to you

【fairy tale】:童話(不可思議的傳統故事);神話(假造出來的不實故事)

If you're young at heart

For it's hard, you will find, to be narrow of mind

【narrow of mind】:心胸狹小

If you're young at heart

You can go to extremes with impossible schemes

【scheme】:一個想要達成的不實在的計劃

You can laugh when your dreams fall apart at the seams

【fall apart】:破成碎片

【seam】:接縫

And life gets more exciting with each passing day

And love is either in your heart, or on it's way

【be on it's way】:它已啟程,正在途中

Don't you know that it's worth every treasure on earth

To be young at heart

For as rich as you are, it's much better by far

【by far】:相較之下更具特質的

To be young at heart

And if you should survive to 105

Look at all you'll derive out of being alive

【derive】:從某些人或物中得到一種愉快的感覺

And here is the best part, you have a head start

【head start】:在起跑點上領先別人,或比人佔先

If you are among the very young at heart

【very】:加強 young at heart 的語氣

Musical interlude
And if you should survive to 105
Look at all you'll derive out of being alive
And here is the best part, you have a head start
If you are among the very young at heart