青少年Children/Youth[英语名人名言]

时间：2007-05-15 06:26:32

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Our children's children will hear a good story.
-- Richard Adams, Watership Down

 

Adolescence1 is a period of rapid changes. Between the ages of 12 and 17, for example, a parent ages as much as 20 years.
-- Anonymous2

 

If you want to recapture your youth, just cut off his allowance.
-- Al Bernstein

 

Never raise your hands to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected.
-- Red Buttons

 

You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.
-- John Ciardi

 

Flowers are words which even a baby can understand.
-- Arthur C. Coxe

 

The trouble with children is that they are not returnable.
-- Quentin Crisp

 

The soul is healed by being with children.
-- Fyodor Dostoyevski

 

Children are a poor man's riches.
-- English proverb

 

Every child is born a genius.
-- R. Buckminster Fuller

 

Most convicted felons3 are just people who were not taken to museums or Broadway musicals as children.
-- Libby Gelman-Waxner

 

Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

 

When Baby's cries grew hard to bear I popped him in the Frigidaire. I never would have done so if I'd known that he'd be frozen stiff. My wife said, "George, I'm so unhappy! Our darling's now completely frappe!"
-- Graham

 

Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.
-- Herbert Hoover

 

A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age.
-- Meat Loaf, from the song "Wasted Youth" on the album Bat Out of Hell II

 

Children should be like waffles--you should be able to throw the first one away.
-- Mary Alice Messenger

 

I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.
-- Nancy Mitford

 

Never raise your hand to your children; it leaves your midsection unprotected.
-- Robert Orben

 

Laundry increases exponentially in the number of children.
-- Miriam Robbins

 

It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
-- Tom Robbins, Still Life With Woodpecker

 

Actually, the only memory I have of being a Cub4 Scout5 was trying to get my hat back. That was all I did. Run back and forth6 at my bus stop going "Quit it."
-- Jerry Seinfeld

 

Youth is wasted on the young.
-- George Bernard Shaw

 

I don't know why I did it, I don't know why I enjoyed it, and I don't know why I'll do it again.
-- Bart Simpson, young character from The Simpsons, U.S. animated7 television show

 

Children today are tyrants8. They contradict their parent, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.
-- Socrates

 

Familiarity breeds contempt -- and children.
-- Mark Twain

 

Children are the only form of immortality9 that we can be sure of.
-- Peter Ustinov

 

I am not young enough to know everything.
-- Oscar Wilde

 

The old believe everything, the middle-aged10 suspect everything, the young know everything.
-- Oscar Wilde

 

The child is the father of the man.
-- William Wordsworth

 

When I have a kid, I wanna put him in one of those strollers for twins, then run around the mall looking frantic11.
-- Steven Wright

 

We have children because we want immortality and this is the most reliable way of getting it.
-- Woodrow Wyatt

 


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1 adolescence CyXzY     
n.青春期，青少年
参考例句：
  • Adolescence is the process of going from childhood to maturity.青春期是从少年到成年的过渡期。
  • The film is about the trials and tribulations of adolescence.这部电影讲述了青春期的麻烦和苦恼。
2 anonymous lM2yp     
adj.无名的；匿名的；无特色的
参考例句：
  • Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
  • The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。
3 felons e83120a0492c472fd1dc24a319459666     
n.重罪犯( felon的名词复数 )；瘭疽；甲沟炎；指头脓炎
参考例句：
  • Aren't those the seats they use for transporting convicted felons? 这些坐位不是他们用来押运重犯的吗？ 来自电影对白
  • House Republicans talk of making felons out of the undocumented and those who help them. 众议院共和党议员正商议对未登记的非法移民以及包庇他们的人课以重罪。 来自互联网
4 cub ny5xt     
n.幼兽，年轻无经验的人
参考例句：
  • The lion cub's mother was hunting for what she needs. 这只幼师的母亲正在捕猎。
  • The cub licked the milk from its mother's breast. 这头幼兽吸吮着它妈妈的奶水。
5 scout oDGzi     
n.童子军，侦察员；v.侦察，搜索
参考例句：
  • He was mistaken for an enemy scout and badly wounded.他被误认为是敌人的侦察兵，受了重伤。
  • The scout made a stealthy approach to the enemy position.侦察兵偷偷地靠近敌军阵地。
6 forth Hzdz2     
adv.向前；向外，往外
参考例句：
  • The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
  • He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
7 animated Cz7zMa     
adj.生气勃勃的，活跃的，愉快的
参考例句：
  • His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。
  • We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。
8 tyrants b6c058541e716c67268f3d018da01b5e     
专制统治者( tyrant的名词复数 )； 暴君似的人； （古希腊的）僭主； 严酷的事物
参考例句：
  • The country was ruled by a succession of tyrants. 这个国家接连遭受暴君的统治。
  • The people suffered under foreign tyrants. 人民在异族暴君的统治下受苦受难。
9 immortality hkuys     
n.不死，不朽
参考例句：
  • belief in the immortality of the soul 灵魂不灭的信念
  • It was like having immortality while you were still alive. 仿佛是当你仍然活着的时候就得到了永生。
10 middle-aged UopzSS     
adj.中年的
参考例句：
  • I noticed two middle-aged passengers.我注意到两个中年乘客。
  • The new skin balm was welcome by middle-aged women.这种新护肤香膏受到了中年妇女的欢迎。
11 frantic Jfyzr     
adj.狂乱的，错乱的，激昂的
参考例句：
  • I've had a frantic rush to get my work done.我急急忙忙地赶完工作。
  • He made frantic dash for the departing train.他发疯似地冲向正开出的火车。

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