Youth is not a time 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, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.

語音講解：

今日發音練習重點：

1. 緊音：cheek knee / 松音：lip will

2. a matter(r) of / a vigor(r) of

3. a quality(j) of /the(j) emotion

言之有物：

1. a state of mind 心境

詞鏈兒：a state of XX XX的狀態

We are still in a state of panic.

我們仍然處在恐慌狀態。

That building is in a state of neglect.

那座大樓處于無人管理的狀態。

I was living in a state of perpetual Deja-vu.

我一直感覺似曾相識。

圖片源自《搏擊俱樂部》

You're in a state of lockdown. 你們現在處于隔離狀態。

圖片源自《禁閉島》

2. it is a matter of the will

詞鏈兒：a matter of XX XX的問題

Well, never mind, John, it's not a matter of life and death.

好了，約翰，別太在意了。這又不是什么生死攸關的大事。

It was just a matter of time.

這僅僅是時間問題。

圖片源自《綠里奇跡》

I think it's just a matter of mutual respect.

我覺得這就是互相尊重的問題。

圖片源自《少年時代》

3. will noun. 意志力

He was said to have lost his will to live.

據說他已經失去了生存的意志。

詞鏈兒拓展：at will 任意

...scientists who can adjust their experiments at will.

可以任意對實驗進行調整的科學家

will 還有“遺囑”的意思。

圖片源自《布達佩斯大飯店》

4. deep springs of life

spring noun. 泉水、小溪

They had stopped by a spring to refresh themselves.

他們曾在一處泉邊停歇休息。

活學活用：

請用 a state of XX 隨意造句

塞繆爾·厄爾曼（Samuel Ullman）：是一名生于德國的美國作家。兒時隨家人移居美利堅，參加過南北戰爭，之后定居伯明翰，經營五金雜貨，年逾70開始寫作。著作有知名散文《青春》等。

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