每天讀點小英文。
永遠別放棄夢想 Never Give Up Dreams
Over the course of the year，Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed up her from the other students. She was living it up. At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I'll never forget what she taught us. She was introduced and stepped up to the podium. As she began to deliver her prepared speech，she dropped her three by five cards on the floor. Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said，「I'm sorry I'm so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent(一種威士忌的牌子) and this whisky is killing me. I'll never get my speech back in order so let me just t ell you what I know.」As we laughed she cleared her throat and began：「We do not stop playing because we are old；we grow old because we stop playing. There are only four secrets to staying young，being happy，and achieving success.」
在這一年裡，羅斯成了校園裡的偶像。不管到哪裡，她很容易地就交上了朋友。她喜歡精心打扮，陶醉於其他學生對她的注意。她盡情地享受這一切。到學期末，我們請羅斯在我們的足球宴會上講話。我永遠也不會忘記她給我們的教誨。介紹完畢後她就登上講臺。正當她要開始已準備好的演講時，她的５寸長３寸寬的卡片掉在了地上。她有些不知所措，還有點尷尬，於是就靠近話筒乾脆說了起來：「很抱歉我這麼緊張。我為大齋節戒了啤酒，而這威士忌可是毀了我。按原先準備好了的講是不可能了，還是把我所知道的說給你們聽吧。」我們都笑了，她則清了清嗓子開始說：「我們並不因為自己老了而不娛樂；我們因為停止了娛樂而變老。要想保持年輕，過得幸福並取得成功只有４條秘訣。」
「You have to laugh and find humor every day.」
「每天都要笑，每天都要找到幽默。」
「You've got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams，you die. We have so many people walking around who are dead an d don't even know it.」
「一定要有夢想。失去了夢想，人就死了。在我們周圍有那麼多行屍走肉般的人，他們卻不自知。」
「There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don't do one productive thing，you will turn twenty years old. If I am eighty－seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty－eight. Anybody can grow older. That doesn't take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity in change.」
「變老和成熟是有巨大區別的。如果你１９歲，在床上躺一整年，而不做一件有成效的事情，你會到２０歲。如果我８７歲，在床上待一年什麼也不做，我也會到８８歲。誰都會老，那不需要天才或能力。我的意思是要通過在變化中不斷地尋找機會而達到成熟。」
「Have no regrets. The elderly usually don't have regrets for what we did，but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets.」
「不要後悔。年長的人一般不會為我們所做的事而後悔，而會為我們所沒有做的事後悔。只有充滿遺憾的人才懼怕死亡。」
She concluded her speech by courageously singing「The Rose.」She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives.
她勇敢地唱了一首《玫瑰之歌》作為結束，還要求我們每個人學習歌詞並在日常生活中將詞意付諸行動。