unit2课文翻译The Virtues of Growing Older

头发浓密的年轻明星。

而中年人则在体 育馆里锻炼，

在马路上

慢跑，尽量不让岁月过早地留下痕迹。< /p>

Wouldn't any person over thirty gladly sign with the devil just to be young

again? Isn't aging an experience to be dreaded? Perhaps it is unAmerican to

say so, but I believe the answer is

being older has distinct advantages.

不是所有三十出头的人都会为了重获青春而心甘情愿地与魔鬼订立合约

吗？长大变老难道不可怕吗？说它不可怕可能不是美国人的回答，

但我却认为长

大变老不可怕。青春年少令人愉悦，但长大变老也有明显的好处。

When young, you are apt to be obsessed with your appearance. When my

brother Dave and I were teens, we worked feverishly to perfect the bodies we

had. Dave lifted weights, took megadoses of vitamins, and drank a half-dozen

milk shakes a day in order to turn his wiry adolescent frame into some

muscular ideal. And as a teenager, I dieted constantly. No matter what I

weighed, though, I was never satisfied with the way I looked. My legs were too

heavy, my shoulders too broad, my waist too big. When Dave and I were

young, we begged and pleaded for the

them for us, we felt our world would fall apart. How could we go to school

wearing loose-fitting blazers when everyone else would be wearing smartly

tailored leather jackets? We could be considered freaks. I often wonder how

my parents, and parents in general, manage to tolerate their children during

the adolescent years. Now, however, Dave and I are beyond such adolescent

agonies. My rounded figure seems fine, and don't deny myself a slice of pecan

pie if I feel in the mood. Dave still works out, but he has actually become fond

of his tall, lanky frame. The two of us enjoy wearing fashionable clothes, but

we are no longer slaves to style. And women, I'm embarrassed to admit, even

more than men, have always seemed to be at the mercy of fashion. Now my

clothes ---- and my brother's ---- are attractive yet easy to wear. We no longer

feel anxious about what others will think. As long as we feel good about how

we look, we are happy.