youthisnotatimeoflife;itisastateofmind.itisnotamatterofrosycheeks,redlipsandsuppleknees;itisamatterofthewill,aqualityoftheimagination,vigorofemotions.itisthefreshnessofthedeepspringoflife.上面的英语诗

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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,vigor of emotions.it is the freshness of the deep spring of life.上面的英语诗句,我想问的是,1、是不是mind life 前都不加the呀?那为什么will,imagination 都加the ,还有emotion又是复数,又加the,呵呵,比较初级,
还有一个小问题,刚才看了一个句子refrains such as ,I’m going to lose weight,I’m going to save money ,and i’m going to spend more quality time with my kids abound .这个句子的开头refrains such as 应该可以翻译成“例如”吧,那么refrains 又具体翻译成什么呢?还有句末的adound 具体该翻译成什么呢?

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第一段：mind和life前都不用加the,这里不是特指,mind和life在这里指的是思想和生命,并没有具体到哪个人的思想和生命；will,imagination加了the,是因为这里的will和imagination特指上句提到的生命的意志和想像力.emot...