My secret of staying young is simple： devote your attention to the part of you that's young and growing your brain. Keep your mind awake and you will stay young ail over. These are exciting times. Take an interest in the world around you， and make a point of learning at least one new thing every day.
    No matter how old you are， it's not too late to make your life more interesting. I know a housewife without knowledge in the past who made herself into an excellent industrial designer. I know an old electrical engineer who has become a highly paid artist.
    Get over the idea that you are over too old to go back to school. I know a man who entered medical college at 70. He got his degree with honours and became a famous doctor. An other man went to law school at 71 and now is an active lawyer.
    No matter how old people are， staying young is easy for these who live in the future. You can clo it if you are active enough to try. Keep your mind awake and active： that's the only youth elixir.
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    文章以第一人稱的口吻向讀者提出了保持年輕的建議。文中列舉了具體的例證，讀后讓人覺得此“秘訣”很有道理。
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    永葆青春的秘訣
    我保持年輕的秘訣很簡單：將你的全部注意力放在你身上最年輕并不斷在成長的部位——你的大腦上。讓你的頭腦保持清醒，你就會渾身年輕有勁。這是讓人激動興奮的時代。對周圍的世界感興趣并盡量做到每天至少學一種新的東西。
    不管你年紀有多大，要使生活變得更加有意思，永不嫌晚。我認識一位家庭婦女過去沒什么知識，后來使自己成為一名出色的工業(yè)設計師。我還認識一位老電氣工程師，他后來成為了一名薪水很高的藝術(shù)家。
    打消這種念頭：你太老了，不可以再回學校了。我認識一位老人70歲時上了醫(yī)學院，他以優(yōu)異的成績獲得學位，并成為一名的醫(yī)生。另一位老人71歲時上了法學院，目前是一名活躍的律師。
    無論多老，保持年輕對那些活在將來的人（向前看的人）更容易一些。如果你積極地去試，你就能成功。讓你的頭腦保持清醒活躍，這是你永葆青春的惟一靈丹妙藥。