經(jīng)典英語散文:如果世界是個一百人的村落

To all my friends and loved ones

Love from me

Useful Perspective

致朋友們以及我所愛的人們

這是一份愛的禮物

也是一席金玉良言

If the world were a Village of 100 People

如果世界是個一百人的村落

If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the exsting human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following:

如果我們把全世界的人口按照現(xiàn)有壓縮為一個100人的村子，情況就會如同以下：

There would be:

57 Asians

21 Europeans

10 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south

8 Africans

這個村子里有：

57人是亞洲人

21人是歐洲人

14人來自西半球的南、北美洲

8人是非洲人

52 would be female

48 would be male

52人是女性

48人是男性

70 would be non-while

30 would be white

70人是有色人種

30人是白人

70 would be non-christian

30 would be Christian

70人是非基督教徒

30人是基督徒

89 would be heterosexual

11 would be homosexual

89人是異性戀者

11人是同性戀者

6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth

and all 6 would be from the United States.

6人擁有全世界59%的財富

而且這6人全是美國人

80 would live in substandard housing

70 would be unable to read

50 would suffer from malnutrition

1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth

80人的居住環(huán)境不達(dá)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)

70人是文盲

50人苦于營養(yǎng)不良

1人瀕臨死亡邊緣;1人正要出生

1(yes, only 1) would have a college education

1 would own a computer

1人(是的，只有1人)會接受大學(xué)教育

1人擁有電腦

When one considers our world from such a compressed perspective, the need for acceptance, understanding and education becomes glaringly apparent.

透過這個壓縮圖來放眼我們的世界，就會明曉接納他人、諒解以及教育是何等重要。

The following is also something to ponder

再從以下角度來想想看……

If you woke pup this morning with more health than illnessyou are more blessed than the illion who will not survive this week.

如果你早上醒來的時候健康無恙……那么，比起活不過這一周的百萬人來說，你真是幸運多了。

If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvationyou are ahead of 500 million people in the world.

如果你未曾經(jīng)歷過戰(zhàn)爭的危險、入獄的孤獨、嚴(yán)刑的苦楚、饑餓的痛苦……那么，比起世界上5億人來，你真是幸運多了。

If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep you are richer than 75% of this world.

如果你冰箱里有食物，身上有衣服可穿，有屋篷遮蔽，有地方睡覺……

那么，比起世界上75%的人來，你真是富足多了。

If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in dish someplaceyou are among the top 8% of the world's wealth.

如果你銀行中有存款，錢包中也有錢，還能到某處消費習(xí)菜……你便躋身在世界上最富有的8%人口當(dāng)中了。

If your parents are still alive and still marriedyou are very rare, even in the United Stated and Canada.

如果你的父母依然健在，而且還在一起生活的話……這可是非常難得的事，即使是在美國與加拿大。

Someone once said: What goes around comes around.

有人說過：我所付出的終將會回歸。

So

Work live you don't need the money.

Love like you've never been hurt.

Dance like nobody's watching.

Sing like nobody's listening.

Live like it's Heaven on Earth.

所以……

去工作時，猶如你不執(zhí)迷于金錢。

去愛他人，猶如你從未曾被傷害。

去舞蹈吧，猶如無人在一旁觀看。

去歌唱吧，猶如無人在一邊諦聽。

好好地生活，猶如這里是人間樂土。