如果地球是一个100人的村子

为你读英语美文 · 第358期 如果地球是一个100人的村子 If we could shrink the earth’s population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following 如果我们把全世界的人口按照现有压缩为一个100人的村子，情况就会如同以下： There would be 61 Asians, 13 Africans 12 Europeans 9 South Americans and 5 North Americans 这个村子里有： 61人是亚洲人 13人是非洲人 12人是欧洲人 9人是南美州人 5人是北美州人 50 would be female 50 would be male 50人是女性 50人是男性 89 would be heterosexual 11 would be homosexual 89人是异性恋者 11人是同性恋者 80 would live in substandard housing 16 would be unable to read 50 would be malnourished [ˌmælˈnɜːrɪʃt] and 1 dying of starvation 33 would be without access to a safe water supply 39 would lack access to improved sanitation[ˌsænɪˈteɪʃn] 80人的居住环境不达标准 16人是文盲 50人营养不良，1人饿死 33人无法保证安全用水 39人无法改善卫生条件 8 people would have access [ˈækses] to the Internet 1 would have a college education 1 would have HIV 2 would be near birth; 1 near death 8人能上网 1人能接受大学教育 1人患有艾滋 2人将要出生；1人将要死亡 When one considers our world from such a compressed perspective, the need for acceptance, understanding and education becomes glaringly apparent. 透过这个比例来放眼我们的世界，就会明晓接纳他人、谅解以及教育是何等重要。 The following is also something to ponder... 再从以下角度来想想看…… If you woke up this morning with more health than illness……you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week. 如果你早上醒来的时候健康无恙……那么，比起活不过这一周的百万人来说，你真是幸运多了。 If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation…you are ahead of 500 million people in the world. 如果你未曾经历过战争的危险、入狱的孤独、严刑的苦楚、饥饿的痛苦……那么，比起世界上5亿人来，你真是幸运多了。 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，有地方睡觉……那么，比起世界上75％的人来，你真是富足多了。 If you have money in the bank, in your wallet…you are among the top 8% of the world’s wealth. 如果你银行中有存款，钱包中也有钱……你便跻身在世界上最富有的8％人口当中了。 If your parents are still alive and still married…you are very rare. 如果你的父母依然健在，而且还在一起生活的话……这可是非常难得的事。 Someone once said what goes around comes around. 有人说过：我所付出的终将会回归。 So… Work like you don’t need 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…… 去工作时，犹如你不执迷于金钱。 去爱他人，犹如你从未曾被伤害。 去舞蹈吧，犹如无人在一旁观看。 去歌唱吧，犹如无人在一边谛听。 好好地生活，犹如这里是人间乐土。 内心安静，成为更好的自己。 ▎主播介绍 永清：为你读英语美文创始人 制作，编辑：永清