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致朋友们以及我所爱的人们中国英语博客基地(English Blogs-英语麦当劳博客空间)~fX!_!GuKJB
这是一份爱的礼物中国英语博客基地(English Blogs-英语麦当劳博客空间)gZx*c0_xv(v:br
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If the world were a Village of 100 People
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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:中国英语博客基地(English Blogs-英语麦当劳博客空间)X:ZQ ]$Q-H6y7[,Fv
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:中国英语博客基地(English Blogs-英语麦当劳博客空间)h9c+g3L)EB\!a
57 Asians中国英语博客基地(English Blogs-英语麦当劳博客空间)f _P K\
21 Europeans中国英语博客基地(English Blogs-英语麦当劳博客空间)wCI%Q h3d
10 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south
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14 人来自西半球的南、北美洲中国英语博客基地(English Blogs-英语麦当劳博客空间)gh,GNS7B
8 人是非洲人
52 would be female中国英语博客基地(English Blogs-英语麦当劳博客空间)2~rZ1@8O!_ E
48 would be male中国英语博客基地(English Blogs-英语麦当劳博客空间)8a)n6Q
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48 人是男性
70 would be non-while
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70 人是非基督教徒中国英语博客基地(English Blogs-英语麦当劳博客空间)"QO\ E*Z P
30 人是基督徒
89 would be heterosexual
)a5f`jz8AD/^@qM{2}011 would be homosexual
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6 people would possess 59% of the entire world’s wealth
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而且这6 人全是美国人
80 would live in substandard housing中国英语博客基地(English Blogs-英语麦当劳博客空间)GP,G'k5B3i0diDg
70 would be unable to read中国英语博客基地(English Blogs-英语麦当劳博客空间)V?ib-b%dR6z(l
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1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth
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1(yes, only 1) would have a college education
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1 人(是的,只有1人)会接受大学教育
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When one considers our world from such a compressed perspective, the need for acceptance, understanding and education becomes glaringly apparent.中国英语博客基地(English Blogs-英语麦当劳博客空间)
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透过这个压缩图来放眼我们的世界,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……
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If you woke pup this morning with more health than illness……you are more blessed than the illion who will not survive this week.中国英语博客基地(English Blogs-英语麦当劳博客空间)5BnVRaW3B
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.中国英语博客基地(English Blogs-英语麦当劳博客空间) t'S6q\W;X];[biR
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.中国英语博客基地(English Blogs-英语麦当劳博客空间)O5n*_sb$s
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……
%YXGcFQc0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, and spare change in dish someplace…you are among the top 8% of the world’s wealth.中国英语博客基地(English Blogs-英语麦当劳博客空间)B%N1n#RmY0T
如果你银行中有存款,钱包中也有钱,还能到某处消费习菜……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, even in the United Stated and Canada.中国英语博客基地(English Blogs-英语麦当劳博客空间)a.Cn
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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,即使是在美国与加拿大。
Someone once said: What goes around comes around.
3WWu+{W0有人说过:我所付出的终将会回归。
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Work live you don’t need the money.
%S(RHJp4wq)O0Love like you’ve never been hurt.中国英语博客基地(English Blogs-英语麦当劳博客空间)*_6IS!KhL|qLb
Dance like nobody’s watching.中国英语博客基地(English Blogs-英语麦当劳博客空间)R-Ry&^3k_*imx^;zs
Sing like nobody’s listening.
%i6H9BP$X|oKE0Live like it’s Heaven on Earth.
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去工作时,犹如你不执迷于金钱。
XT2a.BD"{0去爱他人,犹如你从未曾被伤害。中国英语博客基地(English Blogs-英语麦当劳博客空间)9HI N aXU*W)dt
去舞蹈吧,犹如无人在一旁观看。
!Zod8mm0去歌唱吧,犹如无人在一边谛听。
Mu#g&` DN4n0好好地生活,犹如这里是人间乐土。