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如果世界是一个一百人的村落
作者：大卫．史密斯 谢拉．阿姆斯壮
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这是一份爱的礼物
也是一席金玉良言
If the world is a Village of 100 People
——David J.Smith
Shelath Armstrory
If we could shrink①the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios② remaining the same, it would look something like the following:
There would be:
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere③, both north and south
8 Africans
52 would be female
48 would be male
70 would be non-white
30 would be white
70 would be non-Christian
30 would be Christian
89 would be heterosexual④
11 would be homosexual⑤
6 people would possess 59% of the entire world' s wealth and all 6 would be from the United States.
80 would live in substandard⑥ housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition⑦
1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth
1(yes, only 1) would have a college education
１ would own a computer
When one considers our world from such a compressed perspective, the need for acceptance, understanding and education becomes glaringly apparent.
The following is also something to ponder...
If you woke up this morning with more health than illness...you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.
If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment⑧, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation...you are ahead of 500 million people in the world.
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.
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.
If your parents are still alive and still married...you are very rare, even in the United Stated and Canada.
Someone once said: What goes around comes around.
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.
译文对照
如果世界是一个一百人的村落
大卫·史密斯
谢拉·阿姆斯壮
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：
这个村子里有：
57人是亚洲人
21人是欧洲人
14人来自西半球的南、北美洲
8人是非洲人
52人是女性
48人是男性
70人是有色人种
30人是白人
70人是非基督教徒
30人是基督徒
89人是异性恋者
11人是同性恋者
6人拥有全世界59％的财富而且这6人全是美国人
80人的居住环境不达标准
70人是文盲
50人苦于营养不良
1人濒临死亡；1人正要出生
1人（是的，只有１人)会接受大学教育
1人拥有电脑
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。
再从以下角度来想想看……
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
有人说过：我所付出的终将会回归。
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。
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