If_the_world_were_a_village_of_100_people
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If the world were a Village of 100 People | |
David J.Smith/大卫.史密斯 | |
1 | 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: |
2 | There would be: |
3 | 57 Asians |
4 | 21 Europeans |
5 | 10 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south |
6 | 8 Africans |
7 | 52 would be female |
8 | 48 would be male |
9 | 70 would be non-while |
10 | 30 would be white |
11 | 70 would be non-christian |
12 | 30 would be Christian |
13 | 89 would be heterosexual |
14 | 11 would be homosexual |
15 | 6 people would possess 59% of the entire world’s wealth and all 6 would be from the United States. |
16 | 80 would live in substandard housing |
17 | 70 would be unable to read |
18 | 50 would suffer from malnutrition |
19 | 1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth |
20 | 1(yes, only 1) would have a college education |
21 | 1 would own a computer |
22 | When one considers our world from such a compressed perspective, the need for acceptance,understanding and education becomes glaringly apparent. |
23 | The following is also something to ponder…… |
24 | If you woke pup this morning with more health than illness……you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week. |
25 | If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony oftorture, or the pangs of starvation…you are ahead of 500 million people in the world. |
26 | 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. |
27 | 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. |
28 | If your parents are still alive and still married…you are very rare, even in the United Stated and Canada. |
29 | Someone once said: What goes around comes around. |
30 | So… |
31 | Work live you don’t need the money. |
32 | Love like you’ve never been hurt. |
33 | Dance like nobody’s watching. |
34 | Sing like nobody’s listening. |
35 | Live like it’s Heaven on Earth. |
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如果世界是个一百人的村落 |
Shelath Armstrory/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 人濒临死亡边缘;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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