科学美国人60秒 SSS 2014-05-28
时间：2018-12-24 作者：英语课 分类：2014年Scientific American(五)月
英语课
HUMAN FAMILY
By Maya Angelou
I note the obvious differences
in the human family.
Some of us are serious,
some thrive on comedy.
Some declare their lives are lived
as true profundity 1,
and others claim they really live
the real reality.
The variety of our skin tones
can confuse, bemuse, delight,
brown and pink and beige and purple,
tan and blue and white.
I've sailed upon the seven seas
and stopped in every land,
I've seen the wonders of the world
not yet one common man.
I know ten thousand women
called Jane and Mary Jane,
but I've not seen any two
who really were the same.
Mirror twins are different
although their features jibe 2,
and lovers think quite different thoughts
while lying side by side.
We love and lose in China,
we weep on England's moors 3,
and laugh and moan in Guinea,
and thrive on Spanish shores.
We seek success in Finland,
are born and die in Maine.
In minor 4 ways we differ,
in major we're the same.
I note the obvious differences
between each sort and type,
but we are more alike, my friends,
than we are unalike.
We are more alike, my friends,
than we are unalike.
We are more alike, my friends,
than we are unalike.
1 profundity
n.渊博；深奥，深刻
- He impressed his audience by the profundity of his knowledge.他知识渊博给听众留下了深刻的印象。
- He pretended profundity by eye-beamings at people.他用神采奕奕的眼光看着人们，故作深沉。
2 jibe
v.嘲笑，与...一致，使转向；n.嘲笑，嘲弄
- Perhaps I should withdraw my jibe about hot air.或许我应当收回对热火朝天的嘲笑。
- What he says does not jibe with what others say.他所说的与其他人说的不一致。