We are told that the trouble with modern man is that he has been trying to detach himself from nature... In this scenario, Man comes on as a stupendous lethal force, and the Earth is pictured as something delicate, like rising bubbles at the surface of a country pond, or flights of fragile birds.

  • -- Lewis Thomas 路易斯·汤马斯

我们被告知现代人的问题在于他一直试图使自己脱离自然。在这种情况下,人类作为一种巨大的致命力量出现,而地球被描绘成一种微妙的东西,就像一个乡村池塘表面升起的气泡,或者脆弱的鸟类的飞翔。

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Dinosaurs are built just like birds - they can squat down, they can get up. Mammals, when we lay down, we throw our legs out to the sides - birds cannot do that. Dinosaurs could not do that either.

恐龙就像鸟类一样,它们可以蹲下,也可以爬起来。哺乳动物,当我们躺下的时候,我们把腿向两边伸出来——鸟类不能这样做。恐龙也做不到这一点。

Whales only get harpooned when they come to the surface, and turtles can only move forward when they stick their neck out, but investors face risk no matter what they do.

鲸鱼只有在浮出水面时才会被鱼叉叉住,海龟只有在伸出脖子时才会向前移动,但投资者无论如何都要面临风险。

When you have birds you stare at them a lot and their eyes are recessed on their head. When they look at something they tilt their head in a quizzical expression.

当你有鸟的时候,你会盯着它们看很多次,它们的眼睛会凹陷在头上。当他们看着某样东西时,他们会以一种古怪的表情歪着头。

If people choose to engage on a one-dimensional level that's fine. But going beyond the surface can enrich ourselves as human beings.

如果人们选择在一个一维的层面上参与,那很好。但是,超越表面可以丰富我们作为人类自己。