Chapter One Human Life Like a Poem 生活如诗
I think that, from a biological standpoint, human life almost reads like a poem.
我以为，从生物学角度看，人的一生恰如诗歌。
It has its own rhythm and beat, its internal cycles of growth and decay.
生活自有其韵律和步伐，自有内在的生成与衰亡。
No one can say that a life with childhood, manhood and old age is not a beautiful arrangement;
生活有童年、少年和老年，哪个也不可以不承认这是一种美好的安排，
the day has its morning, noon and sunset, and the year has its seasons, and it is good
一天要有清晨、正午和日落，一年要有四季之分，这样才好。
that it is so. There is no good or bad in life, except what is good according to its own season.
生活本无好坏之分，只不过每个季节有各自有哪些好处。
And if we take this biological view of life and try to live according to the seasons, no one but a conceited fool or an impossible idealist can deny that human life can be lived like a poem.
如若大家持此种生物学的看法，并循着季节去生活，除去狂妄自大的傻瓜和无可救药的理想主义者，哪个能说生活不可以像诗一般度过呢。
——Lin Yutang
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