從生物學的角度看，你其實是一首詩

I think that, from a biological①standpoint, human life almost reads like a poem.

It has its own rhythm②and beat, its internal cycles of growth and decay③.It begins with innocent childhood,followed by awkward adolescence④trying awkwardly to adapt itself to mature society, with its young passions and follies,its ideals and ambitions; then it reaches a manhood of intense activities, profiting from experience and learning more about society and human nature; at middle age,there is a slight easing of tension⑤, a mellowing of character like the ripening of fruit or the mellowing of good wine, and the gradual acquiring of a more tolerant,more cynical and at the same time a kindlier view of life; then in the sunset of our life, the endocrine⑥glands decrease their activity, and if we have a true philosophy of old age and have ordered our life pattern according to it, it is for us the age of peace and security and leisure⑦and contentment; finally, life flickers out and one goes into eternal⑧sleep, never to wake up again.

我認為，從生物學的角度看，你的一生恰如詩歌。

人生自有其韻律和節奏，自有內在的生成與衰亡。人生始于無邪的童年，經過少年的青澀，帶著激情與無知，理想與雄心，笨拙而努力地走向成熟；后來人到壯年，經歷漸廣，閱人漸多，涉世漸深，收益也漸大；及至中年，人生的緊張得以舒緩，人的性格日漸成熟，如芳馥之果實，如醇美之佳釀，更具容忍之心，處世雖更悲觀，但對人生的態度趨于和善；再后來就是人生遲暮，內分泌系統活動減少，若此時吾輩已經悟得老年真諦，并據此安排殘年，那生活將和平，寧靜，安詳而知足；終于，生命之燭搖曳而終熄滅，人開始永遠安眠，不再醒來。

① biological英 [ba??(?)'l?d??k(?)l]

美 [,ba??'lɑd??kl] adj. 生物的；生物學的

② rhythm 英 ['r?e(?)m] 美 ['r?e?m] n. 節奏；韻律

③ decay 英 [d?'ke?] 美 [d?'ke]

vi. 衰退，腐爛，腐朽n. 衰退，腐爛，腐朽

④ adolescence 英 [?d?'les(?)ns] 美 [,?d?'l?sns] n. 青春期

⑤ tension 英 ['ten?(?)n] 美 ['t?n??n]

n. 張力，拉力；緊張，不安；電壓

⑥ endocrine 英 ['end?(?)kra?n; -kr?n]

美 ['?nd?kr?n] n. 內分泌；激素；內分泌物

⑦ leisure 英 ['le??] 美 ['li??] n. 閑暇；空閑；安逸

⑧ eternal英 [?'t??n(?)l; i?-] 美 [?'t?nl] adj. 永恒的；不朽的