Looking at these skyscrapers and these lighted windows in a row at night, one gets more and more conceited about the power of human civilization and forgets what puny little creatures human beings are.

• 一个人看见这些摩天楼和夜间的一列有灯光的窗户时，对于人类文明的力量越发感到骄傲而自负，而忘记人类是多么孱弱而渺小的动物。