标题: 生命就是小甜品 [打印本页] 作者: 173110223泮斐飞 时间: 2017-11-15 19:44 标题: 生命就是小甜品 大学英语美文摘录： c0 \% I- t0 k# Y( P. `# B8 W: Q7 f& M- ~$ V
生命就是小甜饼： 7 g& X# Y' v. c& Z$ `& ~# L! aOne of my patients, a successful businessman, tells me that before his cancer he would become depressed unless things went a certain way. Happiness was "having the cookie." If you had the cookie, things were good. - J. M4 u9 R/ h. i( t, O' P4 A. q; l
我有一位病人，他是一个成功的商人，告诉我，在他患癌症之前，凡事如果没有确定下来他就忧心忡忡。对他而言，幸福是“拥有小甜饼”。 1 j7 s0 l6 ?1 X5 s( ? % A" p3 s5 ?5 B! tIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.' K+ {6 [6 e9 D( J( _
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如果你拥有了小甜饼，一切都一帆风顺。如果你没有小甜饼，生活就一文不值。 # g! U. t+ }4 ]$ {( \ l/ r0 Y2 A' Z7 T. S3 e
Some of the time it was money, sometimes power, sometimes sex. At other times, it was the new car, the biggest contract, the most prestigious address.) [$ I$ t+ o& D* P. s6 b
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不幸的是，小甜饼总是不断变换着，有时是金钱，有时是权力，有时是欲望。在其他时候，它是一辆新车、一份数额最大的合同、或者一个享有声望的通讯地址。 " p. N9 h) l( u! A6 ]+ `9 ?7 S( x
A year and a half after his diagnosis of prostate cancer he sits shaking his head ruefully. "It's like I stopped learning how to live after I was a kid.! d% F' j; d% S! ]- O
7 j3 f' S( O6 g% ?* K在他被诊断出患有前列腺癌的一年半之后，他坐在那里，悲天悯人地摇着头，说：“长大以后，我好像就不知道怎样生活了。' I1 g( u2 `0 R7 a# ^' ^
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When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. 4 _$ ~2 f9 k0 m O1 {6 l7 J+ w5 ?6 a( v- Y' ?( ~
当我给我儿子一个小甜饼时，他心花怒放。如果我拿走甜饼或者是小甜饼碎了，他就闷闷不乐。 6 q$ j6 y _ E- p1 r ! j: f) A, H: `+ H$ n, JBut he is two and a half and I am forty-three. It's taken me this long to understand that the cookie will never make me happy for long.' q3 X9 v6 ]0 K8 g6 ?3 A% }1 {* x
7 P. b5 M& n6 }. [; ]不同的是，他只有两岁半，而我已经 43 了。我花了这么长的时间才明白小甜饼并不能使我长久感到幸福。7 X- b( \. S" @9 D% A
( N' {/ P2 ]" J% g5 `' TThe minute you have the cookie it starts to crumble or you start to worry about it crumbling or about someone trying to take it away from you. 4 g" G0 ^8 ^% ~( ~* R ' [, \7 m& ~; o; v: b! o& @从你拥有小甜饼的那一刻，它就开始破碎，或者你就开始担心它会破碎，抑或你开始担心别人拿走它。 1 x$ P% ]( x% S" Z4 E% t4 }7 Z# m5 ?% }0 L3 a/ d
You know, you have to give up a lot of things to take care of the cookie, to keep it from crumbling and be sure that no one takes it away from you. 6 X% F0 o5 U; C+ U) d. y u* ]- b1 V* y为了守护你的小甜饼，为了防止它破碎或者确定别人不会从你手中夺走它，你不得不放弃许多东西。 4 i2 s* |8 l5 |9 N) o : W2 F+ ^- F4 y$ \/ E' U& G% }You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.0 E0 S' i4 o! j' G8 L* y- A$ u3 V
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你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。% x' V0 x$ ~4 t: P% Z
- y, h8 c( d1 F k+ i5 W, C3 [Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. 3 J4 q' Y& ^/ G% q3 {' H, [& V# T' k
拥有小甜饼并不是生活的全部内容。”我的病人笑着说癌症已经改变了他。! ]) e7 z5 t1 z0 Q7 F6 i, g; W
+ C2 U; r5 X. `; w- w A% K5 kFor the first time he is happy. No matter if his business is doing well or not, no matter if he wins or loses at golf. " 3 P$ G, b& ?( a; X* e & X/ `; r. K7 d6 D7 ~) _不论他的生意是否一帆风顺，不论他在打高尔夫球时是输是赢，他有生以来第一次感到幸福。5 V; U& b: f l; v* n% g" A6 @
* q0 W* D" t _" l$ q/ T: _Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.$ ]" [ ?( Z" I0 H0 {0 o
8 u* v5 P9 A0 |$ w \“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 " R3 h6 U5 Z+ S8 U" X0 F% F% } ( u2 ]/ B/ {* I @Life. Life any way you can have it, life with the cookie, life without the cookie. Happiness does not have anything to do with the cookie; it has to do with being alive. Before, who made the time?" He pauses thoughtfully. "Damn, I guess life is the cookie." c+ }0 {- M2 Z5 I) s