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： $ ^5 x9 ^! J/ z4 f0 Y9 V" R% A . T0 B, d" Y+ Z生命就是小甜饼： / `2 C! i! G3 q$ ~4 H( A& S' \$ zOne 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., H5 ~$ I) r1 _2 N5 R2 K
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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”。 ! d6 \ Q) p# \, l* l8 @9 O 0 ~4 O7 Q% w9 `5 i! _5 I9 t. W5 I) O7 dIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.7 i+ m( _! N. U6 }/ x
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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。 ! ^5 }, `! d5 Y H ( d4 T6 @$ D, R# {$ C) ZSome 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. 8 L1 |+ Y( Q5 U# p+ L7 X " b W5 ` F1 Z- W) p. `3 `/ S, @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。4 C9 Y/ [5 b; z, R$ X; O
7 p% W8 K0 d+ YA 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.; t* j% b" Z$ W
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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。9 u4 a. G% P8 u
1 T, }) D6 q5 k# Y* |( fWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. / `% {9 U+ N/ i8 {% `2 ^7 F' [0 j- f0 L) i
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。 . Q- A z8 s5 _( z5 C9 D, R. P ' z4 C- K- m& ?4 f8 RBut 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. ; }( T/ Y [/ V; b3 Y6 i 0 ^: S4 U! E1 x6 H( a( k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。) u4 U5 f) F7 g& X: Y$ j
. G6 b% T9 ], dThe 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.! B) _" O9 a1 E {/ x' h
$ n) n7 X5 Q( V6 N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。: N ~2 G+ W5 N+ a0 Y0 D1 h+ o- s" V
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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. 3 z: A- f6 t6 `4 E$ a" u+ j I6 x0 H" C, s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。 & c- ^) m6 v" U" y 6 D) a1 L; A3 L MYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. 4 H7 P% a8 r/ `7 n% h/ l0 u. l( g
你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 7 |5 d5 [ B- ]8 S6 g- A8 f/ T/ F5 e: }3 U
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. / A( ?6 N* b* g# O ' ^0 {* `8 w! C: {7 c5 V0 [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。/ k( F6 r) \8 \6 D9 n* Y& Z
6 y* x; t( I% zFor 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. " / d K9 D/ M ]9 \! [8 P; G% r7 F' A" h, e# _- F1 ~% O+ j% S
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。* l c; S1 S5 i7 `& Y
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Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. : v0 A T/ ]0 y7 s9 V- ?# J# Y$ o; P1 c2 a1 X% P6 [
“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 7 m1 v! m% i3 }: O5 Q/ s# r: J4 P
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."5 L2 V8 G7 q2 ]: E: a3 r+ ?' y& i
9 y V& _2 z6 M0 b" F2 `生命。生命，无论如何你拥有生命。有小甜饼也罢，没有小甜饼也罢，幸福与小甜饼并非息息相关，而是与生命的存在有关。可是，时光一去不复返，谁又能让时光倒流呢?”他停顿了一下，若有所思，说：“该死，我觉得生命就是那块小甜饼”。 4 P# S' ]6 \. a' R! ]6 M: z. d+ Z. B; Q. e6 j2 U3 _
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