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： a _* Q. I0 T4 Z' g/ Z* Y; l% ~0 i
生命就是小甜饼： 1 e$ O9 X3 ?& GOne 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. 6 o" {$ R( {9 M) V& P & O! p# M* f; ~+ \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”。# ?8 G; t L v! q
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If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.! q9 `2 s% Q6 z
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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。 1 ]0 _# D; }9 y" M1 U) n + R3 a4 S9 `$ \0 Y6 |; _6 B7 GSome 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. 2 L" z) ~9 N$ R . s$ C: k k6 k6 r) J( R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。& a% ]; W2 A* n, R$ ]! [& O) X
4 A# u. T$ I8 d0 NA 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. a) X& g* Q7 V# g( O. e3 W
, C1 \& A" W' m1 y `; B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。) f. C+ r3 _! m$ r( [* J
; i T" @0 f( A2 l8 h3 K4 KWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. - m& B* ~# E$ ]! V8 u$ j- @6 X! S5 W+ l( V; Q
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。 * i: ~+ R( l z9 R( B1 D3 ?4 F! w8 E + C6 Y1 |- C8 e6 O6 E; nBut 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.% }0 @0 [1 I; S0 g1 v" W4 @8 E8 s
; Y8 h- u# s* H! R: m, ^" [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。; Q+ @/ ~9 v9 Z& @' D4 p% ~
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The 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. W. o$ v! J: P
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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。& ~8 x# E; J! w2 j& z
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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. $ ~2 u7 @$ d. B$ c9 S9 ` . |7 X, W2 m9 z- c8 g1 o: x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。 % s5 z; D# I0 p V+ j0 T8 j 8 S& L2 `. M$ B# QYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. # `$ u% Z% q3 U' j- U! x3 W% R : ^7 f" N* ~0 D9 T) w# P$ W你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。8 O0 }1 g# f* h) l O3 B
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. $ D" g5 Q0 `2 \+ u& k# l) M/ C* v8 z7 H* ~5 a; ?3 [
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。& t- [" N( K( ^$ Q+ Z9 J9 y
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For 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. " + y1 y: l- ?/ p0 P( v6 u$ f* B* s& ~8 f% U2 S) G
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。, w# s) ?7 ]: M! i9 `/ I1 u
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Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.# P2 \8 s2 l- A. M0 D
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“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 0 J" R7 g) s" W7 e# S4 H% j5 n$ P ^; r% P1 X, M) k% }( Z
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."! g6 ~3 V j7 l' X. y" M