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： # y: r* L3 l- `* I8 r : d( F0 ]4 b/ {7 ~* Q" ~' P) c0 h生命就是小甜饼： + b! X. U$ h( Y" ~+ E' pOne 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.. n" V+ V( z/ n6 f# @9 j
3 t" ]2 ~2 @' G# A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”。 ! W' S) q' o3 W W% k' s ; {) E$ q" J! h" qIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.. [+ h: j; w& H, 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。+ N2 Q+ M5 [1 o" |
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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.& B' U3 ?: E- L( L1 g, d" {' y
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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。+ L7 l o2 e; @) S7 f
3 \( ]0 W" b! DA year and a half after his diagnosis of prostate cancer he sits shaking his head ruefully. "It's like I stopped learning how to live after I was a kid. & M3 |/ M8 Z+ g. g- G: U# X6 z, @9 {% o
在他被诊断出患有前列腺癌的一年半之后，他坐在那里，悲天悯人地摇着头，说：“长大以后，我好像就不知道怎样生活了。 * X1 z0 f! I, ~7 ^- f, c0 b9 M# f) ]! H5 g( T8 x
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.5 Y& e$ g( q/ v6 r. m; l
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当我给我儿子一个小甜饼时，他心花怒放。如果我拿走甜饼或者是小甜饼碎了，他就闷闷不乐。 $ J# u% s- p( t/ w/ |$ v 3 O6 e$ c# M8 l: @6 H0 xBut he is two and a half and I am forty-three. It's taken me this long to understand that the cookie will never make me happy for long.$ Y3 Z9 f1 \8 [6 E( h/ i
* m' S* H+ V3 y% F不同的是，他只有两岁半，而我已经 43 了。我花了这么长的时间才明白小甜饼并不能使我长久感到幸福。 i3 `4 h/ R5 k+ \+ A) p
! c: h/ R& D1 j9 e7 R. DThe minute you have the cookie it starts to crumble or you start to worry about it crumbling or about someone trying to take it away from you. 4 _; S, ~) T2 j6 Z" l" R! Z3 c# `- v3 O W2 D7 V6 j4 \& n
从你拥有小甜饼的那一刻，它就开始破碎，或者你就开始担心它会破碎，抑或你开始担心别人拿走它。 + ~. a$ Z! b1 i8 r1 E, r( n0 ?, _. D/ F' b; s) o+ u$ [9 P s
You know, you have to give up a lot of things to take care of the cookie, to keep it from crumbling and be sure that no one takes it away from you. J8 t- U. p, L
) Q3 a7 K" d- |2 w' \为了守护你的小甜饼，为了防止它破碎或者确定别人不会从你手中夺走它，你不得不放弃许多东西。 & o9 ~ d9 i: V/ S4 U k6 I$ [, Q" t- M+ CYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.. H8 p0 p$ L' Z& g/ r
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你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 , M& ~$ y9 Z2 k% ^. ^1 P1 W: V$ \) H. S) V/ L9 i
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. ) h# A" m( p8 e 0 O# b, Y! C5 N0 f7 T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。 8 @/ B, e! x& S7 ~9 E4 m 1 Y J f2 r9 m0 u% uFor 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 D: S8 d; d; K; D8 R$ ]- g- F6 g* a7 G$ P2 }1 q. t3 I$ f
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。1 }- F. m j s+ L% r
8 e( M% x& b [" M, p" eTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. - o8 v0 T% b+ A* k! i 5 \7 O9 Z/ u2 y“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。- x* N: C5 y' e
) V, e4 D% p4 ?0 Y1 @( H, n3 k) dLife. 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.") I) c5 n1 s# z& ?1 C. `: U
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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”。! l' T! R2 w- p6 l