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： 2 ^6 [+ s1 _( m) a J ' }- P, Y/ v7 T N7 a) A( ~生命就是小甜饼： . ~9 f* _! h( h% U t cOne 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. 5 u* ?7 D( T0 a, l8 [ 8 s* n9 |3 H& n/ | }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”。 4 G. ?9 t2 Y0 G D, Y! S: s1 g2 _/ v" {$ k4 ~" q5 X* ?
If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.% A/ C4 J9 o3 T$ C! D9 ^+ c
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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。 4 O% ?2 v6 Y) K2 E2 \0 o$ G8 u% G% F d3 e2 J9 n, T( _- t
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.% X$ w+ g6 a5 i' l/ Y3 p1 y3 ^8 j5 b
3 D" G0 `9 V4 f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。0 ]6 s$ s, R# N. w9 F$ R7 ?' r" ?: U
$ B- w* r" G4 {/ EA 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.$ b# C1 u' q4 p; i3 h
( P8 M" q9 M3 W+ w- ]( T; |& |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。+ E- J, K; o9 F. `# n8 r
% r- B/ V$ R- b0 U1 SWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.# T* Q4 _1 u* w
$ j7 F- z1 [4 W$ J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。+ a6 S. V, r) [) [3 |, a/ h
( p0 b- }; g0 b4 b! I( R* bBut 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.& ~1 e& D6 m# ]' Q9 g8 b
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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。 6 W, F) Q2 s1 }3 P2 D; H+ j 8 _+ h1 ]5 Z' }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. 4 N* ^+ M, Q$ ?- h, X1 Y, b6 k, h- |$ E& ~& o6 h
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。: j/ X6 S m( 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. . M! m! F; J* ~
. P. t$ O4 I6 _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。 0 M2 m: ]8 P5 Y, e9 v4 f- ^; j. M2 D- u/ G
You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.1 ^4 ]8 h: a D9 _ L& i H
8 T: I1 }5 R; B) T( s你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 N6 H) ^* W. r. H+ A0 E) h6 p* H7 p4 f7 S% L7 q6 U6 W7 E
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. M. u1 i3 v$ L
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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。 3 p9 t( l& c1 Y- q* }6 h; A% k9 _5 o1 V5 S1 r. @
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. "& K# L7 p7 B' y1 ~" Z
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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。 ' y5 N4 P" C! B) u) ^( d ' J% z; ]3 ]6 z* k+ X9 TTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.' |* Q/ b! ?- N; F( A9 J% \
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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。1 k: R8 K% j+ {3 n! h! j
" s+ x; O4 G# y8 ELife. 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." 0 `5 j/ r8 u) W* o3 `$ U; W s( l" v6 }& ~
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”。 ( ^9 v0 Q3 l2 y% t8 r+ b& l9 w& a5 E0 }% P
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