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：+ X n' h' E: r' q
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生命就是小甜饼： 9 u) \1 @4 A4 l3 Z( \One 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. 7 E. C/ I0 t) X1 \ V& t3 D9 `5 c0 _, ]9 r, Z7 Y6 z/ i
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 N3 t1 ?# e. } ; B3 k1 ?: _ ^- Y- V8 M( X/ G! [+ mIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.( Z- D5 ~& p7 J+ C+ A1 e2 L6 _5 E+ r
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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。 8 e. |8 L) J( Q4 d & _" M; {6 t: l; n5 l: |. qSome 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. 0 F3 D1 X C6 V7 S% @1 R8 [8 ^2 \8 m4 j, P# U: W9 B$ J
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。 * J' q: g0 P; S/ A) d" M& x8 E( k5 t: r& n3 A. Q
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. 6 N1 d9 K" v. d! g, T+ P1 C% l" e" u3 m4 y
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。. m/ r& c; ^. ~9 l- t
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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.+ n$ a. m$ o$ A7 ?; Q! A$ I
; V) m' ~& P/ `& a9 a5 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. 6 e9 N, U* K5 }5 h; @7 M. J! Q! i. z9 w4 B
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。 * U2 L. }1 Y* _" @8 ^9 B8 [4 B9 Z( Q0 q
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.0 g$ P$ k% b# z' [5 F+ y' M
' V& q# E/ g7 b! X% cYou 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. 4 n. T" [( x% R% n5 I3 p
: m# p# C" z: b: 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。 ' {$ r* P1 u/ l7 C- S ; @( w: a# d' ?- B1 K. }- ]You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.; @5 }& {# ~( s% C- Q
# ^5 K$ ^7 M% H6 W" YHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.. P7 G* n! h8 O
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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。" E1 J+ I$ m) p3 H I
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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. "! J& h6 D) {1 @+ t l' |% V/ d! x' K
* y5 C+ K" b- g2 @/ C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。 / Y4 z' h' l w4 I " V x) \1 n7 B" f. H# D% v5 l" Z. S* aTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. - @1 B3 Q& s! N0 _& ~( I4 E : F1 \! H" ^1 T. c0 ]4 V# b“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。' t; X! r1 Z3 A$ p
% Z! V' F* E1 }( M1 M" E3 YLife. 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."8 ^5 A* |* c. e: X4 o8 _4 o
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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”。 3 D$ Z& e5 J# h* K8 D& D/ \1 m9 l8 ]4 @9 P" s2 b/ [ u. A% a
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