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 Y# @; [8 l2 [) N! X; B8 A/ b# P/ M# u1 K9 d8 M6 [
生命就是小甜饼：3 V- y% E+ K' G# _) i$ ?' O
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.$ a \0 |" n. {
4 i7 {0 O; ?% L1 l
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 W& u! n) |+ H! y* |6 n
: {$ p' k( U# H2 Q$ }If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. & |( K: Z* x1 n$ ]$ g$ F, I7 C1 Q) ^) C
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。: w: {' e8 ^! d( t4 } i1 {# W1 o0 R8 A
) a& y$ X V1 J6 _; N/ v, h+ ?
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. 7 R1 W4 r& d9 ~( x% A$ a% M 5 E" N2 D4 R- K7 S( B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。 5 g2 q7 K$ i& ]1 w. ? # J3 U L7 F2 |5 Y9 C6 VA 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.# Q" d9 _3 w! c5 I& ^- E/ t; _) b
! p4 g o- A' C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。' t3 `3 Z( ?+ g6 _# d
" A& [; ^3 q% {7 R4 `9 `When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.% N, n* X- O5 b$ S" w! u
0 {- a$ s% s" ?+ 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。/ Y. p0 W, ]& \% u
1 l% w1 M: I$ }, P uBut 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. 8 `2 m' G: I3 J. j3 i7 I1 \ % S0 ]) n3 z& g5 l. `4 l9 y8 Z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。 0 g) C$ q' `$ e/ P. l! w( k7 `- e7 D( @
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. ' k, z1 ^; U2 ]9 a: J * C' x0 z0 `" X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。 + h4 R" a" H0 E& F9 l }8 u3 s: p8 u( k: |( V2 c% o' w l
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. 4 N. M6 r! [2 z h& B" p
, ?7 g( q, L% {- a. _4 a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。 5 A' J$ f2 D! N, I4 a2 ?/ D7 d" m5 v
You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.5 f. K' m1 V; w
+ F0 T d' {: n6 X% o
你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 V. c7 K6 S# g+ t4 I2 h$ e" B! d8 J- T( i2 q7 C
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. " Z% q, t, u) m$ s $ c3 H, U) }9 ~5 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。. j5 P9 ^; ]" J; G8 H6 y8 i
, w' _ y+ Y i! V1 N) V1 p
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. " " L' U# [/ y: ~$ \0 X( v! d$ k [$ |( G4 ~1 C" t& b
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。 ! ?. f! n- m. ?- e h- m, |( u: t2 F5 X2 W* U
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.) G" K" @3 r5 R! d$ A$ X( b
6 T! A) l9 v. R- e“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 + M, M: W. z) {8 z- B2 V4 q2 S! K" J5 F, K* W% w" Q
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." $ N8 y; ?" I) W9 P6 t/ l( K K2 O' A1 i; I# F% q: y2 Y! G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”。 5 e8 S* K" s; U$ \+ w- B- e4 X9 [ N6 R2 t) o+ u9 I! f" a
[attach]55054[/attach]https://m.ishuo.cn/subject/nvoxiu.html