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： 1 J; k- h. V. g; w. t # o' T% O3 Y7 c$ `生命就是小甜饼： 0 e2 @1 \( |" q9 lOne 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./ K8 ~( G& {' X+ _9 z6 @5 C
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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”。. A5 p3 t5 V: q- W0 I
; O4 J8 q9 ~% [- VIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.& ~( ]* T1 C% Z/ s# @! ~% M r
$ V0 g3 K. I7 M, L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。 3 U% B1 ]$ ]1 h' e- T8 G, M4 r! a 0 g. s* @0 E+ t" m( lSome 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.* A2 C6 ]. ]' N; [7 ?7 Y
4 T5 \3 j2 U0 G. I4 D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。$ h- O2 T5 }, c0 _: g* x
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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.3 E/ i) U. C) _# K% x$ x
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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。0 b6 Y% `+ Q6 U2 P
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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. ! H0 X/ D8 Q& f 5 [) W) D% D% E7 w3 j) C' U c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。 3 u* S$ S9 z5 m9 o" h " [8 M3 q }0 w4 q( MBut 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.. |' C; g- z) _! G6 k1 ?5 G" h
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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。 * [5 r! a* G* { R, [ , o. w! T2 K$ X/ m4 j# Y# V0 [9 r* rThe 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. 8 y( m$ s$ p$ z0 ^# u+ H1 \% R$ l" _6 {! I I' {, J# u
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。 " Y/ Z- k% N$ u! Z5 }1 W1 r ( r0 e) T$ K9 yYou 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. 0 J1 F# f, T+ j. e
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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 |/ N# d7 e* f, `0 d: ^6 G 7 h9 L& o* Q0 J$ A; h4 L) SYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. . `" S2 z e. I9 X1 G# L% ?6 i6 n. m) \; Y# |" L. s2 G* a+ E
你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 5 ^" Z+ `* w1 k" @4 o) C/ O3 z6 {: W( \7 M
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.- K, j! s1 J- F; z; ^* g
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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。0 q. b4 z6 G) d! Q* ]
5 ~0 ~; M! V( x* zFor 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/ _5 g1 `3 _3 N3 w6 h# n+ s ! c! ~0 d5 x8 s) P: V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。% V5 ?; K8 p6 L$ z
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Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.5 T' w: H* l1 U1 V8 v
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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。2 m4 o7 H8 P/ H) i: l+ l
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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." & @ C* _+ z) Q5 l y7 ?2 J1 [2 c3 V2 J6 X& T
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 O& u8 w! D7 m# E z0 N% J& V
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