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： 7 ?, Y3 Q* p" O. G9 Y) D3 _, r ) G: Q. G& }7 Z7 {+ {+ A, G生命就是小甜饼：3 q- B& V9 g! K6 a
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. . `0 h2 n5 h- ]: r# p& I) c; {( j. `8 j0 p/ f* Y" D* ^, 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”。 ! U+ A6 t% j- t9 t! a 8 X: ]$ D$ G2 m. y$ GIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.1 X% O4 {' P- f2 n ~) s, D* a
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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。- H6 Z3 J% T* A( U; ]
% v& h$ H( W) o5 T) u: HSome 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.3 G2 t- ?& P- z
$ A$ R# g: x, D4 H# 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。& S$ |. I) Y5 ?$ X0 r
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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." a* [% P8 |: I8 H: ?6 [; i
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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。# J4 C" E6 ?& Y' C8 V9 H# i1 I
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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. ! {9 A* S o& W- p+ A+ X% {" Z( y: e; P; O9 g
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。; G, f- C) j( g. c# m5 x3 A9 b
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But 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. E3 h9 M# N6 D ) t9 R6 A# H7 ^8 L3 }! D6 Z9 }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。 # Z+ P2 a4 f0 M7 c1 _( D" T2 f% F$ g' b1 Q P/ O
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 @( g* p4 W$ N) B" [% h& r0 F# _+ D K3 R! P3 c
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: @5 j/ V! m: V ! u. H" w; K& H* @* S2 {9 j# [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. 9 z7 r. k9 I) _* X7 f/ ~ 3 T# m; w: `9 |" F3 f) ?' R8 B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。2 X% c: v/ {3 k/ {
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You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. 2 z+ B* y5 A$ H# f$ x* {' L, u \# ]1 P
你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 7 E* |- a: ~( P6 N3 r- }2 F 2 M+ h+ i6 a/ W. u EHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. 8 j5 z3 e7 @, u; L, d) h- f3 H ' o; B% j# X4 {. Y. e, j" {. Q9 x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。# r. o9 x( B! v2 A* D9 N
/ i& m6 d" S9 R3 c' wFor 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. "$ C# g8 p5 w) C/ U
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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。# l3 |# E- }4 z
3 G0 `1 D+ j- d8 B3 CTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.: I' ?7 e8 u9 v0 H1 F
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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。' v( l9 z* s* L! t5 U4 W" x6 I
2 R" j5 z5 e0 F2 kLife. 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."+ u! |% q, F; R, E8 L
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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”。- G5 q4 C) r8 D4 |" Q
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