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： 9 [0 d Y- y9 J" l* r; q1 X# j2 R( W6 n" \0 Z
生命就是小甜饼： # P" @* p- x. m5 m) ~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. 8 B" ~8 g* m& u7 S 4 q; U# G* s# c* L% d- O8 w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”。+ C5 q: V, {# U) \/ x' g8 c6 R
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If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. ' x$ l, ]" X C! D! D2 K1 Y- j
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。7 I- Y( c7 j1 b8 ]9 I) U$ ?4 j
/ I. r Q( {# }! J9 dSome 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.8 U W; K5 \, }6 F6 Y
! }' }5 |; B& L5 h$ u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。 , ?+ t2 m5 N! o7 q+ | ) v2 m/ _, D7 f& f1 c9 v' D2 ?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.; e" Z( j+ l" J' u E
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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。% c( |' J- T( d) v8 W
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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. 1 a8 w# O7 L0 O) u+ X% E# g/ s4 K# W( \( R
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。8 Q+ ], y+ `: \
! E0 g2 x9 n0 }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. 3 y: E7 Y" B1 x4 l. k! I+ \$ l, q' v% b; q
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。* c- W `9 E. p8 ]
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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. 9 W: s; ?$ h$ M3 J1 I) j& f3 V' R' x c" V* {
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。( N$ M6 V7 N) Q7 n
. F! a$ \% r; m- Y: R2 MYou 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. 7 l4 W$ O4 I$ J ' k. ]! i M1 E5 P. u H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。% R8 o0 t" |5 N& z
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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. + }# G+ O, m0 T% q, A& j5 A' _ / n7 g7 x2 d! K6 i' J你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 4 K1 Y. F* ^6 S5 r" V! o& P! j2 w" R; z3 w9 _0 M- n9 |6 Y7 J% d
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.2 x) M) K9 `! k0 `1 V
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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。8 s$ f, Z: d# z7 K
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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. "9 U$ v6 ?& L. U& |8 D+ V2 E" J$ Q
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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。; N( ]% B5 f8 y
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Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.9 r6 ^6 n% {% L# Z4 M
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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。' L& L8 o& h/ b/ Z( M9 E
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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."( s" f/ H2 p/ J2 m. X5 K
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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”。2 ~# N( U: A2 |& _# T& V