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：3 H& y. E0 r' f2 g- j9 u
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生命就是小甜饼： * f* \( z) U1 U# WOne 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.. z( H4 c9 i4 o! H8 u9 a
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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”。4 W$ R3 ?1 w: @0 A" N* P
a$ D- R7 l" y2 d2 AIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.) U; N% o- G* }4 j( t# K5 x$ t
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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。. H! S$ ^/ p w' v* g* |3 ~0 B: ^
' ^% E% R" n" S% R" ~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.% i4 E9 m |3 Q
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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。 ! Y/ p0 t. ?: \7 L * f: E- P h v& ]- iA 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. & V/ m, t( z3 j+ |# X$ S8 Z0 t5 F4 V" @$ o
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。( B7 G& A9 X7 i* F4 n( ^- t. s% [( M6 h
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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. 6 l- c w l$ N4 }7 i x1 [) V! x4 }0 J; F2 J
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。* r# g+ P( u) T7 D1 l4 Z6 W
5 y4 q8 h, w7 T, {; N$ iBut 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. 2 e/ ^- n6 A' {/ z+ x, g2 f/ L / o. Q8 I8 `( E2 j% U+ M. N; u; v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。 + a9 h3 F H" i1 Y% }& R3 H 7 F9 H( u m" W7 G" ^% u; p0 zThe 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. , j& f1 k0 ]1 n2 M+ @$ [+ z# L ( i# S- u# l; ]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。 9 W; U! P' E: o A2 o. x ) H" ^2 ^& C/ tYou 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. 5 h$ K* a7 w' I& i- [/ |# a$ |4 l ( C! ?7 Z$ t& ?9 G; f+ 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。/ p1 Z) g) L+ F/ t1 q, A4 q& g: S
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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. 9 H# k& Y5 L( j" o , I3 G$ Y8 Q4 H7 B) a! q& Z你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 % t; e- Z4 m+ f5 |3 C3 x6 G" S T1 n* U
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. ) U! B$ _ v' r1 B 8 h* P2 Q4 S, s% X/ N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。$ ^% y# {* D4 W, ]) D
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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. " $ y0 o7 A& I0 ^ 9 J! M% u ]; g" u T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。 ) U0 l4 k) L( t7 U6 R 7 L/ t2 x2 V8 CTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. # p& h( n7 h' H( D) r; h5 y+ H7 F+ O& Y/ r
“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。; q4 ~+ D- N3 ?1 e/ c
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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."7 p0 ?6 `0 D! L; T
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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”。% O( ^; m! }' Q4 G8 y* A) d; Q: _