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： ) G6 B/ A8 g6 B9 g8 m$ S+ Q3 r1 ^/ o5 c+ y' q* e5 ?
生命就是小甜饼： 1 T" w1 F; Y; E$ U8 T7 |! _3 w0 HOne 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. ) @; _" M5 j' L # Y% m( R# _4 L! u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”。( P+ q0 A+ E1 L2 B& E3 B
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If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. 7 F: O. n' J E2 G) b1 n. u' S: x& c0 a0 y5 s9 M1 d5 O* k& e8 B) [
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。+ C& O& u1 y3 W/ n- r/ S
" @/ |! v0 a- B' H/ r& n% r7 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. , m I7 |* t4 F/ A N' f( a# }5 s1 Q6 ~
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 s; G) O5 X& |9 W3 k5 a- f; P! M9 o5 ?
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. 0 ]* S6 T5 C% `8 i 9 p$ }; _8 q! B4 b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。! O4 b+ L0 S* O2 H. @; L
' G2 ^2 r& q7 ?+ C9 G: d0 ~When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. / {# g, s- ^% R7 ` |1 i: J2 |7 ^1 O" W" F+ m5 K4 K9 p6 x
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。 - [. q& u2 c+ t1 v! t: v7 E, L 9 \7 t9 C! }1 T" o1 R D6 ABut 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.- h% v( d2 W0 ]4 E& L4 H
7 L' P/ D& \, r9 o; J1 L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。 * l) ~* F6 J4 X+ Z4 G, H* T6 E5 U3 A5 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." |8 ?1 A- y+ d! [) g) X- i$ ~
1 B1 U* Q( T% K0 O: M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。 * R2 { z1 ~2 T' r. B- y 8 O, a2 Z6 n& ]# B! iYou 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. - S/ ^: D9 [- Y + O- p1 f; f! z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。8 m+ z% n8 U+ _4 R" G
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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.* S7 H' m4 N% T3 B
3 E3 E1 W% f6 M) JHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. . l4 x w8 w7 o4 C2 H% X# q# [. j# V" Q4 k$ A7 k$ @0 F
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。 $ T- Y9 E+ E0 x* Y. u; V 1 L4 Z* @" E( j0 A, S: E' k% yFor 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. "* f& Y, D/ {6 N
6 Z: y1 R w6 }/ r' s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。: y1 \* B0 O5 j( N- Y" u
6 b8 N B: m" A1 hTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.! v e9 O$ C _4 I/ V# p
. Z; S0 P. F# f7 A6 ?6 P# v- d7 `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." * t% V; M- D0 I5 B4 O, `6 l5 s% r; w+ |: z8 J
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”。: i1 j7 o$ ?+ G @" }, ^; G; H
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