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： 2 ~$ H, Z- w- l- L4 C6 ` u' q6 a9 }6 w5 T8 a& a
生命就是小甜饼： - B9 `& ?6 a0 cOne 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. - N [7 L- ^! G 1 t$ S Y: [- p5 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”。 I6 w- M* ? R2 ?6 A. e
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If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. ) {2 k; o o, J' c1 a4 \% D; d8 t
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。& X( m* e* A9 W
2 _$ ^3 ^* i, s. r3 u, N$ fSome 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 b+ G! b, q) G4 Y" s0 N- \% T/ v* j
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。- U' I; Q2 h$ A% X( f/ L
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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 ^( ~ J& t- b# s0 g( e) z( [+ K! v7 E* }( 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。 : T, X7 _; a# e. u# k% O ( Z- Z" ~ Y0 U' |4 Y! j/ @# ~When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy." J7 P- l: \8 q& h
2 ?0 ^0 V: ?* i+ V: a1 ?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。2 ?5 a9 I3 }' b6 b" F. e
3 R6 w- p0 h1 B V" E* s) BBut 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. 6 E& a% S- D4 ^$ t ! F6 U& @9 Q$ a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。 + E M& L- }. p : g7 p% m R: i* m# k6 P& ]& {$ z2 gThe 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.$ x, G3 e O7 |3 S' T4 L, B
$ j/ A- r- y* L$ W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。 . K& v o4 A; d Y# ~( s% Z& `8 E. q1 K; Q* Y
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. 1 x+ k0 u' y% w1 o+ u1 j 9 c2 I! i, u' Z p$ I+ C9 z6 V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 ]5 H& T6 ?' O4 e3 G9 u. p # C3 b' T% [1 `$ e0 {% }0 XYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. # L+ W: ~. F0 i) [" \& o & F( r7 y5 s" W4 @ ]5 M2 Y你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。$ X, q; n( e" N Z
: A. N9 e, W m, n& sHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. , B4 [7 S. D- D2 J & g* r d& ]+ J* 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。8 O* o# I% E6 v6 r- F; E3 o3 [
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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. " ( K' W& @2 W5 I% y# o * ?1 L! r3 N; U5 |. D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。8 s" e3 p* i8 [
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Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. ! [7 j, X. k+ c0 h: u& o3 E4 w) j. H0 I& w! `2 _
“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。0 T+ G" l* w- R4 h3 M
- x4 ]& U/ o8 i" H$ M' U$ A( Q: x! ELife. 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." % i* B% p" g: j1 h+ `6 V' |+ w( `8 D/ E+ x3 A- Y0 o$ E
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”。 : C, k6 F# Q2 P3 @ : Q# ~- M8 c9 N) n[attach]55054[/attach]https://m.ishuo.cn/subject/nvoxiu.html