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：5 O* }8 y" w& i+ Y0 S
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生命就是小甜饼：6 a3 P1 [% W& O
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.9 F# U6 k* w2 h
2 P/ V5 h5 X/ x1 xIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. " w" K) Q. h" G& }) f" R1 u5 Y: C b x+ L3 l1 H8 g
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。6 s( W1 ? b8 {$ F! L- l) Y. L
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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.; ?) O9 i1 \5 m' s% g# f8 I/ r c
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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。 - F9 Y- s) k0 {' O; x* o5 t/ | % g$ c# E- i; ?' G! ~1 R/ qA 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' w5 P' `" T* }: {! t- o# Z+ @; _& p* Q6 D0 K% G* K, ~0 J1 ~
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。 : y2 x2 X$ K Z4 Q% y9 H( q# J- z & {( ]8 S9 T8 S& ?8 U5 RWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.4 j' o/ O9 F& \
! M3 X; C, H! K& Q+ t F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。+ _) C. u. J+ e+ a% w: k& i( V
3 H1 v! _5 p9 u: R* [* o$ YBut 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. ' [5 I5 t( c S4 m$ m3 |3 ^ - q3 a1 J- U4 Y& }9 G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。* k) G- E. Z8 m
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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.$ P- H. i! v9 H% C" {
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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。 v" F! k; C2 B4 a+ p
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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. @! I5 p) i! U; J8 \; O : X$ q9 G" ^% l! h! y/ O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。9 c$ l$ {& M4 g' z1 {& R2 O
& _; l& ~: g1 W8 iYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.( A* @6 U1 c" e# v) _( h1 M
' L- H% ?9 @% P你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 1 z" ~. K# m B5 W; S/ w G5 q% l; U2 e' O9 G( p* j7 _" c
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. . J% s+ [# C9 }% c- q& l' N1 s' @3 m2 W9 }; I: ^
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。 , C/ s2 x! K$ |) b5 a8 u' x+ k% D. B4 Z$ f
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. " # @" ]% ^! e. V& P* I* F6 k5 N: ]4 b2 G
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。: Y- Y% _$ k7 _% X# |, _
. K# `; B# R5 S* m3 k5 C. xTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. ( @+ [2 f3 H9 R& k- G% o% D" b ' E+ y1 W7 N. Y' E" k0 O4 N# L“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。9 O% k3 @7 b, f0 M. N8 l8 j
/ _2 n, C# j: |$ o! h3 ]5 J/ bLife. 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."5 q M p2 C. O/ Z& C
6 T8 S1 z/ h1 q6 N5 u8 H. w$ X1 ]4 Z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”。( ]) |4 W2 N* O