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：4 f- F# V* \( K: I! ]' k
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生命就是小甜饼： 7 l+ K$ y: L( J9 X! xOne 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. ! X$ S* v! q9 {, n. ?5 s X# j7 L& j# X3 j% O4 v! s( Y9 g4 }0 B
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”。! p3 O) p2 X |: W, i2 i3 s
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If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing./ G: c" s: M! q" Q6 j
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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。- U3 d2 { j; V7 \% ~5 V$ _
. b$ P& F% c! F2 F% ?3 WSome 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. % H* |, o' y9 T j! C+ C2 _/ g7 p& y: ?9 N
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。2 [' Y J. l7 L% a* U, |
. `; L: D$ \6 Z5 V; x& tA 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. 8 }. C7 v1 g$ ]: r9 ^, } O6 K/ T* R' x" @
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。 ' F3 r7 C( }( H' A; {6 I! Q2 r) T! L7 J, C2 J
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. . y A; g" [, _' A* W# M ! e3 S2 R( R2 m, |/ K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。 + p5 M8 L) e, N. f3 z2 a & Z! ^& j4 e1 o; z" Y) E' XBut 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. * B% ~& S: L5 g' |% Y' T: F! B5 q% H: ~
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。1 `/ g3 H' F0 y4 v V
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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. 0 o& t* [- `# b9 Y+ P. t' y( p6 {
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。 1 |- E `1 ]% p2 k- u& \ # i" b7 a f; l- ]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. 6 i# u8 E! Y4 {+ g& E- n- v$ Y3 Q1 {# a% L) l7 X
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。4 A( h( ?. c6 O" i6 p1 q
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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.$ R6 V5 i" U, Y; v8 H9 L
7 ~1 G% C J4 |8 z你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。' I9 ?* G `5 g0 L7 r
/ U, G: j! B8 P9 W3 gHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. ) a2 O/ A$ A& _5 ~: P& O3 X. `1 g' A* g2 G# R6 A$ |
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。 n6 ~5 Z% Q9 n3 G6 G B# [+ z7 {4 p) w2 e" }
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. "5 Q! R$ f+ Z+ k" P
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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。 - c/ L! K5 Q& f9 g* J6 q2 I" ^# l$ H9 }
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. # R# `/ A! D' E m: g; c9 C' J' c; q L R$ ^! J8 i2 w3 U) _
“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 ! P% Q) }; e- t" p( S/ Z! B: r1 |1 ^; h4 q, R
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."" H; Y7 e- u* c b L: p' e
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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”。/ Q6 y$ O; Q O R- B, W