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：6 D+ d* ~1 P: b2 n7 s+ V5 e
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生命就是小甜饼： 8 C2 i# v/ A( m4 z, C, K7 fOne 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, c. o% j4 Y% ~' |6 f
& y1 b' J1 ^8 k3 l& g k$ g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”。0 n( R. G6 }, W' t3 M
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If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. 0 B$ T; y' D0 @4 O, }7 N! n4 |2 V, S& @
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。 3 U% Z! y5 x$ c4 Z: x: ]7 d% j , o+ T& W$ X7 b! t! |9 h: xSome 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.3 }; f$ T \! l# }" @0 H
" O1 X N. w, v8 l+ L+ @' S) ~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 v9 y, ^4 Z6 F7 D( H7 U5 H" N
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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.* v1 t" O2 z8 g) p6 ?
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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。 4 N- q4 E. D% k, e$ c 1 f" X* T9 I$ }1 P% Z( qWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. 1 i% ^0 i6 _8 t$ X 5 v3 k9 j9 f8 s' ]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。 % o" {/ f6 ]4 w4 G9 J1 U6 l i $ h1 _+ I0 r& N$ }" T- y) [9 [1 l- CBut 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.; x; P4 K, X) O; o/ [& ]
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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。 5 D9 q$ P( B: p+ Y. n3 x9 O D+ s! G! q
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. ) }. s% d9 G% Y : [ w, S' I; B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。) P' M% N0 O( i8 w( j5 e
' [- z4 u! @0 D8 }# SYou 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. , ^ Z5 r- l2 P% C1 ^( k4 D7 J5 L ^) g: A( 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 L" R. i' r( H; U# R7 R6 T; q : w; }- {) `2 d4 b. b! q: ]! nYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. + h5 X/ g: T" v- n9 w: y& f ; U+ j) m0 i, i! s) @# [你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。3 R2 f. c9 c0 V7 a, P4 O
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. 1 u$ {8 d) Z( [' q1 c z0 p, h R7 d+ a; \/ v
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。1 j) f! w8 y0 k1 D. D$ O/ @
. X3 k2 u* @9 m- K2 hFor 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. "8 O" {1 t7 [( } \
. l n1 b4 v+ ]2 K/ m) ~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。 1 [& i7 P+ j: T9 ^. N% y" J# T' T. n/ z
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.7 w4 b: S$ Y0 m* D; G/ ~' a
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“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 I. ]& C, F( A' V0 z1 ]$ v7 w) _2 Y$ t0 O/ m/ y! f
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."5 f6 M% x" P; t2 p8 z0 c1 s- G" z5 ?; a
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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”。 ; b$ o% E5 f* v8 w" t& F7 w! ^+ U6 |7 N& P3 j* H
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