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：$ k6 b- V0 u, e2 z" i
! e* r. \$ g# K' r/ ^生命就是小甜饼： & |& A- ^, o# d3 M. q* i% OOne 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., K- k. A$ z0 \& f' g
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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”。( q) j$ e- F0 a& @
8 O6 P& Z0 \8 ^3 cIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.. I4 C, I) A. b" I6 Y6 P$ Q- `: ]
5 k. Q. x. O% @* F7 y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。 $ ]' }+ f& m/ f) ?+ @7 p/ m 1 _7 I/ Q3 X5 t, P! B+ ySome 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.: h1 L' H) l& J+ Q% b$ f' r
. B' X3 e0 e% ?0 D, d% t; Z9 O+ v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 {- c- T. c9 |" l( q. M7 X% o3 { 0 J7 o- n1 w8 V0 s! X0 h) @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. 1 v; a1 g5 p. m6 x* l1 R/ Z( f T1 s3 B$ f1 F h8 E& n' s* ~
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。1 X1 Y7 C* u: g% M& S2 n
4 G* `! n& }9 F# |When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.( w5 e9 x9 u0 z" S! h# Z" \2 t
& v& {$ H1 W, n7 _9 v+ i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。+ Q9 g: T7 w4 |" |+ y
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But 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.4 O0 b0 g/ y! X1 ^% E8 i- |. `' n
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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。 0 t8 S) x( H, ?4 T ! `* i, m6 \1 Y. t, z6 CThe 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$ |) A3 V7 P2 }% E* K6 N7 S5 m1 ~" q. c* L2 D& H5 e
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。% A) B8 S- f) l* u+ f5 G
# n! {/ C$ [* j0 ]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. ' h6 ~' x0 o& O/ R0 x
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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。 # P2 Q9 D2 R" s/ E U 0 P. A3 Q5 {, t' }( K& fYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.( M/ ~" N; F' O& b
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你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 , ?* P; q3 s" n7 E+ ~ ! D. T9 Z) A& \, i) H- C& i+ JHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.6 T) T& ?5 \7 d+ b+ C
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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。2 q- K A* S& C, ?* L: a' E+ z
% j7 J7 |/ G8 j7 F( eFor 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 M( r$ E9 m5 x4 G6 @8 N4 |! A5 c) }9 n2 |4 X o0 _5 r3 Q; Y/ x
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。 : }& |. u6 [; h5 [ 4 f0 n, s8 n7 C! MTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. ; m! ]! D0 u; |3 k " S* F% ]/ [1 T' ~* G5 M3 ~“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。6 m3 D/ d& I) [+ D" Q4 |8 Q
4 y. Q$ H" ~; 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."1 `7 b0 [7 H) O/ C E
$ o3 j7 V$ f) ~2 z2 L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”。% w9 U9 ?7 A* m: b( }3 e' d
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