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： 8 r3 ?( { B5 q. N/ g+ u/ |* {/ p$ T9 X7 m+ [* i
生命就是小甜饼： 3 B. _7 X0 A* ?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.; A, [) K6 J! {* F
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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”。3 n* [* u" V$ `
; P6 U5 o8 W, I4 U7 n- Z$ G( p6 R6 kIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing./ Q/ p+ e( ^7 i: @$ h5 ~9 w
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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。' w' ~& n! V% c
/ F) w- n# T! W. F9 p, 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 {0 B/ \2 k; ?, M
; N; A' E7 ~" e2 f* y) 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. + D$ O9 @8 O/ {6 O$ R8 ~0 \$ U& `1 ^, 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。- g" K; R4 O: H
4 r* U& P w8 w3 D; R5 S6 ]. cWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.# ?' |" e' _- ]" K" _( s) v
7 X; M% S- g% {% }) J, T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。: H* C3 H: W6 g3 z( @, W& Z
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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./ W2 S8 Z2 k5 A! y1 M3 Y
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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。 " h8 i; H( `! x3 \, \6 T! O* |/ n/ t
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. ' g# u P% J& c' i - m" D( l( h) _8 C0 S. J i, p6 F4 d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。 0 s) b. E$ b$ l( @' u+ ?' j4 P$ B( X5 e* G6 J
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. 8 }: d. `# I. S: I: M8 F9 `7 P, ~1 `1 y+ }, H0 y' E
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。 * t1 d m. N& a$ P" n8 y : H- y3 }2 H$ J2 v( n3 I( }0 JYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. ; C& ]% L. b( x; v" ?: C 8 \# u9 O% y1 L0 s, c& T- k: W你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 W+ c( b- u9 ^9 u% A/ f/ ?- y2 t5 r8 u0 S# \/ k; Z$ r2 u
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.) v2 w! A2 u0 u- u' ^* a! U. N/ \
/ N' r0 l& S h% Q" m; W; r2 B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 {+ o: s. u% R: Q0 P1 q! ?$ g+ V: } ^- A3 U, d4 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. " : _+ Y, [% {7 Q- r" r4 h# y5 r8 |) H% }+ v3 ]0 T
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。& i8 m, j% {; n1 a* ` `
/ R# r! ^5 A& @1 _- DTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. 2 z- Z8 t7 N5 i " E2 U* J; v1 c“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。' e P3 F7 j9 u q% p# e
; ^1 L0 x1 l- U, f8 R2 N$ zLife. 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 {' b* w! f2 a8 Q! f- O! y5 K& W: j3 N0 a# D
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”。" S" ^! b& l; P0 h3 D