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： 3 E* |5 U/ f' ^/ w! P9 X) U / p7 |0 } X/ R( C" ^生命就是小甜饼： ) C2 p. ]) ~) H' {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. t f& _2 y2 [, a+ G2 e! r {$ x9 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”。4 R4 e% m3 O" N: q- N' l7 y
; v1 ?) F; H, O' h; n. E% r+ r& XIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. 0 V# M2 B p ~- U& h$ V/ J1 R$ W. d( P4 D+ @5 J) K& x
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。 . w5 L) q9 [# p$ X: {. ^! G+ C5 m0 B% k) q- L7 w `
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.$ f7 A2 k) V* ?* K: F5 M, j! ^7 ~
% c" d2 U$ q9 Y& B z' p! L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。 ; i; n a, q# s ]9 Y6 C1 _) X& n 1 w/ Z! _( h5 ?! Q {$ u9 K8 iA 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.2 M- M1 Q3 A. f6 E
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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。5 R d4 p3 s$ D- @/ Z6 m
A3 u7 b5 F. [8 Q5 |5 qWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. 4 l+ z* ~- v* ^5 b + H$ }/ a+ F x/ P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。) {# ~! Q& g0 U7 v5 b% l w
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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. ; I# I1 D- O( ^( m- c: G/ S; ]* m! O8 F' [
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。* d$ a9 V) T$ e$ O% Z' \+ n
& b" e- k$ F% f P6 WThe 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.- Q: k& ~( ~- ~
, O" x' F1 K$ w/ }" w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。# |4 d. ?2 y/ m
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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. . r0 u: d. ~& R% F2 u0 D$ k9 K* l u, l9 x) y+ a
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。" Q$ H( m/ W+ x- J
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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. 6 Y# L- F* H8 @ u, w( @( R3 G7 g# w0 S3 B1 s: x% E# l/ u
你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 2 }9 q! u7 N% s8 _ ) f( [, `! `2 Y* w$ c9 {! n3 S- \Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. 2 I0 P% j' d G5 F. {4 _8 ]) O3 X1 c+ L+ n" p3 i$ 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。 * H/ G, R* g6 Y: b' K* t 1 B+ T+ l4 ~2 G4 `* D, ^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. " ) H' ?8 ~2 d1 h! Q, v7 T2 J. B, R. D, S
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。 * x* F7 Z8 i3 H3 L2 B8 z4 Y& g% n t( B9 R& U# F4 E" P
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.+ _3 ~& W) i- ^+ L- y
. E# a5 X8 @* f0 g" o6 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。 5 f: u& u- ?* `8 X# L# l* O! i" `# ?: j8 Z2 ^
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." ) b& {6 v2 z- m1 [9 ?/ V# C" H: X4 P7 J, q. ^
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- O) O7 y) ~
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