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 X, f1 U" v0 p5 m7 d4 D% ^2 w) D! _ C4 N; Z( Q M
生命就是小甜饼：) P* U4 B X6 B
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. % E" a/ D: P1 r7 _ " X8 ~- j, L, ]& h- i- X' G2 i5 {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 |7 N; |6 o; ~- W4 M7 d 1 x" _. Q9 {& h5 Y9 t! T4 \If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. ^2 o- `1 x5 ]' o! o! G7 N4 R. T; I( g
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。7 |- ]) b, y, e" T8 z8 R( z
$ E0 p. \' F$ G1 i- H$ E/ e0 ISome 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 i4 c9 G7 ^1 i/ ?2 e' z- @2 A, `) t" {+ t2 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。 6 D; W3 j! f4 t8 u" E2 {5 @* {6 ~$ n# Y: c. R1 ]; T
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. " _2 _+ s) @3 a' o& |" n 8 f r% v8 x; h8 }! A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。2 ?7 y7 v% K! j% e4 R V; A
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When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. 9 o4 B3 v) t6 n0 v" v 2 L3 L- r; Z3 R* E2 y, t8 I& o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。8 j' w; R2 Y) M2 O: H: }4 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.0 F9 v- m' K. G. ^, B' p O8 ?
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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。 & c. u/ t" N, p+ e( f/ k; \% x* ~ 4 ]2 [3 I1 `# {) v" K+ c9 \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. $ [& P% @- B7 G: t# V$ |9 q' i% ?3 c# v# ~
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。 6 f/ D4 D; p$ U0 H' a/ m5 z8 {+ L0 W' A) q4 y: r1 R0 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. ' k {# b2 m+ s) l7 |' K
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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。! h5 q% s- T/ i4 O
" l) C9 l; F% }1 i5 r" ZYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. ! k' _$ }& ?- C S. [2 }7 P2 C, a7 `9 v9 T. _/ g0 s, W
你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 . h" H2 G* j% n7 i$ d* |) Z; ~; D, o7 ] 9 ^# B5 D% }/ n6 a( m8 S, FHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.) J, t& P% ` s4 i4 r, n% Y
$ k0 B( @3 F1 d4 _+ F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。+ a A8 ]+ j0 A( L- m7 c" E; e* e
8 I% p+ p: a$ @0 f# bFor 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. "3 Q; w. A7 n2 S' n# D e
. C2 g$ {" |( O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。 & a1 i6 a/ m" Y# y4 \9 f( f4 d# Z9 {5 R
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. $ M0 U" u5 Z; A* y3 s; E% K& x 2 Z9 j* K( @& w. _: r* K“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。; f3 R+ H) ?: x8 g
/ \# K3 Q* w3 ]( NLife. 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 K7 Q' @/ X+ Y! t