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： 1 ^7 e6 J, ^0 r# [5 y3 P0 N: N1 p) ~! F; O* f* F
生命就是小甜饼：3 C& b% ~8 d- j/ W8 G* D5 O4 X
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' B. u c1 s+ j8 ~' |) x5 c1 {2 W
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”。( p- r$ t; K q) y/ q G* s
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If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. & K: r! F6 V j0 m4 ~; w9 | # c# L+ N) t$ `6 M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 }- g+ D: B8 t: T. T9 n
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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.& p9 s7 z* C$ D6 X) J3 }2 j
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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。! g! q* w& J# \. v
( I, ]+ m4 | ?7 _2 }8 I" vA 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. : m& i5 S; f, ~ q: \/ z* P) n0 \6 ~5 \5 N0 C, C
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。7 z& h& \8 P% ^4 Y
% h0 c; K4 e2 j4 d5 M- rWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. ' x% x! _. \, i9 f, ^; |' Y0 A - F& J! f# @8 b/ z1 g$ D `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。 % ^& a4 B+ z( ]8 Q* }4 |& q8 B' C: K; u. t
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.5 C1 V) w$ F6 g' W% ]4 Q A
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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。 ! a1 _1 p" B3 p& J: D5 u1 w: a 4 d; A$ A0 [5 ]. w+ {* xThe 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.9 d/ R1 v6 V* w9 R, g l
4 L1 w2 X# ? D6 W7 u6 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。 4 Z8 U$ N" p, f/ { }( t% Q' Q1 G) p5 R7 n4 R( J( _- z3 D
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. 6 `. X' e8 ]5 c0 I3 e0 F/ p/ r2 C/ l* M0 [2 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。3 ?+ m& g5 W% K. B& ^9 P) k/ I( g
* v c: L4 n; X+ U: x3 wYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.. E" p3 I9 [4 Y4 O- Q
. f4 S3 |3 Q0 W# A: d* P你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 ' t0 r- ?/ S i7 Z ] 2 x8 G9 i7 e' PHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. % D" S2 z& G8 {6 V1 h* f ! a' b7 z( ^( }5 B& A. B6 R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。 0 ?- }. X# |9 g * P+ L5 v9 Y, X& `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. "$ O G$ o& ? b" e' z( r
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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。 7 x+ K2 c$ r( D& L: o+ Z, h7 {. ~! a% B/ x5 N
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.6 I. w' D# V+ ~: z& r
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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."& x& O) c2 R7 S5 D+ j
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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”。 $ w& I) H2 A# G( w 1 i p! k' N4 W! t+ z[attach]55054[/attach]https://m.ishuo.cn/subject/nvoxiu.html