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： 9 \2 r, I: U* t+ I7 g7 ~0 \+ x9 D 1 y8 J7 i- E$ r' L生命就是小甜饼： # z2 e3 r0 H8 Q) d: q+ V( UOne 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. ' H/ W8 P+ ^. _# v* K9 _ . V, T) w) o1 H8 v" ^' q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”。 * T( V/ g8 F. {0 U* I6 V4 m* ?, X& p) |: U
If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. * ~, U& J, C- I6 t$ u# Q5 G: H" v' u! Q! ^. D, X/ i/ u( 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。 $ } Q1 v' ~. S9 Z* k 4 \9 W* p( S4 @5 O: U3 c; _/ F& KSome 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.& B" ]/ e5 ]$ h7 _9 q% 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。2 P+ D- p- x" k. K
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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.: `# Y# l3 i. A6 F
0 R$ T3 ]- Q" ~* a) d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。 - ^( _+ S. D% t. ] , Q, A* o' t, G; } CWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.2 N: i6 c1 g' j% @- G4 a
3 h% ]' g- d. E# zBut 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." j& M# p) q3 p) X
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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。 8 W q/ E4 |. f9 F+ V$ d. ]& D* d& F
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. 4 v8 B* l+ Y1 Q3 H- E v0 u2 g3 ?* Q' o) g) ]
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。 + J, ~7 m- C2 _/ L$ K & H3 `. n) y/ F- L2 ?* YYou 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. % t8 W6 T# C* m: c [( I H3 K! d
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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。 " B9 U4 w& t1 F! x$ d" n/ _) o& `. m: R8 l2 C8 @
You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. 0 l' n" N7 R9 L& w+ t3 u 2 h. Q9 s& a9 K% B3 x/ @5 k你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 9 s5 ~- R, `' B$ i3 q# ^/ k E0 C3 B( q$ B$ u$ y) ~* L* U5 r, v0 k
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. - x' _9 N" C/ f0 C/ |& P0 q J/ u2 ~3 D% \2 |. \& @
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。 & R( E% b, i. |7 @; N; [7 z4 i* } s% }, y8 \6 o
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. " 2 u( ^; ^2 I/ x9 W( S7 M. a d8 O" }1 i, M- M7 w" c" N5 a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。 0 k! {6 M- p1 h* V9 ]: ?$ }, c6 E- [9 s9 ~- o
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. % c) v; I' @* v& t& ?" ^4 l ; }0 Z: B6 v8 z; 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。8 @4 |1 g3 m7 D; {
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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."5 y0 d1 n5 V: i! T+ H1 `. ]
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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”。 . q, n) D4 s% y! L# R1 B: H2 Q- M3 S6 a9 J6 l5 M6 ]
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