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： ; G7 O4 R7 w' q4 J9 b0 K& t$ r/ J/ x. i% I2 m" }+ f
生命就是小甜饼： 3 G {* w4 I9 C8 gOne 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. 9 M- X" b- ~ S8 {5 `8 P' K" X, l3 U6 [
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 J: Y- L8 I. U, Z3 P6 P2 [% i: N
! o+ V' r* J% a# B1 r2 G& C! cIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing., o% [% v; s( E* `5 K7 H2 C
1 j \; i- X9 ]9 l7 E; v. }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。 3 [! @3 {; w" C1 b ' o: ?2 p* r8 [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. / O6 l( p; O& q% Y1 n D, x 3 G* f9 I3 v) ]; P0 @; i1 F* Z, y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。 7 k: Q, ~6 \7 p2 x. X( O + x) B" y7 F" u% }8 U1 T( f% UA 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.8 f" g- s& A, d q$ o+ F% k; \" G8 N
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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。 2 F# ~! U' F( U- r) F8 Z6 e. B / k) K8 h- N% v. S8 ]& T* `4 hWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. # T: k& w7 w7 t! p% ^2 ~3 Q8 {! b4 U% f" S
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。- b" w: a ]! ^- w2 B6 X# E* m6 M' F
0 i# c' B) r+ n/ d7 U8 eBut 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. - h& j; Y& d( T* I# O8 D , }4 A1 L( X% u, H; b2 m! C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。 9 c. o# `+ y1 l5 }6 G7 ~ 2 h a* f9 [7 sThe 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.5 C6 p- _7 W5 {5 _/ O9 F2 J; g
! P7 B0 R4 K7 n! K8 V j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 Q+ W, j( z; w" Y$ o6 N4 L% F
7 W1 p7 K l- \3 K; Q# L' \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 M/ K9 p2 R& E. }2 [& W( W1 [* K* t, z
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。 / @4 w* j! R/ a ) k+ T. v" a3 f- HYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. ; e! {, R2 `$ {4 R! ^ l/ c8 |% M% _
你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。- x. F9 p: G9 s, ?2 R1 @) a" X% }
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. 1 u1 X/ p \9 L' \1 j+ R2 i0 J& z! G" U
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。 ' M( {1 x' C5 i7 M5 h( i+ ^) e+ r9 S; n/ Q# J) q
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. " , V0 k" k" t( R" D N. \2 }( k4 F2 e9 [' E- t! N& e8 @- F/ H
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。 8 Z" M6 [5 O4 i' c o; M 3 z! a+ l1 Y, t, [. ^# lTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. 4 ?& J6 S/ q$ g" l1 h# c& m2 W0 w9 X( [) h ?5 u. ~6 s1 ~
“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 # S; E( m/ B3 g b- P% H$ M: g' ^ M% F# i2 M
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."# @) C' @4 r% v2 g# f, Q# L5 A3 x0 Z- c
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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”。 & d- G2 Y0 E/ Q! i1 I ) q' K# a0 W. W+ B8 t% e9 J[attach]55054[/attach]https://m.ishuo.cn/subject/nvoxiu.html