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： : @. t u$ R2 Y8 C0 d0 ^9 { ) n1 z; v2 T6 G生命就是小甜饼：5 m6 Q$ J1 {( _& B- z
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. + Z; |* t) m4 W! ] & I7 Z0 `; L) F) b6 |; s9 I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”。 " C) K* \) k! T( P* }% l1 ^) p 7 Z* p# y3 H/ B+ \. d( }1 Q& k, jIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.0 E9 h& y4 z2 c6 B' v+ `
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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。6 `3 p( a3 r2 B3 W; y* q! B
6 K; {9 I0 B# Q9 S: }' wSome 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. ) P5 h! l W3 V5 v }- i7 i' U H0 d' h% c6 W5 q
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。 : v: ^$ ]' d4 m7 r0 n' a& d- H+ K$ I
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. : |! n% H$ w5 R9 p2 U: \" ?9 N" P) D( m% u% Z; r
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。# |8 v9 g; n$ Y- C W
% ]5 S, ?) x5 T# z- @When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.6 [0 J- E! N0 u" a, a
- a' V, W" V: u- j* d2 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。3 t2 C! [7 H% @9 ?5 I
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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. & X) j* v7 `9 } 5 ~% L# W. s) l" Z0 J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。 + ?' g$ V8 ^; U/ { \0 @! P! S# D: `: x* e6 p8 E( I5 K/ Y/ ?
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. 8 x- z( U' s$ v) a1 r2 ^7 j$ I# V3 e5 u6 y' S4 u$ a: ?
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。 8 t8 ^$ j4 B& w5 G. s+ Z% }, H # {; C* f; n- i( x# G5 P$ PYou 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. " B1 W+ U- ]! j8 T* Y- ~. ~* E/ ?4 G7 S, y* d
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。0 b2 \# ]: }( Y$ U( }2 S
' v: n" v% r5 O3 n- o# M2 gYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. % E6 h. a1 y7 `6 G! d2 j , h7 A1 f. V* i( D! a你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。$ r3 m' y( o/ |# {: K# I" |
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.* @. V' W9 N" L4 n$ N
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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。8 F. X( ~8 `. \
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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. "' e; P# {" {7 p6 k* O, [( ?/ d
" m$ _3 J- b' A9 X2 V0 N; M# \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 f5 }% Y0 j* O & A1 V. _/ p, E. G6 m$ B# ]; cTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.8 c$ o' T8 ^* ]1 v: z! Y% u* F
/ s# h( s4 F/ N$ P# y“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 J/ n: ~( t: r4 y1 L7 j5 F 3 _0 ` x! _! S6 i LLife. 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." % F" K; \( p# W/ I, P" D7 G0 }- i' X6 x: t: o3 d9 H
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”。 5 }3 \8 J( s4 o1 ^7 _' i ( f ~4 h/ S+ q+ ]; |[attach]55054[/attach]https://m.ishuo.cn/subject/nvoxiu.html