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： 2 V, {7 N, C% h% B, t- t8 m; v' b1 d" {8 ~! D1 D4 z
生命就是小甜饼： " R' j+ W+ W# M. \3 C' }4 [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. " T7 B, A, S+ j* e . V, I5 v/ J, _1 x7 t1 V- Y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”。 1 Z; n8 G/ Z3 j$ q 1 R# d1 o0 ?1 D; }9 |* z) a2 p3 g2 H$ ~If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. & m* `+ w- f7 l$ E+ @ 0 \) [- ^4 F1 [. f9 N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。2 } s3 z* b e; |1 p/ L& M# D- ?
- j' T" I/ i0 l9 ESome 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. \, _: L( F( S4 g7 H1 w - z; e. O4 X5 V% Z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。8 D6 o0 g" S* j9 u% G0 Q& X
$ ]8 `8 ~9 ]% Y: q8 V& D/ D% fA 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. : V' m, A* z. F/ U# X8 A; w" y) S8 _
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。5 B7 V! G0 Q* X9 v1 D
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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.& O J! \1 I5 L3 v
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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。 - Z2 B, ^" k* h" b" | e- h8 m1 b' M4 J* E. j4 [8 t/ W' o8 ~
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. y9 i z) o' [0 d* N
, p' v5 V: G& t; f3 O, A- s! N. ?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。; D* m+ ]. y5 a9 @) e1 P0 `
1 l E, W( ^, a( @! t9 DThe 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.3 r! @9 J/ P7 v# i' N0 {9 z
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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。 ; n5 r% s0 b. O# m8 O3 Y * @" v! u$ R; j2 H9 H! `3 IYou 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. 5 s3 R5 N3 J: ~: }
3 O. j( ~+ 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 h" N6 t3 {$ ] d6 j0 M5 ~" E A' H: J1 x5 j
You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. * G A& R) k/ h U) l 0 Z! h6 c8 Y1 M" g3 Q你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 V3 f) E: U/ g; o
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. 8 I e. ?4 f( o4 W6 Z4 r$ x+ B, {& l+ D: I4 K# I9 ?
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。 5 G- D; D g6 a- r4 m% U - j* j3 t9 R2 T. R) GFor 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. ", k+ x$ U8 {. t# d
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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。" e! k/ @0 N% h+ N
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Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.0 ]8 T8 ~5 o0 t y! Y6 P# U
3 U: z X& G8 j. u% ?“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。' B% i6 q! Z, R# T* Z
) s' N; O; [5 xLife. 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." . r) g1 U2 M- ^1 D5 ]0 [" q/ G m2 D) w4 d4 e% o; O
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”。 ( i/ C9 _: Y$ b N8 x5 O& O+ k % d9 b4 y1 j/ B4 j/ i; @: f[attach]55054[/attach]https://m.ishuo.cn/subject/nvoxiu.html