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：7 A. k' ^& ]7 B( f
& N1 @" {% ]$ j: @9 {4 g生命就是小甜饼： . _% E9 ~ H7 r+ J8 G. kOne 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. % q; U6 B- Z+ X; ]% c8 E; p6 I2 Y }, q$ ]- {2 w3 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”。) E0 M# o! a& l* n( u" q2 y$ W4 m
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If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. g- K2 U6 V, G: f
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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。9 l# r, F* `/ l, a1 g' a1 r, L% i
% }1 L: I% n% p8 T/ K9 U3 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. * p8 U: k4 A6 Z8 R# }# U$ G( A8 A. y& w4 ]
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。 + A9 M3 |1 T0 O* K" ]8 d2 {" B3 b3 V& Y. I1 S/ R; 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.6 F4 e, L, [2 `! a+ M: L& J
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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。- ]9 }% E: {0 }- i0 n' \
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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.* k! P4 Q9 m$ y: j& e( n; E
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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。/ B5 Z( u e4 m P: V( T; L- Q
& T2 E* p# F E3 d+ UBut 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.* W6 H! _. I& w9 W) n7 a7 C4 Y
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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。! Q4 u, H( ~" v7 {; G+ O7 i
0 B ^9 [' P& x* cThe 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. % I. d) p% e1 ~, D2 I2 u Z+ I8 _2 I* i/ i6 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。- i( ^, m$ N2 q
3 D. N& ` [' z5 I* V4 M: n2 W2 p6 kYou 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. . L4 x% X' T4 A. A$ ?
N3 z( |4 G* k; |3 i z' S# 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。7 Q5 [% j4 k, D' _) H; j
5 H* d6 n5 E4 r9 ^. \You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. 3 d' j7 a9 M5 T( |6 j8 ? : p$ }. D: g6 {* t; ~* A6 x你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 0 h7 G8 x4 H* X2 M9 m T9 b2 L- J& W: W" f8 N( D) }( C
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. & u% D8 g' R/ {3 W& H0 s! _" D( C6 f/ X
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 u& a% c9 S; D- i5 H6 h) e% b4 U- P% y" }$ |6 {7 P
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. ". b$ Q3 b7 U7 q/ f" X: r
0 _ p/ M# m, C2 z$ 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。: r6 H% l) [# b; c" O! {/ o
. n% h2 \3 K8 ~Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.9 t$ k' ^2 j+ y$ {
& o3 c- Z( L# a- o0 B5 f# `4 ~* R8 q“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 7 x, Z% X- N. r + _9 ~+ f$ O; q) F, ?; hLife. 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."9 [0 M; A3 X3 T: N" n
! ?; [$ k, E$ l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”。- _7 y" e5 l ]1 V$ m4 Z+ I