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： 5 h l* U9 ~) _# n: B6 N6 A# X. o 9 m: g2 d5 a" i生命就是小甜饼：% i! K2 v: Q) k2 M
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. 7 ?. m) N( x, b3 z3 Q% e$ Z0 k+ U3 G! p
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”。 + r( d3 H8 H4 W6 ]3 N g" r( t8 R1 w- B3 y; w3 h0 d+ o6 v9 C
If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.$ P5 I2 m0 N6 R* _0 n
- k0 E" X1 ^3 t3 ]3 Q5 ~7 k0 u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。 Z* k. a5 V' Z2 w7 u: D9 C
: L4 `% _4 {- {$ M( G' J; q* F3 GSome 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.' y S# K/ |- e8 I) J* }% N/ B
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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。& s! e5 s$ w- h+ [. Z, A& i
! n5 R. m& R' v# D4 WA 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. " P+ U; j# ~% {9 u" y6 |4 U9 q; I% U8 O8 w) w k+ t: I
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。 1 Y/ L# Z, w) K8 G- C5 H" B$ e3 _) L! Z: N* P
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.' z6 b8 V3 p! s3 m; e0 F( B) }
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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。 ' m1 Y; z9 K, W3 Z; N 7 y; w5 X" W7 G# U+ OBut 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& u* ^# {( }& M, N$ e: L
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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。7 d8 ]) W' t+ A& ?
! t: u, S) z2 L5 E4 E; `& o: RThe 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. 1 |( Q0 c; J1 |$ ^: B2 \/ B% K( ]- [
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。5 u! a* G4 {2 R! Z- W3 X; u5 c
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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. , c- V7 T- u1 D3 a4 _9 Z: a
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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。 8 X# a: S+ Y( ^/ |: m3 r9 V4 t& N o7 I/ t4 \- ?
You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. o# l/ N+ o) y3 a/ |( s/ c
5 V% x7 x& ]2 l& K4 V你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。0 h6 V( F: W/ ?$ [' ?% h, j
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. . F% R5 X' I; E( G) M- ~5 b" h- T
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。( Z0 t% M( z! r8 k6 m9 O
6 G1 @0 U2 u4 tFor 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. " & U& E: \1 b# z, t7 O& P3 l3 B$ p5 C0 Y& u v$ e( | I
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 S0 k6 ]0 P4 q3 p0 i$ A8 l4 x1 w
* B0 X4 P: f; Y, CTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. / R' H3 s1 g; h4 A6 R & N; |& O- N, H! D- 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 O9 E- F( L& o2 w6 h# A 8 b" b& d/ e' ^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." + {0 Y" @, A1 u. t: w $ t. ^& i) e# ] f. C7 ?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”。 8 M# F! L# c( \7 u) S: _9 Y- H5 t- h0 o3 ^2 d
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