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： 0 u/ c+ S, Y& E ) n8 L6 L4 o6 h& [" R生命就是小甜饼： ) }$ a: x* ]- N& 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. 3 Z6 U/ F7 V. _/ C: ?; G$ t; Q/ p( o* }# [. s9 M
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”。 4 P" N' q2 O; q; R2 s2 D$ I. P& z 9 E0 X% w7 Z" P! |% L6 T! PIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. 9 {* W% R4 ?3 B) d" ]3 B3 S5 o& s T `( v1 e
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。 1 _8 I; Y, O( H! H$ Y, p& B5 n+ y8 Y' G" \6 w" |& b9 {& Z
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. ! l$ Q# [8 e9 a ) ?5 s( H1 K0 m& x1 S1 j, j4 B: v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。 0 r3 ^$ a( I F1 {9 e/ B s/ Z4 _2 \! i8 i, Y9 Y
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. 7 A& j9 w D" X4 W; c, l* P. R: i 3 `0 p7 w! n7 R o$ l8 m! b8 _' \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。 ; T5 `3 ~/ J5 F. _& v" X$ L2 v9 A7 r- e/ y0 W) \# a
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. % M! g ?# d- B& I4 Q2 d5 l# e' e: M) O, V2 r6 t/ u+ f1 N$ d
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。4 c0 ?' f6 B/ M
/ Y) L; h/ t# ?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. " q1 b/ \4 R( G# i6 t5 _0 { ^5 u/ ^8 z1 B) K
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 n6 v! j" V& B
: G1 _3 X7 \7 u3 o( J; ]* 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. ) m! h c% e. g/ O: _& T) F6 }/ H, q. [4 s8 @) J' `4 i
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 n B8 D6 i* C8 X( j2 P2 _) G' R' ?9 z2 V/ ]9 Q6 n9 I
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. " O- X6 a4 i. J* R
' N! L& c: ?7 ~/ L
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。 ) a% u0 {, W0 i; a) u5 S. r& Y# z% g) E& O( A6 W
You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. " ~* _& @3 J9 a3 V" V; k. l2 F; d d% X5 v- W2 }
你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。0 G2 o0 ~: Z( [* ]) A- x# |
: E1 i8 Q% h% I% y0 h/ x X4 QHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. . \+ p' k# o7 h0 w6 L) b1 i& M9 z9 i5 Q$ {
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。 # f9 o* k% n) i5 C6 a5 B: [6 W1 I/ K/ v2 B% o( E5 V
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. ". d& L) [% B. C: Q# W3 }
' e7 U3 p% s0 x$ \8 s5 b! u2 o7 B
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。( W. V& s3 U% I
/ H$ \9 _$ d2 `" u
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. ) S! J$ ?, w+ u( x/ K, F* H$ F' `9 R+ S& X; ~3 S
“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。) b0 e. q! F2 l0 y) j' Q3 Y" ]
5 t# x* P& s5 p# N4 a
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." & s: f% C5 Q! u1 [+ Z& I- a/ A5 [# ?, X( z5 p
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”。 + k3 C9 k$ A% F; Y+ S O( L8 U. u
[attach]55054[/attach]https://m.ishuo.cn/subject/nvoxiu.html