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： ! D/ b7 v2 p, m2 Z R" u, W& ?; W4 y3 Z( G' e
生命就是小甜饼： / ]9 B3 a8 d9 qOne 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.' i$ Z% m0 e, E6 j+ C
0 @9 B: ~, M. c# s/ z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 F h! ~4 `$ i7 R* ?+ b2 e' y6 F
9 ~1 z; W. V Q# O& _/ q! ]If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.& r$ b2 L$ x+ C# T) @" [
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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。1 q" }% j6 x) p9 X* s
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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.* B6 N: N/ U% \2 t
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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。 , D9 C6 ~, A9 R- d5 P) |1 X. N5 d6 _# M* z% ^
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.( j! b% }( L7 T, Y
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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。$ }/ l" Y! v8 h) ^
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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. " m2 k3 }0 Y" M6 E- `5 \2 j; R8 P; L( Y* l# ^# Z
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。 ; ]9 Q ?$ ~$ i ; U) r! F$ h7 xBut 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. . ^) i* f+ |' w# D' R8 O& x; m- z) `$ J" c) {2 e8 h
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。: U% v9 n9 ~+ b o# O7 y. f7 ^: A
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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. : {, W* S# ?+ F4 Z& B8 P. h- A% A: |1 g, `" B7 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。 ; Y' x6 C2 ^1 K9 Z2 {0 |1 ~ + ~; B( }7 t3 X$ 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. 4 }1 J b. G) v* k$ d+ u' J+ X& m4 V% y$ o
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。 " [5 L- R3 ^. o, R5 j % d, u' B& \1 E3 e2 O2 aYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.' ?, U6 P4 o- c9 T) {, i$ g
# f2 R# H, Y' {& R; p' o1 s) r你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。' C2 V. B! |9 R
# C9 z$ ^2 J. {( T6 K( mHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. ) o3 E9 a" {! I. ~8 m* U) J% x N/ F: I: {, f3 u' H) U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 x j y8 b1 ?0 T1 ~! n1 E+ l$ k% G+ Q; V' o5 x
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. " 8 ~9 ?& j. d$ Y6 c) B / k, I8 `* ~3 \% R* P! j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。1 l( q9 F g$ X6 _+ P
( k: V3 f* Q7 A JTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. A+ Q+ F7 N! ^4 J1 C4 G; v5 x* A; d
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“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 ) w8 S8 D) i( _1 A8 i 4 ]' t. |! l! bLife. 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."( u4 c+ r5 f" I
3 j. _! s7 Y0 L7 L/ n/ I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”。) G2 W* m6 O8 F/ ~1 O& f0 l