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：& [$ ~% z1 V7 f, O7 j0 O
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生命就是小甜饼： 1 N; ]+ F9 p! ~8 Y5 b$ `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. ; D5 z+ d$ ?; t# s, u: _* h$ J. u' v , k( ~1 y7 w+ `& b( L$ D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”。# q# S8 o: n8 ?. |8 S% @! t5 o
+ r0 N7 J8 E; ~' B Q! `$ R( ?, ZIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. , P. O( k# X4 c- q/ {! Y) w* n+ q
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 z5 v* x5 {% b8 S/ {2 a ; h8 A, Y8 E) i' N+ G" ySome 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." s3 T: g4 f5 T, _" h
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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。 # e, d9 j& h$ w) p- d9 N , j% Z! V- [1 D& A0 {$ w/ XA 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.3 q7 I+ F( B6 x
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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。 8 ~1 N& M6 o6 Y; _0 V* z" q' k* u% _0 I
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. ; t* p) p# W4 a* q: S- B . ?0 ?( z9 I* ^5 r1 n0 q% _/ Y0 [9 g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。. D) X9 ?1 `' n0 f* b2 R9 p" `- O
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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. # {% k# V* c) H- o! n3 N. i4 K, c( o/ P) U
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。/ [0 e8 n/ `9 |
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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. h; i' f- H( j) c: B0 [! W 2 s" ]- d) ]# J, V0 m6 X1 t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。6 g0 v% _# B, L e
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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. ' l' J: \+ P& m* A% v% \ n8 H/ f4 }
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。 & i) Z" x5 g! [6 M 4 p1 W- |2 _6 P+ u* J1 [You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it." I0 D) ], k# Q
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. 9 v& o$ |7 f5 o$ I2 r! ~& Q! h& L$ M7 A, d& U# t! z2 P
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。6 O. } S1 E! q. q
$ @# } H+ W& t6 @: _) wFor 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. " 0 R. V6 [% h% ~; s6 l7 }! Z: `/ L5 H" C% Q* n1 m4 w
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。/ [7 u n- M( d& z2 l
; W, I/ Q9 C! X/ x; _Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. + o6 z/ Z |6 p2 F* D# s! Y$ ~, `( \% 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。& Q8 ~, T- \/ z U. {/ _$ g
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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."% f4 P/ K- G( a m$ l# @
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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”。 $ ~' A5 l/ Z a2 n# u# J. j. _# S- j5 \7 T8 ]( o
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