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： - W, x' K; D1 b5 ~0 A1 O( x! @7 c9 x
生命就是小甜饼： 4 c" M# l1 j5 h8 k- BOne 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. $ Q7 v _- L- s. y1 v) K. X4 H& n. X+ E8 K' e/ X. Q5 r
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”。 * v2 f' u' D7 x7 C 1 f% {7 L5 q! ~9 ~9 a, Y# LIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.% J) b# v: W$ w `: R
. h* ?* L' k) N2 w2 a8 L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 D* d1 `. w# `# [1 N
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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.( z: o2 x% E' `5 x' L7 F# ?# s
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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。 3 V( T u/ E4 P8 N5 T8 \# r 2 P$ W. ~) V: J/ S: RA 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.* @1 u/ D! F% `+ i0 P
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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。2 z2 d2 K1 |5 V! c
) g0 ^4 m/ q( b1 f8 VWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. ~4 d0 x# w2 h: }5 c) F1 u9 T% g. ]: i2 I1 N
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。 : @! i0 }# x8 n& ]% Z J) E: Z: i) }+ ~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. ( u l% m1 j2 x9 j% B 2 j9 z" O" \' B2 `1 f0 W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。% p, f7 {9 P9 O# ^6 _
5 s7 \1 z# i n, }# x, i$ L h) BThe 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! k" ?9 P5 d( f3 d6 S" F 5 V/ }$ s+ t/ z5 h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。1 D' y+ v& O7 }, d
8 y- |# [: ]# y: W) U1 s, k& bYou 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. U' @+ S0 v ) R" p: o3 u% Z y- 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。; R* e8 {8 M8 \2 H
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You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. . S- z' f; N7 w% G: W5 I + g9 S6 y/ R- F( V: d& x T$ J你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 4 n- j" I1 V5 K1 u3 K5 Q# |3 h' [6 i, J5 b `. R
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.' H2 A$ z% d$ {
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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。" Z8 R7 z3 [" w. y0 x. U/ y
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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. "- g5 s# c# K5 R1 X
" m% g7 g/ V8 K S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。* S# g k+ c: N/ o/ Q. t
2 k5 A/ J, O2 Y1 ~# VTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. & @) A( b) U: ?& L, i0 U 7 @ y' r( h \/ t$ I# C9 G% k! T% A“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 + w4 X2 ~2 U: o# j. @2 K/ z8 V g7 ~ 5 ] ~; b- t9 s! ELife. 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." , B# n# V1 ^ L5 q + |$ K7 w$ _! p5 h( d& @! v& b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”。 5 ?7 u& L8 h/ |+ V* R2 Z3 x( g. w5 n& O. d" b* \& R2 l
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