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： ]( C/ Q, E) \+ W F ; s0 O* t2 _" w, H% n$ _生命就是小甜饼：9 s+ u1 `' Y. r* S( D7 S, r( V
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. $ @- ~) A$ D, ~7 I. [- H9 T7 l " A, [+ A. r! V+ K0 g2 A& C' T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”。 7 u' |7 }$ w, u; [1 v5 K0 @# R, q# X2 ^) x+ [) N" f2 l+ K: {: z( V
If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. }8 P2 L( d) }6 ~. L& L% K& A0 N0 D5 ], U8 x5 y. r- V8 o
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。 7 c. q6 r/ i5 r5 S' l1 F$ g, f , N7 L( R2 ]4 r! I5 d! fSome 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. 3 u. o; o4 h& D' N- e/ h1 g ( p+ |' S/ ~/ N$ L3 C5 w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。 ' p* b9 M% G2 e8 N* K+ A9 x. D ' }0 Z' O! G VA 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. % ]6 M" \7 v0 O+ {! k % S) |5 L( ~- p9 [; l' L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。 6 _' |9 s+ a& g) @5 h9 L+ {3 R) X
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.+ D+ ]; K5 ?# |. p& x/ V& M d
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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。 ! H$ Y) f! L. p- |: e8 ~ " U! X" m, H! \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.4 u0 O) n3 J7 y/ U* h7 }/ o
3 S0 m2 U% r7 x# Q0 r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。' L. J" C! W) C( G& S
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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. _1 _5 J% c* H8 @! _7 P: {
$ S" i' D/ l G% j- 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。 $ t5 ^+ c4 C) K; g& l+ p: v+ S/ }: {2 J$ q! [: `2 p
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. * a' b h6 ~4 `, l% V+ j2 ?
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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。 \: L( G# I8 M2 q6 H- T0 q
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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.- Q6 D2 ?% d% O9 `/ B
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你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 - w! ~" b9 e5 Y. X9 a$ a 2 C" f% L& \% o2 gHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.0 U1 Q. q$ O( R
4 ^) P7 h9 u. 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。. C2 Z, }, `( _; u1 L
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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. " H: I( ^1 H+ c3 ]9 z4 K i* S6 E: h @' f% u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。9 p/ x8 D: P' M- [9 P% D: P9 S
* J- n! L. l+ [* STwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. ; e% W& A) Y+ D * I7 I% ]* [6 B* 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。 & E5 ~2 g/ L3 |9 I" y* l6 H" ~ . {5 \3 D6 f, f5 q N: F- HLife. 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.". z4 s+ k8 N: t- `2 ~+ ^ V. @
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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”。( b) Y4 s$ A+ A) A