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： 5 J! d( J# j3 g9 U 6 p+ U0 Y8 l7 i( ~5 d9 O: R, T生命就是小甜饼：1 `+ B L4 A& W
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.$ H: z8 R9 H; }7 B, w
: _" Q; _0 W7 m* P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”。2 g2 @" X1 e' ]* Y
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If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.8 M7 W, a6 K! l0 }+ w
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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。4 h6 |! [) T, O' g- 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. 8 m( G3 [+ O# ] ( }! {9 V+ I6 Y" U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。- z7 V' j7 ?* ]8 k% w& G, `
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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. ( _; ~+ X# T3 W, l, d! Q! |' N: y' l9 g
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。/ x8 k0 i# }3 ^9 a) r
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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. , @- D) {3 W, z1 Y 7 N$ i% E& f% P$ {& F2 B( k4 `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 ?7 k5 @, L6 t1 ]' D( b# e+ [
" D: ?* p' C1 ^ `7 b" U) jBut 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.1 h' i4 J* X8 M7 J# [! \
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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。% p5 m3 d+ L; U7 o3 [7 n) k
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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. . g Z. d( D( w/ D: K . r p( ]! U1 o3 L. Z) r* K" q+ @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。 , h- `9 ]9 o2 y% K# t/ R5 a & q4 J% i/ K! gYou 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. ; B3 C" i: }& P. N$ a! R6 O, o4 L# g: l0 J
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。 ! V' G! k! A9 ^& D8 N5 x 8 @( {! N" F; @: uYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. ( o: y# v3 C$ V) r- E' H( h6 a- ^+ }( N. Z w" d$ o1 J6 @$ t
你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 % ^0 i! V0 k' v% T" O6 _8 @ \# D5 w! I) s& _( f5 F: R
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.4 |8 `" w k* w6 Z8 |
2 o( {" r' x3 z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。* P+ D; \$ Y3 Q
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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. "2 D( ]0 ^' i( u: ^1 `3 r+ Y! u
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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。 . e2 A! `# v# E _6 |2 m1 y$ p - S3 T/ \- Q! [Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. # B$ C9 d9 A, h: n4 T% r , U7 O# Z9 |3 x D“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。* n; q5 S+ Q$ H/ r3 @1 t
: e2 d. y. r$ Z K1 R5 l& o, TLife. 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." , x' N C& n8 ~: P/ o. ~: U: A3 N; o% q
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”。. w V4 P$ x2 F1 s: r