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：( ~" n# ]7 v- I; P
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生命就是小甜饼： ' O5 H) M1 d. t# z' dOne 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.2 ?8 F \( t7 ]4 |7 g8 y: ^
1 e! Y; `. r/ {1 J2 U2 e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”。" U1 ] @" B) n7 W8 c
, X1 A- S- H0 p: N5 FIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.2 C" w+ ^- |9 c1 m8 A: X' q
* e" i8 @4 ]7 v) z* p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。( d0 H) H- W( J( R/ J }6 O* |
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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. . H1 G% F6 a# S( u: R z( j ) j s2 ~" E1 p5 x" o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。- ~6 [& s r& ^& H
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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.8 Q! i% M/ q8 u8 `% k
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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。" ~+ R% l0 L+ q
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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. . G L$ V0 v! q- g1 @5 o9 G! @" d! S1 D, u: |
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。5 j7 s+ W9 \1 M6 z( c
+ ]9 `/ z2 @1 h- G/ a* E2 kBut 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/ K" {" F1 _3 N/ N: D) X" L, ?% z- p* { y0 O& F0 p }8 j/ K
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。1 u& O) P+ v; Y; ~2 S
* d* {( \/ Z5 x, PThe 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.( s# r: e8 U! s' Y* C5 a) k6 O
- Q" w% p; q0 P5 O5 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。 k( Z6 M' ]/ @; \& }2 H; {( g# u/ d6 N
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. & v x$ v- t8 |8 J: {3 }/ {$ x6 G8 Z / Q9 R, w7 J' v# E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。4 E/ d' n) H4 n( T& ]
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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. 2 n4 `6 r; ~0 b9 h c3 L 9 A4 @" t1 _' R' |你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。$ W$ x5 w; C6 }9 a! `0 V+ @
, t0 B) F! o6 r1 @6 O3 a5 ]9 ~Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.2 f2 I, Q6 z0 [/ C& Z' W
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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。; j+ h1 E' V8 [: G& K
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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. " $ q5 G8 g; z/ R* n! q 1 Y9 d5 U! Z' E" T, _* O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。 . Z# |7 n2 ]6 _5 O% n7 p 1 V+ O( G$ F) V; j$ wTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.+ G+ R$ j, H; V; e( u. T
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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。 6 a! x& }4 h0 G/ }: h1 a # j H( A9 B Y; v, }5 kLife. 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."' u' Y& t+ O( R7 O0 T
! S) f7 A% K5 |$ |3 ~' R! A* k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”。 2 l( y3 i- r& L+ r% M: C# z+ z$ b5 u. M) b) a( H
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