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 w1 k2 R+ z/ w! V1 z+ n9 z6 Q$ c, f8 q9 o: G1 Q2 l7 [+ ~
生命就是小甜饼：* w9 J8 `4 H' E0 K7 h" ~) 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. 2 R: m* ~, q: R `& G I + y6 {3 O7 w" k5 r% V$ d: K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 j9 r1 O/ T0 J$ t: N # x/ a+ ]( O- s! o9 ~8 pIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. , e* C3 l1 F! V' o ?( a# ~/ T- d6 n) C: A* 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。 K6 P+ ?& x% }0 V* F- J7 o% M, u- ~5 ^) y6 N9 w' M, D" r' f7 I- m
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.3 e7 p$ ?, K6 V; x$ \4 p
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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。 - X' f' R6 I8 ]3 `( l( R. K% ?$ h8 Y , g4 S |; v. J! w% Q- y: E, B% `" x$ oA 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. # \4 k# X$ e4 T9 z6 Z ; [0 H7 x1 C) W$ r( `, |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。1 L' _/ }0 c) J
0 l9 ^! _' W$ r5 ~4 S( r2 G6 GWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. " Q6 c& ?- l: u" J: [ " ^( g& e* a. E5 l0 I- T4 {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 }8 `6 [& N1 w+ m) Z $ E- V: p- A3 E$ N0 V1 L: bBut 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. - n$ k) f+ C5 @$ O0 ]- N$ s2 k6 M: m+ }/ ]! ^- _/ `
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。 8 @8 b) e; ]3 T" d: \+ {9 q # A4 B2 W/ u: Q- k, A! sThe 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. - G4 w) g5 y1 ]5 k) P$ D. C$ V: X" l7 j7 I& a8 G, I
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。; ?/ a0 o# h5 c& I2 b
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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. + R) _7 v( m& l h
. y& e# M$ d$ X0 }7 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。 ' \* `- h+ e& {' w: t8 d: O1 n ' t8 j6 v* }5 C) g4 a$ G. Z3 i4 eYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. 7 v& Z+ n1 o4 ?+ G% y' v# J; ]+ x0 M0 Q, Z. V8 T) s, A& Z; \
你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。# H+ H: b0 m8 V' e: r
9 x5 M2 C: c1 k9 `# WHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.& q1 X! R {# m" Z# }) w
& _, ?1 W, ^* k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。* U% R: p1 ?! y5 _4 S; `# N' u
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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. "+ V/ t7 A, C; N. Z( n- l: ~/ \
; Y0 x: j4 u0 f5 \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。 ' Z8 V6 [* o2 n, U/ ?1 S 4 O5 S8 ~! [5 |# d# c eTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.% ?% t3 k' e) F! F! B1 q: n
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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。 & e+ q1 K/ p& Q6 k/ E# c2 M6 _. l! h2 X2 M3 L
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." $ M6 F) U# K& M2 I! f - I8 t, t# l3 R' P7 G6 I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”。 8 U% x- J3 h: o3 X* r8 E, r7 C3 h2 _7 E( _: k J7 i7 O/ ]) m- t
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