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： 7 K. k$ c) V- w2 ? d r! H( c2 k( }9 N
生命就是小甜饼： ! Q8 n( e- s" o1 U6 G& |+ e f1 EOne 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. . U3 m5 Z( T# B0 u: [/ w& T : S& t6 t' k9 R" d, [ V4 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”。 5 o6 \& J1 _. s7 z8 t 7 B' z2 l# t4 c7 x+ NIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.% S$ o2 U* q% q
/ E u- n2 Y, b* 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.+ K* W2 p; _( M4 N [7 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。 h4 H1 o4 x6 F* \+ o 1 l/ W7 h) `, P# aA 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 F+ T; z9 O, t* G* @ ; _8 p4 o! d% h' ?- ^/ \- {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。. I+ C4 D# s& e" L* O
$ b& R/ S# K' E! r1 r2 ~; k P, uWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. 6 f' T; f& k2 B. u$ f3 ~ 5 D% A; ^" G% f7 N( l$ \% ]3 j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 b# j1 R. X: y# a, }
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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.0 u3 ? i' L3 u1 h$ A
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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。 " x/ b$ [. m: O6 e, a% W: y4 ?1 m
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. 5 `: C0 x# H/ x4 E$ j ! y- l8 t0 t& 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。 # k, j# S- v! a1 E& v3 I) Z % X# d4 t8 p# U% f. |9 nYou 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. # H& q$ K; {+ L% t6 F7 L* B; A2 d 7 [! V1 b4 e, m: M8 g6 b8 p9 R. @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。 1 Y7 I1 b) p0 P3 |* E- n% B( E+ t 0 w9 k X- ^) k! w8 L$ ~& WYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.8 n1 z' @6 w: b; s8 }0 t
) P- l! S+ o$ C0 b9 M( _% `你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 ) \$ G; x5 q+ R0 |7 i ! p: d0 G* z' X$ J8 _2 eHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.) O! ]" r- g) @& t1 T9 A
. K+ [8 a8 k' Q8 [9 P a& S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。 0 {: i' \) P7 x* X+ o / C4 p" e4 Q7 YFor 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. " " |9 i9 |4 g* Y9 m) w 9 A) o5 E% H) ?6 n1 @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。8 j: \/ t8 F. m G2 g) J
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Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.3 w2 o$ G* x/ }0 V4 U- W
( f, u5 `0 t1 n5 W4 f* W“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 & {3 A! u( X7 m7 S+ p; A% r) H. {6 Q
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."3 ?' {3 j5 Q3 e2 i3 L$ O