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： 3 Z l6 `8 ]2 b+ c ' }. p% E$ B. M+ n# g4 h+ ^# |6 h生命就是小甜饼：7 d P( J3 k, U+ h2 w- Z
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. 0 Z$ v' K* i7 c' L0 b ) b+ @1 y$ r; W! E* U1 {$ H9 V& ~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”。 - N8 U* i2 t$ N! b! t1 k2 q+ b# O( A' e0 n+ S
If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. B0 P% [* a( X+ y+ a
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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。' R$ d( j" V& H, O; t% B1 B3 y4 C
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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. r: ^$ H: H U. a7 h. V8 e& y* N A; w& \5 m$ R
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。 ) f- h/ {# ]6 H6 N5 X5 b h4 u! o 7 t" d9 A2 P1 TA 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. 9 I/ ^) k/ B0 M! [$ Y. } 6 P7 r1 W2 V8 H+ J q' }7 v& P! 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。7 B; q% c" z. a4 y. J
3 [* F- C' C: @$ b5 l5 e6 \" \When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. , b' X' P0 Y: P7 g9 n# H/ ]0 v! n& ~" J1 d/ N
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。 + X' h. _( U0 B6 |5 [5 ~ 4 }# h8 ~# y5 R! U6 g0 tBut 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.! L( Y/ W) {2 l# h* t A1 K
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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。# {4 D t2 u$ z# ?8 m
* D7 f/ D' L8 J( T# g4 xThe 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.: ^# q( ^" q3 ~+ G' Q: d
5 Q( [6 b, a Z5 J g. t2 X( |. d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。3 b8 R" j% R4 q( n* \
1 M) o t% O) L$ U0 IYou 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. 5 y) z4 L, N) w, k& y8 J V, d. P- c! [7 [1 D8 e/ O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。 5 O- Y2 h. h- W * k* |. j J {& H2 ]/ y' WYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. : a; I3 M! h A7 ?5 w 8 V A" q3 Z+ m9 k6 R你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 5 e) Q2 {5 G; D0 B3 l, v# v2 d0 ?0 l5 J& h0 o
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. 6 \' p9 I+ a& d4 ?" |0 E: c 2 q" j z0 ], h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。, X% N6 ^) Y3 p- c1 p0 ^' z
$ [& C; v1 M6 S% ~( @( W" wFor 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 v. h! x7 o; L8 E3 \+ K6 N" C ' R: U2 d2 Z: X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。 `- Q) ]* T5 x) A5 ~ Y/ X. [( x
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. ' b3 d8 v2 @8 A7 V$ y' ^& R6 q3 H j* z! ^ i6 U" S) a
“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 F4 D5 _0 s2 e( @" I; O
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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."( Y, M/ u5 O0 b5 d9 G' e2 k* M T
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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”。* ~# b3 q# S- s; G
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