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： U4 h5 [4 ]* z: t# r/ r7 x
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生命就是小甜饼： 1 _ n9 {, t/ J2 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. * h1 K! A9 k, T( U& P5 U5 ~3 F0 |: j
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”。! Y, Z1 D. E& {- ?& |6 }
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If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.8 F9 n* ~# \/ `3 o" [
5 w n' Q8 m, |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。 P3 F8 ]6 k. r& \
) [' l. ]. u0 l( Y4 CSome 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. + `7 R/ b& p6 Y& ^+ p - v; C& \. h6 J3 I* m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。' \' _& N' ~- e; n
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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. % O4 M. a2 x3 V- v' a3 h. O ! J6 ^$ D/ E% X r+ v8 E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。3 V/ z3 V) r4 A6 L! W# m
7 n. a$ H- C9 a6 V. ]9 OWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.& V/ Z/ _. {, m! ]) N( u
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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。 6 ~/ M) T8 I \. N6 U( i8 k! k1 i( m2 z# ]# A
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. # O8 F8 G# e; |5 J& W0 s& g9 v: ^4 h! C
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。 " Z4 g3 |( ]' O; V" y2 Y6 k- N/ l! M' A% z7 t5 ?5 ?
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./ M) W+ o) t B9 Y7 b$ C2 b1 d: g
7 k( i/ V: ^" C2 K6 L; |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 G/ ?9 U W; K4 M. {
0 c' T( D! B3 R( W# j; RYou 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. ( o$ j4 J; j: A- J+ _( O 3 a/ f+ F* g# H9 N3 k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。 + A. S( {) R* ^$ D0 z% I/ R% V# t7 Z5 o: K+ x
You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. 5 u# ?/ K- ]7 @4 H3 u + A( S& N8 `# X/ r2 x- Q) T5 ?% a. d你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 1 [: }8 I& R& ^0 {6 R5 N. H, D. M4 p7 u8 v$ G
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. + q1 d0 r7 w }8 j; Y# I# m) h+ ]- x4 V
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。 1 G J2 t6 `5 `8 t: J8 d( ~# l+ J1 V7 y' E
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. "/ ^8 N. K `5 F7 `- w* j
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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。 ; @* ?, |+ j! K- @6 `! X/ j- I! t5 T' Q7 p6 h4 z
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. " k# E: `, O2 `. H6 {5 g* T$ h6 o$ Z8 j5 F6 V
“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。' L, J1 v% Y# h" j7 q$ S6 E
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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." # b2 e5 Q/ [9 r9 S G. U* d C+ {: y
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”。$ u( {& V' w, F$ e5 X* N$ e