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： 9 c. t8 q- F% n+ c6 W9 @ E. r8 t3 `5 X$ o2 G( M+ s0 l! s6 _: X
生命就是小甜饼： % E! \+ c4 g: r4 i* B7 k1 |: vOne 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. & `- c5 \9 ~( M5 q& @# M$ e% a/ y. l 4 M9 F4 X7 L2 R( |, ]; z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”。 + ]* t. e+ U C, b ]) e% P $ R; k6 q2 W( g5 L- PIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.: [9 W( d+ }& G/ f5 Y
/ F' E0 b) ` X$ J* D+ 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。: F* [0 U! M3 D8 c
. c; L/ [! }' ~! I5 k" R
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. . c* H( s& c& ?4 v( p ( J) l7 z& q. m u! d) G1 H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。 G. u, r+ e; N/ T& p. V1 F- j
0 K. g9 \4 n2 O" F% }3 g& f1 IA 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. / k+ q4 G/ g( |2 [8 ^5 B ; l7 ^ g0 X- ^ S) A! U2 ?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。 / W+ C7 G# l- X. t' A4 M+ a7 b 9 k# m. {; n+ tWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. + t- _" a% r" H$ k7 N5 { 0 X m3 i H$ A, v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。 8 T- {' ^( p5 H) U0 q V! r+ a7 k4 ?# Q" P3 U0 P5 \1 K
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.4 m' m+ w- v9 i- U5 M
* K' l5 Z; _. s/ r$ s! G. }- e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。 % i; R1 ]. ?' a4 O, m - z, m# ~' S2 i' |6 p2 EThe 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.% ^3 r; f, V, v/ v: q5 o0 |
6 m& k! a; x' h Y( D9 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。7 \! Y7 F9 g8 m. `
% U% x9 r, I' Q/ t* B0 F
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. 9 E3 }% {6 b7 p1 q
6 B7 e# w* l, V" Z) i- I
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。 ; o) Z* m% Z! Q& |. |$ c7 t7 _, G 3 q: W- R9 ?: ~You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. 6 h: W) x3 u+ q# ?; p1 }: \' K' L( Z* `% I+ A K. U
你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 % ^6 d j: \" l% D/ U+ n. C( X `5 X1 J2 y, P( ]& V. a, ]& xHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.4 E1 N4 {4 ~/ H; x+ y3 `2 g
: {5 |3 ^$ M/ g2 e$ m5 C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。 & r- M r1 R5 a/ p" E0 e, M" m$ C& [
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. " + f9 a$ m! I' X " p `% U, X) V0 c3 q; _7 ^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。: `# ?. w# P% c: `+ C
) N: h* N- D: j, K2 @
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. 9 v8 O$ N" N) y$ B4 ^" |" Z2 K$ G$ M" A* C! z7 e
“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 % r) m. O& y r( Z1 a( H& A* F7 G( O# r B9 I
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." 7 s: b6 S9 N8 h" X; R0 k' G% ~$ ? 3 m& |& o/ `: `3 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”。 $ b5 }. R2 F+ G: N$ ]9 r* W6 A: P0 C, p
[attach]55054[/attach]https://m.ishuo.cn/subject/nvoxiu.html