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 |: G) U, I/ P ? 0 a) |$ [4 C5 L生命就是小甜饼： " p$ j& P& c% a6 NOne 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 C" ^" x2 q% O& P# }# i% f
* Y/ I9 I) k2 i' L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”。 c; w' C. }. O6 q1 V1 N
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If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. 1 X) V- I g4 @& e; n1 E+ S& v4 h& L# a1 c
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。4 p2 R! y& t( b' L
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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. - i |! x, a9 i3 b8 L 6 \9 P& a) D: |9 s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。 $ o; M" R2 v% I9 Q6 l, V' ^- w8 j0 d4 K2 u5 A0 j8 K
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. 3 T4 n) p7 ]1 t# q% p$ J% [1 i4 s7 q3 n* O6 C$ G
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 R% c1 P1 Z7 ]$ O! U9 d
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When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. : F' Z+ ]: O, S* a& } ) |; e4 U- \6 N, L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。- S' \6 o2 ^/ t; B. E
. v- {' h$ b. d3 S5 hBut 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. ' x/ m6 p9 O' @8 G: m ! _6 i% q9 h# `% O% E2 s ^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。: a8 w% R% S: N4 D5 c6 d( N/ h
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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.% L" y* `' N" E8 U: m+ f
+ e+ B v) E# 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。0 s" p" J9 T- n& x9 K
; a3 ~5 o" f( H! j7 @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 a& [' Q# I. s
' U# D' q7 o. D8 ?. W u# {2 \2 J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。 $ i( s% `0 Z1 [% ~* w ; X5 y! v! F. T5 p% [# i- f( C8 D5 sYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. . N( P; u4 }$ U 0 h1 o& Q( }* L, T# Z; U6 M) f你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。% V+ M/ o; Y6 E
% B/ w2 s L' E7 i7 w+ l% mHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.- Q3 `1 v# _. r7 H. L$ a
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. t W7 h6 G Q4 OFor 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. "+ W* s* Y0 j0 ^
. ]9 j2 p X) V# n8 o( `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& J* K+ N7 N3 K, R% N# R : [# }6 E2 X; K; Z/ R9 ?Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. + m+ W8 f5 d8 {: |5 [ 8 t4 r6 D, C2 n9 f/ v. }6 L“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 ( m7 K# W& N! a9 g1 M U0 ^ - p4 O5 {5 p$ T5 K+ DLife. 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 N9 z. R- J$ d2 W* W$ t+ n' g' @( n5 ^5 Y: W% S$ A% C2 @( C
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”。 ! v( ?9 y, I8 y& p: p p; p$ i V8 o: V; A+ Y. q
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