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： " J# |5 ^5 Q9 n* o) l! s8 p4 [- K" |4 W b1 }; r% M7 q. r) {% k3 M4 |
生命就是小甜饼： # _- {6 H( H0 i- D; ^& ROne 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. I! P0 v3 _: O3 ~9 V7 E; y2 Z 0 m7 u2 x+ I" e9 @+ ?8 h( c' b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”。/ y2 j; [( B y D; v7 n
/ f9 j$ s0 S7 MIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.# a( I( X# w4 D% {" h; z
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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。 + r1 N; z3 ~( W2 i+ o% s, P: r+ K, }/ j6 ?* Q6 V; C
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* s; I+ j, `+ W4 Q- i# }' u x# ]- S. w
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。 * y1 K! i! l7 k: Y( w" V9 I* C& }9 p$ Y% A: r& V
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. @" i m* h( t0 O- L2 a/ L
. x. i" J, q; m3 u8 Y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。 6 d" `8 Q) z/ C. h, {8 h 4 u2 k& |# u" n9 dWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy./ G+ E# q& W4 _" J8 e9 k
* _5 D2 i, E5 V; _% d* |3 w2 ~3 m0 I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。 & d; D9 L9 h7 M6 c. c! |7 J( o# Z2 ~; J; i& j
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.# i* U8 G! f" c4 x
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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。+ z: I, {* t: t( w3 N2 i
) C5 U: E# t5 N& S4 X# ]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.: `! e& y' v+ u6 z5 e# n( w& \
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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。4 m Y! f9 @$ a
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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. * I; L7 z! P# J: j1 f4 f. V3 V* v8 U/ z6 `
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。3 ], H9 x- T. Y1 \- r) W
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You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.0 J7 n! k4 s) p* {
; D5 J9 S! [; L0 W" \* G你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 6 d/ c( C8 r5 e: K/ O; O1 j 3 w( W4 \# J; l$ j9 `/ q. xHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. + l- l: P, H. s" I } y: J, I( B. N+ J, ~2 ]
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。 2 y }$ _/ |% r6 b# ~+ K/ g# M' _/ U
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. " ( S9 e0 f) z0 ^) t# w- A0 V# \1 m* H9 f1 q: I8 p) D2 ]* J) y
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。# K) y9 K( |6 a! O. m. n- D
, Y. |3 z( c) {- e6 jTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.: Q* g, {5 Y0 S: w& Q' E) r
& X& o! b5 g, z; P/ @# d" x% o' q“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 + N+ R/ q9 K& r4 i& _5 {( y( u * u& d$ z' m0 S! Q; S6 BLife. 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." 9 E% ^* Z! _2 m$ z - p( A5 ~0 B* S: F; H# 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”。 5 M: t+ f, y8 O9 q ' h2 u4 O. e) |) ^[attach]55054[/attach]https://m.ishuo.cn/subject/nvoxiu.html