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) t4 \/ o9 n% i& B, o, W; P5 D6 j
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生命就是小甜饼：/ a; ~1 Y3 P+ [7 A! P( K& A9 D
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. 6 c4 h: {$ Z1 S 1 O1 a" P" R0 m3 D, w7 D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”。 H* C0 b/ B1 h
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If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.$ ^- d' E; {' O1 d8 P: ]3 v
+ b2 |8 ^$ R9 i, G; O% K& Y, |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。$ N' H& Z7 ~: S
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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. 0 [0 l e# l9 ?. r. L+ T: y2 T2 }3 V7 F2 a5 Q2 I
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, F' G* H* z: T0 ~, g" f7 t, M 4 ~4 V% L; s5 W$ I! }3 XA 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 j- M' C4 }; q: u! I * r# w# Q: d$ j' y }: K- j$ k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。 ( C l1 B2 a4 V" n% ^: }) e/ r- j# u% j8 P8 w0 y
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. ; d8 }! y) H* J- `( \: T4 y% v% Z- q& k" v- z1 E5 S B$ M
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. s$ P# p/ t A ) v' p8 w* l6 YBut 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. " C% X( o6 K/ j& P; n2 t6 H* F% o0 G S! a9 L- R! |# w
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。 $ @: t9 T; U3 s3 y3 y0 E ) z$ ^0 d0 Z ]6 R. h& A+ p4 hThe 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.' g+ d& Y, l' C7 @4 x, z
) L( @& X$ Q1 Q8 ?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 Y6 _8 @9 ~4 J% i$ b7 w: f+ p! W: V3 F4 I0 s# \4 v7 D- V
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. * d8 [0 f. e& p% F
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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 o. R( [( b% k1 v 9 @2 k# A! C/ K1 t. M* k sYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. 2 b1 U$ m( I# w+ n% n' d& ~2 F, i; Z7 ]( X6 S; y
你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。& r5 z+ [# M ]0 l
5 W9 M) Q' O0 S. P- O; T# _$ j- \1 ~Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. - s) K- m; ~; D3 d. p: D! ~3 t" F) e u l! ^
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。4 V0 {/ V; O' ^3 M* s' Y
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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. " , `. `* }4 A: ?% l1 l% W8 H9 s' t" n1 y( o/ S& k
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。2 z4 }% w1 M9 J' O8 F @. X+ f. f
: }# f% d1 J6 A% [& B& g& i- fTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. + M" H) x" B' [# X0 I5 k- L4 z2 S& J+ d% w: R5 \
“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。2 X" k: }$ M; `: O; E, {! M6 ~
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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."- U# Z* B( ^; r1 q0 ]
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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”。! y. P3 a2 \4 ]$ @6 J