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：1 {+ G1 c& C4 C! d
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生命就是小甜饼： 0 u( J6 W" H. g# {$ Z' n, jOne 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.' g! |0 L" L) c- C( t( Y# B
0 e+ l4 [; k' i9 W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”。 - Q$ Y- T" U& a% I $ X# X8 ], L" O# {If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. & b3 E# Y, ?+ w6 k- E$ G$ }2 c 0 S7 w, D) o' v, d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。# x0 Y& m7 B* }! X0 W; [3 ?
2 `9 c" J, _; Q& S* m' 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. 5 O" L/ T8 W/ N& ]6 G: m: n" j5 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。 , @8 p b* S$ B, U% a% c8 Y5 k, E D5 X n0 a9 Y
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 p2 T: F j4 n5 h, x) `7 p + r* _4 n- v4 @/ p9 a- }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。 : T0 c ^ G1 T6 q4 X8 j; T! K 8 G- R' h, i6 ^# OWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.5 Y1 Q& Q9 C3 n/ r5 i2 A9 r3 r. \
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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。 $ Z/ r$ |+ i0 S: h. u ; t1 F* z# Y& e1 l( v3 {) }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+ K8 M* @- n/ N! s: U . Z( E, S& {- g ^, W k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。 0 y! a/ t- w/ o% g; O0 a$ v0 a) D7 m; u2 S) [+ C$ `+ C+ [
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. `8 O" M, n) {/ v2 I3 \+ G
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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。 $ X3 x( H2 G0 a; t& j: j& y- S7 v5 P7 L) u4 m
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. : `: s2 G. v, v: e7 [ r; R* k( r' X& C5 k; [' `8 o( w
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。 - A7 Q6 m: h: s6 I. W7 d$ ~/ J ' ?; h- V" |2 O* sYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.5 v! T" L- D- y
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你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。4 f# o% G' b' h) r. O/ Y4 ~$ ^( E
0 G' g/ v) \8 ^( b. p7 QHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.8 y0 d& @5 t1 d% T) P9 v9 T4 `* G, s
9 V( a9 T8 u1 S/ l3 u9 L4 [ p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。 * f( g) s( C3 e: \' e% s2 ]& i$ ?( ^2 D# I
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. ", S& w) w9 {* v9 r) o8 v8 e
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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。# ?5 r/ y/ Y4 }: u
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Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.! @8 Z. c1 x+ M; e) Z
& ^$ z5 ^" F: s: Y; b. K9 E0 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。7 ~; Y% }) L0 D6 r. ], d, U
1 F9 H ]( @% m+ G- _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."+ D( B, b! J0 P( {& m. Z
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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”。 ) e3 P9 B: T3 B2 [; c# U& {8 J' v- N- ]4 c
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