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：! L/ T: q% T" z7 L( {
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生命就是小甜饼： " i" F; i$ x& @7 MOne 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. ( S9 N/ [4 |% B- E7 @* t e& @0 y$ p
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”。% m# O, Q+ x0 [6 ?' I3 E
9 B5 x, g4 V( e# `6 cIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.% y! q6 o+ t3 h) }( h3 e
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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。% F* z/ @8 v, N- [+ S `% ]8 W
0 G" H3 H$ \8 O" M; DSome 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; b0 C. ?1 q
) y/ A! L* R+ ]+ o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。4 u8 y! }8 Q# R8 k5 k ^2 Q; ~
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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.! C+ b; y5 F# J2 [
: G1 f1 I, v! T. _; ~8 ?0 w5 v5 eWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. 3 _0 \7 z$ N& s, @' Q' L! { 9 s, k2 o) ?! 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。/ l6 W! ]$ V$ j( m( E5 U
& h9 C7 G5 t! W' i% K DBut 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.* t3 R; z2 g0 f4 x& k/ |( J
1 S0 m) s( ~+ Z: \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。8 l$ F: B; M, S' f) w9 |7 x4 W
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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. ! y. ]1 k0 F0 t( P8 a1 Q* C3 l- k& U8 ]7 K i. z
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 u5 X0 R2 |/ W. b
6 \$ M9 k& u- IYou 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. ) {. z! S. h6 s+ F% J9 ]9 T# {1 G$ R# O- ~9 y
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。 / e# U6 H& y6 q# p1 Z" j# y8 D+ }! _9 w* m" M! D# {- r7 ^
You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. & D. d1 Y* h! u6 h4 b$ ~ " ~1 P* g! A5 @; Q& O! e你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 6 Z2 v4 @" L% ?; ~ o: Q( J1 |" u) d m0 ^
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.( `# C1 B: ? n6 l1 D' Y
6 P. f4 a3 ?& k3 k! y( g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。 & W0 [/ x' j8 C/ }" S0 k# u, i. C6 q! _9 T$ o" I+ S2 b2 Z
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. " 9 e. R" ~/ D9 l3 B1 z) y0 s6 q. ^( a 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。 6 v* l& V. F/ i! B# @3 T 5 B H) ]' a9 u- ^- F% }5 cTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important./ m% _3 p/ E5 P- k1 s! q9 T
: Z g2 [- _( E* q' x' w* J8 }* K“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。6 }% \- Q* R* C
: d, `- R5 p: u- ^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." 6 t% S/ P8 r6 x- M' M% y 7 u& k0 {2 T2 K# j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”。- H* h$ a$ g T Y: I