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：* ?6 f4 W. O9 d% L* [" h
6 q$ P1 A7 `2 M生命就是小甜饼： . T9 `5 b# U1 p/ d D) iOne 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.& P* N6 E$ k2 P% y7 d* q
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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”。 : ^$ S+ e5 A4 {" d) Z4 Q2 m 6 i d# `; W' x! m8 gIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. ) |7 I! m* C! t: e" U2 a+ F + ]- x5 q O: `: P- u5 _; o7 R% 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。 6 }0 X! g {2 c) ^1 h3 b: U 3 l1 Q/ n- l- ~9 j3 S3 I7 U. ]: FSome 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.& U" y* }: v2 ]( U
& A$ A' F% O, h1 f6 n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$ g0 E3 h! P2 \: ~" P 9 {, C9 a* W. {; E& e" J. dA 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.5 B0 g6 s6 r2 m. ~9 m
( W' W; ]1 i# d. 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。 7 P- } ^+ h, H. f, [, v/ `5 s8 e . n! M$ u' k& K3 a: MWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.+ }3 U9 Y. V2 R' D
' ~ D$ i( ?+ X 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。 * ]+ Q J4 z% g% Y& d3 L/ w : g) b+ k! @' }# lBut 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. ! z& H4 T3 j* H4 C- V, Q. B 8 i) @' F" S/ \) Q5 F" 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。0 k j+ g- T4 S* s" n) N
. E9 p$ H; F# l$ _& B4 VThe 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.7 [, I$ G; c6 ~* ]# t2 g. m
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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。1 H7 w+ Q4 Q" e# m2 r& C5 p
0 n# x* h0 y' H3 e. qYou 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. ; m0 w6 h# l: N) @& B( N
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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。. b8 B" s- s* L( q3 o
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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. ; h5 P# r& a f+ M5 I / b" N6 E. h/ }2 o+ n9 F你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 ( G/ l. Y" p* B* d$ x' @8 L# u# y' Y0 D* D2 J0 g. I
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. ]+ g/ F3 M5 K% S$ m % l! w0 K c' f Q# [; 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。 ' }7 p; @* v, e7 T+ E( }" h; W& V/ h! x: T
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. "8 a/ O6 x! y+ `9 G" H
M+ V( e' |0 j! ?! E: z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。 4 B( Y/ H9 N: `! P& \, ~3 _, \# u; t5 p1 k2 C
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. % m1 P% r% x2 i' q5 d2 X% ` . K; G) |$ H4 o$ Y& c7 G5 e/ p8 a“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 & {) U" H6 M( U. g/ F5 }+ H2 `4 i $ c" g. J/ a1 @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." + G6 l" |0 p9 P8 j# k4 I$ v6 P5 p4 O/ Y9 o4 G
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”。 . M6 q$ G9 n& c0 r$ L' z2 G# \5 }9 H0 h' Q1 W
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