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： q2 a/ d7 \$ ~; H+ P0 P9 W* J/ A$ |9 F. v9 d. T
生命就是小甜饼： . ^2 O+ e( [/ ]* AOne 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.! Q. z+ e7 U6 @' [, D
) u. Y/ C7 k' E9 ~# G- p" F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”。' l2 |- m# i# X, ?
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If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. 4 U. h t- a* v' |$ d. x6 d) c9 U
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。# G4 W9 Y8 P7 y5 w5 N q
3 _: R2 J) z( _1 K8 N9 B# 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.& B7 F" L* S5 S
* D0 L+ y! H6 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。6 m* M8 l- v- o2 f1 D6 j) l
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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. . L1 F' Z8 L. K; ?2 k$ W/ e. e r9 M: V8 }
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。 9 Q* [+ S9 ^( W; L; y. J9 z3 c2 c: G# I @# L+ |5 \
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. 2 l/ b3 {& ^- x+ w% r( ~- u- Z3 P5 ~$ f* N7 C- q) e$ n
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。 ; `. j1 W( R+ S, o( K+ z, o1 a- I+ U, {( H% K
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. " U) D: k8 _' N% @0 S0 q: H" X- N! N
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。 - ]. `7 h: Z" u& g1 j) `8 W0 B, C0 h s. E1 G" ]/ W; h
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. , s+ n5 Y. v0 [7 a7 r % m9 n1 ~- E+ ^) b9 M, `, R$ x; y+ ]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。# K+ C7 O' k. N8 k) V/ u7 k
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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. 6 V" l" D0 R h% \( a
& c" y6 ]5 ]' P0 Y, `. Z; j* {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。 ' L6 R5 s( w a- F5 P0 w7 I5 k: m# I1 z; L' }! ?4 s. ], v
You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. 1 G( n& p& j2 P: u, @ j+ l1 d' T; J9 v6 o
你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。$ Q- z" l4 g1 [& P! l7 r8 X1 B
+ b# n/ w5 ]# @ d* q9 b" _& AHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.. R! Q0 R) f6 f
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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。 # D. ?6 l6 l, H( o; ^7 z: L6 X; R. w. j Z/ R
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. "% L- M+ }' R" l
% A y7 R- A! j V+ _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。 m' l2 `8 `0 K! y5 ^+ Z% \+ j `4 y" H3 \3 L& C
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.6 `0 M C3 K/ [3 d: z/ c
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“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。3 g. J$ p/ m" z3 M
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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." ( k1 T& E- z/ {, a" g B. u6 a 2 y# G$ L8 v: S& ]7 S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”。 3 {5 y& d) Y" D" b- c2 {4 e0 ~% Y5 l6 ^
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