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：- g8 V* v. |: Z2 Q' h7 \
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生命就是小甜饼： , k; n8 q9 X8 vOne 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. $ R% X; C4 q% z8 M( n b& Q% D4 V7 W# D5 }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”。 0 B2 Q! q, x0 ~' l6 a [1 @9 M4 P- ]) H; v9 x
If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.. R# ~7 {* c* U! q# }0 Y! W5 |' l3 A
) {+ j! `5 [/ W7 o, r: Q" X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。8 z+ k3 w: X! B5 N
* m7 W: V+ v' F8 ~( KSome 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. . o/ h4 b, [: p" n9 ^* l5 }: X6 E6 @( T7 ]3 I2 |& U. L( F! Q5 G2 @- ~
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。, j+ c% x- L3 J: t+ d
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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. ; _: @0 ?) C8 x. u3 v & ?9 ~$ Z( E$ S; @) c) O R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。* w4 E# T+ i$ {, K
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When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. $ ]+ B8 ]: G# M" u " H U' r- h# |0 w( c/ Y* K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。 6 _# t0 I0 ^ Z1 ]6 R9 U$ e" F; Y) o r# g& q8 l. ^. k$ r9 [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. : h0 G3 M1 D3 f) `" _/ j% S0 k m. `4 a% F' q: L) @
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。 1 s9 b0 z$ L7 l- P- @) n4 I& p ]- z1 W# g! r5 b% q6 g, O0 d
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. 2 I+ {2 G/ n; g* B. _ 7 Y0 |5 A1 C h3 G% u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。3 S" w5 y7 c. l0 w; g1 V8 N
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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. , H+ a0 x3 Q6 |7 P$ l0 T! L , w0 y0 M6 y- {5 O2 e' g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。 : D5 q7 R) f) c6 s. l- T t* d: V) l4 G
You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. 7 t) u: P) Y4 v1 Q( A6 P, o+ V0 G2 a+ b
你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。+ ?$ B% Q/ o9 K. X) N
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.0 {( `# L! l/ @& B
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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. " 8 E, L8 j$ y) c+ k ( a1 b" ~) u/ F/ ^: N- f$ W' M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。/ G! l2 G# P: p& Z
' k0 Y1 p9 U2 P5 BTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. / `1 O2 s2 Q0 p* i( @# P5 j$ P2 S% f- @0 f3 {: |; J
“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 E) c8 h! E: l# b% G4 J! @; [ " m7 F6 K& L# b" j1 u) FLife. 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." ) G' U {+ l) ?5 h* E" V; t4 H6 d / h/ g$ f( s2 Y0 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”。! z q! D( w n2 M, w4 J