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： " H+ R4 t; K) |3 f$ u% V1 N+ X # z `( X$ Q7 {2 E生命就是小甜饼： ; M' y+ V) ^0 tOne 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.( u% n; k. r( M5 w$ d7 k
3 w/ ~ T# m+ I7 H- }2 y, [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”。 8 y8 w$ x# i; y0 c2 u* \! S% ? . B; ~4 u: y7 J2 W6 rIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.8 e) u) }$ x& k. M! c& e! ~. Z2 T) k* d
6 Y) }$ H ]' i9 ?6 h+ w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。' Z* G5 q }% v. a
- t+ D% ?8 R4 `* x$ \Some 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& L* L. }4 N. E* x. V. f' W2 x# G) t- j: u: I# k: L
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。! ^0 h& n& Y3 X! k9 s2 z- m
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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. # W2 h' t( f2 }% t0 e. G% I; Q. A7 v$ g. [4 B$ @3 B$ g0 t$ 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。# Z* F7 ?8 r& |8 Q$ z
7 f1 m) L5 ^, s" {6 \+ E, rWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.# l$ t% c# I$ j, d9 L# P
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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。+ [1 S2 P: V( j5 U2 ?
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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. ~& l1 d' @! X5 x3 C+ z2 z( c
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。 # M' S# g) }& W& J 2 ]# I1 T3 n6 M+ f- FThe 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. ' `4 R" ?6 p7 W3 l4 C+ x+ y" O2 r' D# O& G1 W" a
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; t/ g8 H, O+ z/ N( s8 y K& O1 z! ?! i( w! P
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. 2 L# X+ |+ ] u- w) q2 d3 u- a& {
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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。 4 L: w/ x/ K2 i- k - h( d# v% }0 h- _# a7 eYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.4 j4 R+ Q# p5 c6 }$ D+ q8 S
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. + r2 _' a1 V& I8 B! o% D9 ^6 W( _3 P Q, m# o7 W* A( s
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。; y+ ]; q* a+ ]# p% B. X8 J
2 v4 ]+ I6 j @1 s6 hFor 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 T8 R# p1 q: m- _+ P4 B# t1 }. A" Z4 ^
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 f8 B0 F7 A3 \- s+ l! b% M+ J* K c0 ~3 T# ]" h4 V# R
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.: k l3 _8 `6 x; Y% T
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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。2 W P( g9 G3 J# H2 v# X
, X( Z! T1 F; C/ O1 YLife. 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."3 b8 U Q# e' \; p) _- T( ~
3 n7 M; A4 p7 U1 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”。( x* A% e$ s2 Y0 F* |
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