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： ( F$ h- q1 t/ B! U' A) Q " U8 b1 I+ @6 a% i$ n; q生命就是小甜饼： . ^6 ^$ U8 R- t3 x: M5 X5 f8 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. % u2 U" t6 F2 ?0 d1 y8 `" w' ~6 y( W' R
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”。) X+ R, r* t& S9 D" U2 H i7 p
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If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. 6 X3 a: L q2 [* ^% m. \2 I% f& x+ J8 \0 v0 g
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 l( E. u$ F5 ]" z& O8 I
' I! `8 s( Z# C+ iSome 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. 7 Q I$ C! Y: A: Z U8 X( [/ w* C0 J# }9 o% t7 s4 { ?3 ? `, z
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。 & {. G( \+ F' T4 ]- J9 y& e7 t) W 4 u! n: o; R; g1 z% lA 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.' n1 }1 @. I* B) m9 i' o
* h: L' v( C; j; k5 C6 K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。 - }% W9 N9 s8 O, b+ h) q* C& X" g1 `6 d- B1 S. v! P
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. ! _- _1 g, ]4 @0 V. } 0 M, Q% T# G0 y c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。5 j4 M% S: |- {& C2 R' y/ _' _
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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.' B0 v! n! R* O' m3 J5 H' A
) m# J7 ~( I# W# m3 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。: `% n3 v" {: w7 ^7 h
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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.+ Z. b! v/ N4 F% A
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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。$ r6 i& C/ S$ a( Q' K7 {% }
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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. " C. p/ U0 e' D/ S% j. C) O0 a& f4 Q& _+ i w
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。 3 }1 [% q2 q6 s. j 2 w6 v. U7 E* gYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.8 I! p+ Z# h1 l# h1 Z
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你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。$ S. B0 c a2 L/ e( H
+ \; U2 J" M& r( {6 v m. |2 |Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. 6 |0 Z' Y' Z3 ?" v' }. B! y1 g9 \% y4 A j1 m8 y2 \
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。- M9 i0 J5 B1 [$ y
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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. "! @" g; V( O/ |$ W; [; s( t
( u. X( y$ J/ _- @Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. 3 i6 H4 R5 Y6 ^& S, i9 y: s7 H) c4 L* g$ R
“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。; D, ?4 O4 _+ w
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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."" A7 r' O7 b) O
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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”。 / t& T4 P+ t) D) K& q! {, Z2 t+ |/ S7 N6 i% B
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