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：# g( f( V! X, q# Q7 z, E
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生命就是小甜饼： 7 e" R: f8 k0 F/ b3 }! ^; ~One 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.6 F' Z9 V6 [; F
- L, `3 `6 \) R9 W. q* i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”。$ k" g% J' c5 K2 H) A
: S8 _5 C: Y" z" n/ V6 dIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. g" m: m: O* u" g# Y( G& s/ ~$ ~. |; a6 u$ G; k) \
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。 ) O& v9 Z5 S* O0 Y- X ]3 t3 i6 P7 H0 T$ n' |' t' 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. $ J/ \3 T2 I9 M& o) z % g& k: r- Q: B$ I. K" `2 _& Z8 i/ 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。, R8 K/ J/ V" g( ^4 I
$ c9 s9 S) M9 u$ C7 }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." _# `: n1 W: n9 t) ?/ M
" p. r3 ]; |+ y" Q* T$ X6 s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。- j3 E! i! N: A) o. O
- z1 @ o9 j3 E! B) JWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. " Y' j N9 x* Y) K9 p$ D2 a- G7 g" y ~* Z5 L7 t
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。! \% F s2 r% u3 A. j5 p8 M
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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.- ^7 t+ p1 d% g. B- a0 ^# ?; _
9 O+ z3 C2 S# H; ?7 a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。 . `* z- W- {( {9 {/ x# y' y& g: ?! }" C% W
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. - X- i, c3 d! u. m; r+ o$ z ( l( |- n: d' z8 @ I1 D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。& O8 S: B; [- }6 K
: T, j/ r- i6 R# K# H& q" c( t- iYou 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. : b$ F Y, h1 W' N- E& \. R$ v6 |* q; A
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。 ; ]( H2 M1 v9 w! N: G5 i! [5 {9 \' y- G# P+ j
You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. ! a0 I+ M4 ?! F7 {3 M , m# Y$ ` g4 K8 A9 R5 F1 j q你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。. r( H& K+ B+ h% g
# A1 {2 U# j: W4 ?, d! r2 zHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. 3 L0 ?( P* l0 W% f# @ & I) @% Y8 E- d5 }8 Q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。 , i$ x2 w Y6 j' _ 4 Y+ Q3 @7 w: Y6 ]' U( f0 qFor 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. " 3 e- ^' x! R6 B* }' E2 \2 A/ R . Z/ s# S+ G! h/ q6 q6 }: f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。 1 m, i% s% z; ? 5 C& k5 L+ O% n. A' ATwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. " w+ H% H4 W; i( X# J ( B9 u8 P2 r! l. e& `“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。# c2 V! Q9 \* E: r% u1 y
! k6 u3 V% u5 G* X: p/ nLife. 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." 7 S" |6 \% t, s; @/ z# V ( H8 |( |8 l& z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”。 & Y! V% B2 W, F% Z/ p! y7 k9 p( I/ ^2 o
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