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： ) ]7 s7 p+ p+ Z) b/ ^5 o, y' v( z& {! Y: ~" v
生命就是小甜饼： 4 h# q6 D: |1 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.0 b( B: B8 l0 m0 @/ R0 C7 E
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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”。! J" Y5 \/ S9 S
& |8 c9 w5 D+ O+ d2 e% JIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.& Z% z9 c/ ~- @: Q. |4 v3 Y
4 D$ H/ h$ ?, @# U! o8 C* n; f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。' q% S' D. p+ H; _. t
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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; Z+ k+ ^/ \9 t
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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。 / I$ o9 e* q6 [! M, x : D0 J8 N1 h; u' a2 K5 c8 xA 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. - c) q6 |7 M4 ?4 h8 V9 Z ) z$ |. ?$ K4 e/ `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。 * c- ^5 |3 [ S/ H0 t( P6 \' o! \( F7 m9 z
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. ! b& v3 _0 I, J2 P( @5 v9 g' B% {$ V) O1 j: e" f
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。 ! G* P1 `8 y8 `# c , V* _: Y0 s7 R' t2 nBut 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. ; y7 V9 v, c9 {- b3 z. t8 `1 e7 `: c, b& 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。 ; U' @" p8 ]# U( P9 p9 a- b) z5 _& W# ~ y5 h1 P k
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. ; `! k' ]8 P v1 J. z7 ^) Q; N8 s ' L# O5 l: 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。9 B) W! ~1 a$ ~! B. G
0 u3 V& w4 S8 q! @7 x6 jYou 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. 1 {$ ^% f8 A; M: a* c5 P, l
- E; j! O0 w, D: X% t7 z) |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。 1 G& E9 q# a! X7 V& k) [; S , B7 H% D$ { F/ j6 r Y; aYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. 5 {- Z5 V& ]9 z; ^$ w3 c6 C- f2 I 6 {/ y, w$ l3 U( k你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。- K U, w0 L" k( f$ J
: a0 G. K* F8 l' W6 {; }8 }6 OHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.3 a2 f- p- e1 L, c- S& |8 \
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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。 . x) o% W: o7 K g! x1 U ( r. Y7 `- ~! Q9 s) cFor 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" B+ I3 D% X' s2 f: A- J& _; 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。0 K6 {% @) w# f$ `( K
( I- k( o3 {& U9 `Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.# U* ^2 O* s4 A* T( C3 x* k4 H
! A6 V% i }$ g, V“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。- E6 I: \3 P: P! }8 i5 }& _
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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.") `( r! _7 o7 G9 k6 P
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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”。7 {7 N( s# S- W$ X( ~# C B! m