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： : y- J! @ ~; \1 O. m% n* z' H+ e. Z3 ~
生命就是小甜饼： 6 r& V7 D0 w! h7 p8 [' ZOne 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.1 \2 J Y; ^, g7 ~5 U
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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+ a( {" h% R' ?) i$ }2 ]
: e) v% M+ x2 J" I0 XIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. , ]1 l8 z, t9 c& u; q! [ , W0 e7 q2 g! t% d7 Q' T5 v2 [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。) D- U1 k9 B, `
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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. ( t% M3 c0 L1 p6 N" l6 M0 a. v$ M2 ^ O- J8 z6 f
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。; @1 e8 x# }5 ]: G+ I% U$ f* u
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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. % Q! F& c4 q5 T: e% N1 I+ j6 ]5 O5 k) y
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。 ( n( v: c* W) O+ a W& C& A6 I* A( {& L3 S8 T/ @
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. 1 D! V. a' b% ?$ f - r8 F$ p$ \, N& V c' L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。 8 a" W& i3 T. d g" ]: h9 j2 R' q9 i/ L
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. - p0 w3 r% N7 @. g$ i: m. F$ H, {
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。 t/ ~% c$ I+ u$ D3 F5 g M( n+ Z: C" B* lThe 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 H3 s$ t! q$ r; U/ c2 Q9 m1 r) p, z( t8 R, a3 \
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。 + c* B+ s9 b, y; x: Z / w4 [; h4 J: U: ^2 sYou 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. * Y! I+ ~9 o: q$ } M 5 [4 U" k7 i. {: W. ~$ }! `/ G0 y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 z, q( z1 x% z- h) h3 k0 c. n$ o
You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.5 }% s' @4 K; c( r( V- K) f& {
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你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。) s- q+ f5 W" x$ M' W
j0 {, b" k1 N; L( IHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. ( Q/ N8 B' P2 b( u+ e" Z2 N ! T) k2 D! R& 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。 8 ]& [0 I4 ~) y2 ]$ D& i" X+ H# Y9 t; b' H8 |! A) r! v7 A$ V' t
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. "+ F G4 F. f' y. Z( Y
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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。% b5 @7 ~. ^% f7 m R4 W
5 n' o* y3 r6 [3 o* d# JTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. # f, M5 i+ _2 r5 ]: t% \9 p' q* e; a" X
“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。' f$ W2 ~* x" X- }6 U' [7 i9 x
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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." " E7 Z9 J# L2 Z7 e8 y5 x9 ~; ^$ C8 d. w v8 I+ m+ F& u6 X! p
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”。 4 x& ~; p& C7 M# ^! f/ s. ?' _; ^ T3 H7 Z3 K W1 t
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