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 Y! e1 ~: f3 H& ~; }1 P T/ L$ A* N; {! }
生命就是小甜饼： 0 j: g# W0 h6 N# oOne 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. , E, M9 i" K* d# U% o" X2 z3 {+ y% M: ~1 r" S0 p& V N/ h9 d+ X
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”。 & r) e5 `2 N7 ~9 J( E; R' E8 c + j" k9 b) E% }If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. - L! k, B( _. H: C. g6 |" L8 @) A) ?4 m* d5 q
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。3 C" C' [" Q; e: ^9 o
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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. + [$ b E4 j j+ F1 W( {5 U' n! R% D; Q' A( Y, L7 e' e
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。 7 ~) }; ^; F& A+ v: s1 w6 r) ?" m
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.$ g4 J: ?8 o+ _' Y. a, R6 Y
( u. E# P& @1 E3 }5 @; [8 q! Q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。 + H' ~8 w# C1 d. K5 w0 e, |' z : F7 J( `& v% G! u1 M+ |When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. 6 V/ C+ |: C) G% m* } ; z+ M7 Z) q4 `! v" n) K }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。; h$ f! W4 F7 k6 E2 I4 t
- |+ p9 k5 \6 _% rBut 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. 2 ^. c& K, O4 ^! m: J0 }* ~7 v0 V 0 r; N5 ]$ M( o7 B1 W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。 W( S$ v' x, F
2 w* ]0 d$ z% cThe 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. - _& b$ L4 Q6 u r/ ?$ `. N' s2 z2 @, [; d- S& w: B' q
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。 $ }, a1 u' `( G0 _. u. U( E; w . S7 x, ~, Z( p: ]4 HYou 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. " a M# h$ N, u' J
5 b+ H+ p% M; |( l% Q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。 8 W! E8 G' s, Q3 i1 z& L k ' q9 U( g# v6 u+ N: lYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. * d3 u) h" v( L y/ Q$ e' C $ d( k/ [$ Y( p6 {' ?* D" s0 g8 Y你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。, E. j4 i; n2 a* F7 m
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.+ E8 ?6 L! ?% T# A
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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。: g# u- i, b [% Q0 X3 W5 F: D
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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. " 7 I% i% H Q& X! V% ?/ ] * l# z' `( ?/ l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。 6 E6 p1 _* |: d5 u* u8 j1 O* r' E! n2 j) r+ C q4 g9 e% K& ^
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. / K/ Q0 L! y2 d/ v" a( m; p 4 k, I0 S, L: _' t: P# y“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 6 i1 B3 i+ @8 X$ |0 C+ Y + l9 ?( @; o! K; p' ^ lLife. 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." # R1 N8 T" L" f- x! {+ J( n$ ` - r( ?& Z1 J' L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”。# Q& |! B; Z, b6 ]5 F4 d f, L# Y
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