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* Y+ h6 }# c 3 _" I' o m/ t+ a; \: y9 ]生命就是小甜饼： $ c$ @7 Z' O8 a& xOne 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.: i) E" ?$ S* \# H$ ]3 X
, S7 N9 A1 r" ?3 H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”。, m- u, E/ }: [" y& v! i7 D0 n
+ D% u. ~, X1 V" J7 k+ P$ @# AIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.9 z1 q# R3 q9 | H& c$ f
8 F3 h- o3 J4 F8 i# k+ E8 HSome 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. 0 K$ u6 P0 G( a; I2 N H) M! g+ R6 e4 O O
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。& e5 b( _7 g% \1 q& K q) {
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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.* S& @% K/ Q9 c) |* L6 q$ P Z; J6 T
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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。 & M# ]* c( ^+ G; ?: e7 h7 C. K6 ]
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. * s: Y9 L& [7 Z) B2 ? & V# `) u, N' g, c7 Z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。 . N8 C) ?) T2 \ 1 s2 b# z( I! G" vBut 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. ' P# z6 [8 k' z; H6 \) X2 a5 ?* Y- ?2 W* N9 y. L [" f2 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。+ o/ p, W' z/ f2 S* g9 i
! t. A2 a: m" S8 n* a+ c2 K9 WThe 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.( R! U$ a; J% _/ G% j
, a: R2 Y0 |5 I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。 ( D0 N$ a5 E \: g& N7 i8 X ) S; P" P5 C: a4 V0 t! 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. ' j: l# x: W* V; L6 B: [3 _4 \ % P% S8 g: |" ^ B) 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。# O# v& o; H3 H) ?" i4 J" h- O$ ]" }
( W V4 ?" K9 d0 c$ e# |You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.- o. M/ r& W h3 [
. O0 j! H5 C" X! P; R! p9 ~" O你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 j9 X8 b1 ^5 d0 J( k7 {# c7 L) O1 f) }3 q r* j7 L
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. 5 U D! {6 R" c( l: @+ T% j4 [7 \ L% R* g0 [" a6 _$ X. C3 U
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。 Q& c+ ^, c o: Q2 N . N. X. @' g- }8 t( L1 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. "7 {# f* N. ]7 N# J v
9 r# n ~: f) m, n* M3 X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。 O. P& Q5 g7 a: e: s9 @6 `5 {0 g9 S" x0 l' Z
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.) b0 j* i6 `/ a6 O1 Z" Z- `
* r6 j- B& k' c% `6 Z“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。$ ]) ?* x; y- g& V7 h2 |
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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."3 N, I) @2 \0 D- ?; `
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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* N8 E- T7 r* R V% q8 y% m
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