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： 0 N2 L+ h" T% c. b! ^! M+ O, x# D4 p) J# Z% T6 s; P1 L" R& `
生命就是小甜饼： * e G0 C' R4 `9 A* C2 IOne 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. 3 w% f; F% E6 }# F. n8 m2 t9 j$ G. B2 U4 @9 K
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”。 4 Y' A+ G" M8 N' ?& ~0 ~- y5 M, v4 G
If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.7 A* C. u0 j1 l( U
3 V9 t4 i, O( ^0 H. A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" Y: T% O3 S$ ~1 b
. }" a& v2 u Y# G+ NSome 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. % o) `8 X% l# {( Q2 Q, ]1 |+ s" R" c, F) n/ ~4 n2 k1 n @
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。' D) O4 S7 d- y
4 @2 r3 L P: G4 u% iA 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* ]- S+ E3 H: B5 c5 n% N& s0 S% `/ V" D, ^) c+ Z. ~
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。& W: U/ G9 ?' M( v* r
" [0 j1 i; g! x7 G& qWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. 3 g0 E1 D9 s2 b( F; u$ T% Z, M; k% J) u) ]4 `0 B' n. D/ ]
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。 ?, t& P8 K$ k& g, x' v
& @, u* E% r4 _4 y% B# b; dBut 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. C/ E2 G3 F- D! s# r( z 0 h3 W9 _6 E0 w# d+ q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。 5 `2 i$ q3 ^& {, k2 {, k& a' i0 D& ?0 _
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.; ~ q6 |2 `% L
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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。 0 L; g8 A, d- e' H3 k1 U5 r 3 q0 U( b9 ~' d4 W% [You 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. : I+ b) F' {/ O. C# h8 \5 W) c7 x; S/ L' D
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。& t+ f. O* w9 M* W! N
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You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.7 C/ w1 u5 Z8 n; `
7 f5 T( j e! d6 ^; M) f你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 & m" Y) r, n7 E6 }& l 5 U a8 l( Y$ `; fHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. 0 P' B6 c2 w9 x: g6 B; l & _0 t/ E- u- p7 O& c6 k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。 `* B: ^ T; a4 ^% U! r9 M+ F
& h( Q6 ]% q1 d1 R2 fFor 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. "1 o! X# w9 a% ]( l4 e7 T- r# V$ b
. L! N: I. P) a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。 ( f7 T4 f1 R. n( K/ S$ J& w$ C0 J3 g4 ?% C
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.4 ~& B L7 H, q# k. Q
+ X; S- V# ]0 i$ t$ T0 y) H: _$ M+ F“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。% {0 k5 L9 U. D$ X w% ]$ r- r
% G+ h* F1 T* c- L$ o$ J jLife. 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 V; o' y' k3 O6 ^; _4 ~1 o2 A
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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”。$ ]/ N" V6 v: m) P1 u
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