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：2 D+ {$ e* w. I) u5 W
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One 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. % p; J5 \. d5 W. Q7 C z 8 [6 _. E7 W& G/ g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”。 ! | F9 ?+ i0 E' s8 V" I; Q / V2 l0 q4 ?4 D* qIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. 1 W C& B+ F+ I' J, b G2 E& ` ( G3 X9 \3 h8 z5 w7 ~( g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。, z( _" k7 ]4 i& K( \
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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. : {$ i. O9 O8 [9 B/ O: k% J 5 `* ?4 T" f3 Q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。 ( X: z$ [; W' H$ W# V. Y' Z- r0 `! U R9 b7 y. F
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. % F& Q9 ~/ Y- `2 K5 _) o8 \! t. W: N 7 A4 M3 o( ^' \' f4 H ~5 j, 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。. L3 E, X+ S$ b, _$ Y
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When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.& m+ [ U. X, \- o
% ]! Z+ m1 |! R9 ]4 q( v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。 " ]( D* y$ o( _0 n! k9 ? ) z D l. Z1 R1 B) {8 S9 IBut 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. ( B# `0 H8 I' d5 m9 c' y5 {7 r! T0 t7 k4 P, f
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& b3 b1 u1 p& W+ ~
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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。 & d; |( E" U5 ]( a# O* @ I1 j3 B: r! l: K; Z% r5 _4 b! {
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. + J3 t0 n" z$ _8 z9 j5 j
; I) _" g+ {0 ^+ Z* }# j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。 / g3 v% H3 L5 w " E( @! {- Q8 L2 m" Z! n$ D3 CYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. ! M" O9 C" Q" [) k, ^0 H% {! g5 R# ]0 S, `* U
你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 " V9 h5 n1 y7 x2 {7 k+ {$ G' N 0 w& p- [2 B+ i$ N# D- lHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. " k" U" h% F7 o4 U- { - g; d4 u0 [* a" N3 @* 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。 m8 @ f- k/ @
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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. " ' z& L F9 ?# \# z' T + o9 ^; }' e' X* t; J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 g. _9 n- l* E* r: S J! e6 o; y3 M0 [( ]9 n2 Z
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. / z$ V3 b J3 T6 N; o: U # p+ U/ |* K$ m“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 " V+ P& U6 S3 T: G / c1 A, `) G _& tLife. 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."2 t0 m3 S( ^( w9 G" q, h- e7 U
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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”。 ( J$ Z4 z+ X' w1 I' k3 m4 D . W2 O, n, }2 I[attach]55054[/attach]https://m.ishuo.cn/subject/nvoxiu.html