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：( B9 v4 U1 r1 k: ]7 u
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生命就是小甜饼： - d. H2 m' E" [& b' ?, C7 ~! vOne 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. 2 E5 [3 \0 E. @* a, R - N9 w) _" ~. h3 Y' P% X. i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”。 ; H I- c1 @6 m3 x7 E+ f) @- _% G# F% b7 y
If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing./ J# A9 t0 \0 b9 v: l
+ K2 o J# q$ e8 ?" f, Q& P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) X' ?2 M9 g! k) {$ `: z# L3 r) ^6 j& V: X1 P3 l6 J
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. 6 g3 H. l4 n! y. N9 x9 W* s! A0 f( V3 @& {4 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。; \. a4 e; M6 ~) J$ |
9 S' S5 k! ^, \7 q. H% u2 u- AA 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: f1 ]4 a" K& a9 ~! }8 s; j% q% K 3 E) C4 [3 F* m6 w; ]/ ^" [4 M' 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。 $ s( S$ v6 t/ w% d% n1 }2 u7 M" W % @, E s; @ Y* q( ]0 k# pWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. % B7 b$ M/ n1 T$ X 2 C4 @/ `7 N* |/ k/ i" I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。; k$ ^: J7 m. i8 Y0 {" [% N0 i
# W$ v" d( ?% S# q& ~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. . p4 O D$ x( q* k # N& n% Z" x; a% l9 ~! k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。 0 U, |7 W: T$ _$ C/ |" z' }$ ]2 o9 O w. h, A/ j
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.7 a v5 V6 q$ Y" ^* k
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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。 , [! a" g- W! f5 y& k( p- n: E+ Z4 N, X7 \
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. @- @! ~6 u2 Z$ j6 W$ P% b/ V
1 V6 S9 S( M- ]! r3 I; P" w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。 7 D7 I( p8 S+ u9 @+ T# B; a/ }; F3 |; R& O/ |- r2 D; p ?0 l, ]
You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. , { T2 v) i6 N/ h) p* s. P4 s3 n ; m d: H, k ]+ R ?. [5 W8 G/ n. g你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。- y/ p) K, ?5 U
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. $ t- S2 w: w6 J$ [. g / o; B" [) ^6 M) Q& m* q- l; p7 H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。 2 V# _ ]( [- \5 g4 e+ ^5 e) u$ }2 f. h3 y& n, Y5 n* I
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. "9 a9 H! P3 j# H9 T$ a
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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。 , D- U% C# ~; @/ [ ' e% Q) m* p7 c( B$ dTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. / a6 `3 v- D y. ^% z3 N( K- b9 R; S) O$ ^# \! R; c: g e4 ^
“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/ B& A; ]' d( r
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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."; q3 L: N1 Z- v1 D6 M
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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”。 ) V; ]+ j8 A2 w+ k % Z6 c( Y- O6 g$ `6 q0 |) W) s/ O1 G[attach]55054[/attach]https://m.ishuo.cn/subject/nvoxiu.html