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： * O' h1 c4 Y- F1 S9 P( p 7 M: R' N; [% ?- r8 R2 @生命就是小甜饼： - L, ?* z* ^% q+ D/ BOne 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. : f# D5 m, F" ]2 b6 O* `0 H 8 P) J& z7 B' O9 u( M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”。- k4 V; F: O( @/ w b! P. C+ b {
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If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.0 J. K0 J; N0 g5 p$ X- ~
( t& I2 b2 |% ~# w( pSome 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. 4 c7 I" [) |/ o) Z, A/ V7 a& w+ o5 p l3 ~: o5 ~* J; [) _- S
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。5 S6 r: b& ?6 T4 Z; E
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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.5 f. t) ~* K1 E- Y% [+ s
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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。1 g+ ?% z, q0 s+ R- K2 h7 n
/ l9 `, b+ P1 L' rWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. 1 b! [4 K% a0 |9 D8 @2 l$ L0 m! [7 h- x e' g
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。 $ }' {- ^" c' i5 [7 ] K 3 W7 j3 \) Z( Z4 K7 i+ u- JBut 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.; G: w. S }3 v/ E( o2 L
4 W3 H) P3 A* b. B" r9 S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。3 F# h5 v7 c9 p& g6 F
. ~1 w j2 B" X v! C/ KThe 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. 5 ^( j- G. Y- ]' L3 m( i& E l0 L* l/ x
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。4 G e& L' F0 l- w. \+ k7 h& x9 e
$ q. D3 \& H' O, H1 _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. / c5 K4 W( [: a0 K: @4 o* i& K8 U 3 R' H9 @+ P4 l6 {4 v& H' x7 C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。# i" T' H: Z( n4 ~
/ Y: \$ G, s1 J iYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. " C0 Q% @3 d2 L: Q& Y& u* U K: G8 {7 t0 T) X$ F8 f' u7 }/ N
你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 & V/ A0 _% `, E, l) U! A8 D& Y" I' B q w, o5 I4 N: @3 V' Z" Q
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.2 e9 h- f) [+ b; C4 P; g
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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。- d; g- u- h! M, i
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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. " ' A+ U% A& b8 ?' J c& S 7 c* g7 Z, k o% W; B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。 " W6 |+ s. @ Y/ g. G# r( Y, i- K! ]: K: U! v5 M* b; ]! x, H
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.2 w" K+ Q7 Q- ]- D5 L- v$ ^
; K) ^2 Y' _( x: A“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 ) v3 W: k: w; H h& ^- `4 j9 v4 w, Q5 o3 V! U
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." ; f* X* e" G2 o4 B+ G- L0 T1 X3 x7 Q* J. p. G8 W; u
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”。 : R& h+ F- Y* e: y7 Q4 d+ |4 L, P& W6 ]. [5 c
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