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 W9 T5 E/ ~/ g1 x N# T& j! g4 O5 h! l# ^3 A
生命就是小甜饼： # i" t: Y* W J" E' \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.3 d& E1 P" e3 [/ [7 k- A8 h
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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”。: V8 l2 F4 x7 c) p0 `
; A# E* H, D# ]- d0 H8 W" d% p, iIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. # i" t N' y4 C# K) m' p( b+ ~. R2 ]$ ?/ q: R8 N! 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。9 \. n: W: y- }4 F
2 r2 H0 ?9 A) H7 w& }; k- m! v+ OSome 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. ( c1 n! X' r1 f$ w2 w: O% A+ ^ - x3 a; M6 X+ t+ }! d1 B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。! u% j2 p; |$ c* ~# A
j+ q* e& N1 d/ r: A. wA 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. 2 e+ v: \5 A, k: O3 _3 `- C8 { p ; z: T1 Y) b7 m& e* 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。 7 y8 E- q5 I/ I# A% n & K/ s# @% E \& F2 z7 K7 E) }+ rWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.5 m# b) ~& V* x/ U
4 i4 U4 ^0 [' v2 X0 R( Y) N, `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。 @$ H# h2 E5 Y. a L. t, [# U( D' B2 m- f
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. & ]/ ^5 ~0 X, @1 A7 J+ b% B / e( \& T+ g" x5 Z& G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。 - }8 R) ?3 v+ {+ @# e/ C6 Y ^; T( G0 U; w4 B. b4 t+ v+ O
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.( q7 y! H# L) ~& \5 i$ A% h
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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。 8 p' V/ D( }4 `# p ' l) u* `1 B6 O& ^6 F8 B8 TYou 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: @" G4 o+ z# S1 C. C9 i
1 w) u' v( p" _# c, e$ X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。 " V9 x0 q' q9 L( A/ X , J9 q8 u* r L( ?/ U* Q; `% dYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. 9 m% u6 {/ J2 p. Z, w2 D0 o; S# M4 D0 t1 w$ T& N2 p% _
你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 - ^! o( E. @1 }0 U5 l4 z0 T( B# T t& C9 z
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.' N! g/ o8 G$ ]! m0 ]& J5 e
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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。 5 d2 S- V& R4 e) O9 T! o& y' L7 E+ z; b# L5 @7 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. " . K7 O7 ~2 Z" R" A" B: K. w$ J' A& W$ J4 }+ z* V. R
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。( T; \4 W+ \; L i
! b* h/ w0 u4 Z \/ bTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.. b8 ?' b& H0 l3 @
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“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。& E5 j1 s, s8 W8 K- {5 n! t) u' b$ t
' c$ c) O X# d" }! P9 qLife. 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."! l+ _- s! U. C- z! |. c. ?