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： & ~& P# e" h. r+ ~) [) a. T/ L; { E3 \
生命就是小甜饼：+ C/ c: D3 w2 M+ e! x6 q' U
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.* ~! _& g' U, r! e+ Z- M/ U
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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”。( ~3 f' T+ b1 D. b9 q' B( `
: q# X$ G7 ~! m, u0 DIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. 3 Q7 T' M/ ?( l ! s- Z1 f# D3 z- e& G8 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。8 G) Z& F- S3 x8 n* O4 Z
, w( C1 W& F8 }8 `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.( l4 ^- w# L- B. Z5 d; e
7 S$ p7 r& V ^6 X/ A' @- p& G5 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。 - W% B5 Q$ u- {8 A+ ]6 f1 l4 h$ H: e2 b4 u5 ~6 y0 J6 c
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.8 r, W0 W7 u* z H0 L3 S$ k
) U( w [8 r+ N5 ^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。 $ ~) e. z& \ z0 H" y6 m' d' H* W : Y' F# J$ Z- j& {/ ~; @& jWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.+ J, N7 r: [( T
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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。 ; c5 @' \6 k+ |% i0 ~ 4 y. ~7 @ W9 \% a! ?2 @, Y0 bBut 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.+ L0 r" A. u' X1 }& Y8 p) f
7 Z" T) l: ?( Y' R% {' `1 K m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 s% C+ i& {! h4 \
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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. / p* x+ L& P: D$ \1 E O( [4 G8 n* h8 B, ~8 @) ]
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。1 |( Z+ O; r7 U0 c
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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. : x2 A8 v& g% z8 L0 x! I) m5 j7 E$ k
: x" n2 Z( a5 o- |* Y# e, D3 G7 r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。 ; v0 @/ P! W: k1 z6 E8 r5 p) e( T( e' v. F) Y
You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. c- j9 g7 {% }9 B% P4 R1 m, n
- p h6 {4 E4 b0 H8 X$ N$ R, L你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 3 P0 s3 m* g: \& k; g! N: T2 K, v
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.2 c" L4 ]% y( e1 ^; p1 i% D9 C
, c0 O9 z9 _9 T4 X6 m7 ^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。 # H6 ~; p: V9 z- H6 [# M# T , Y( A6 B1 l6 ~- M, S% `3 ^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. " ! ]1 }% ~ m2 O' j& S3 n7 g) Y$ t/ o8 T) j, u2 Z2 r1 V% I
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。5 m6 ~' ?3 H. Y" G( U9 t! B) Z! L
& x: m0 a% d* {1 D0 f9 G' STwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.( L' a, l e. S: c7 D. F
7 N: o4 S- R a! V v“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。, o4 ~1 s5 w; K& |8 f, J
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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.": m$ V3 X% I7 R+ ^- ^. B
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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”。% Y5 k& X G& T/ l$ r. j' ]6 B
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