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：: J" y u) L1 T. m& c" E
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生命就是小甜饼：8 O/ y0 D; _1 w# \
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. 4 F8 p: F s4 j. a4 z" f 9 b# b8 e/ G1 X2 a( f4 e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 U& w: @/ b) \& D/ T. ]8 T; A * J4 H% | y: d( p( EIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. 9 z5 X! J$ }5 W P5 M2 [7 V ! l, Y( H: G) ^& L, A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。 . s% \0 @- R$ Q" D Z! E: _- m1 T ^7 Z$ R/ Q* P- L7 j2 Y4 Y; xSome 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. ( ~1 q' |9 ?2 `8 b1 U& r, s! v5 Y( }( h) f9 l
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。& v4 H9 W! ^8 y) `3 Z
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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. : m. I' J( a8 p+ o% L) r% K/ f, Q8 D5 X- o9 L( z, I
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。 5 o$ A$ Z! d& H5 S; s {9 ]% | + y7 k1 _. a6 s% PWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. [$ F- m& `( e4 j0 ^) S% S . x' U' O% G# R z6 b3 k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。1 Z; S7 I+ q" q N
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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. 4 K! `4 m+ u/ j0 ~' L J/ B' z % ~+ M" N$ t! H) _( L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。4 q7 m2 q; i- O ~
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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. 8 V K1 t& V. ^4 z 1 i5 S8 q l7 h4 M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。 5 w+ Q L- {0 e% w6 V5 l0 s% \$ X" j# m% I
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. 4 J' z6 ?) L, R
6 X# I& V0 T% d4 l% _0 n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。 ( C3 A$ _+ S- z) D: K1 \* ^+ c) l% m- B) n F2 } B
You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. % _( S1 `3 g) a3 n) ? $ {1 b6 B% H# K你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。% L* _* d/ [7 M- s: b6 |! n7 ~& c0 V( k
}# C$ q& l% ]2 t, l0 [Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. 2 b: S9 V+ K; U8 B7 o* w. d( S. K) W! F2 n n* B) K/ i0 |
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。 n" C* y, h# r6 r4 ]* P. b) o' G5 p5 X( T9 M+ Z4 n8 m
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. "" G" B, h+ g3 O* u1 q
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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。 : C% l: g% b" W/ n( \& w2 Z K / I; l: L& X0 v. @Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. - y6 H7 d$ J' @/ y! p2 d/ C3 d1 o, }$ D& X
“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。* L# [2 j1 F {# e2 Z. z
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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." 8 S# h( ^9 E: Z* j! a9 B ; d$ g! d% x& D0 H1 E2 C6 V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”。. d' _5 m/ s$ F9 e
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