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： 8 p+ e0 e7 e4 j$ b3 q/ V" v5 r1 A' `5 G; U$ V) J
生命就是小甜饼：5 \7 N1 u. M# y% j- @. \: t" W) q
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.# Q) R$ D7 f/ _' m. ]( V
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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”。 7 s2 _: V) f- k$ Y4 x% H% e2 F- W+ F" ?; J- S" A
If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing., T! P+ s% D5 B
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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 o' B7 ^1 t0 I% l 4 B0 ^) @+ m9 a/ 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. 3 J" a) i- x0 Y# o% k- [) t$ O% Z1 v0 E7 `" e# J
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。7 ?" h! {7 P: q) 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.- o7 _( v: d# c% ~4 f
( l2 F7 G* u U X n/ M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。 ) L9 m' p& B2 \) P2 n/ C9 ]) k4 o) k, I9 |3 R$ T' D/ m
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. ; u. s l$ V5 E& v- ^ 7 W$ S( G9 {) b, @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。 . D7 S, x: e- P5 [: @6 J : l n. ?* }. t! F, l% h O9 wBut 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. 7 a" S% d5 T H- h7 |$ m / f0 k, e$ Z* w: H! `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。. p" E8 g( o* M4 ~9 [
4 X+ A$ Q0 R8 W3 B0 SThe 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.2 r, L4 b; H4 `
3 |7 |$ M( Y0 E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。 + w! T) ~0 c0 ?( L/ R3 z* j N* ~5 Z4 S) u1 T, }. @( A- qYou 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. 3 `# z1 W& a# U$ k: ] S+ Y
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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。' b: G& x3 g& \& @) c# I
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You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. , r9 [8 Z; @8 ]- y; w% W [; ] ! E. ]. O0 `! b8 U) _你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。( Q2 L( a J, x5 Q0 C
! L" C$ j% i+ [: @% |. eHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. 2 o2 s3 o1 C) {2 V* O4 h ; _! |' S% `! U# T& D# P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。$ K5 N& j* R0 T$ H9 q1 }6 `+ m
; u* y+ Q- u) ^0 U3 x0 A; eFor 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. " & i) v* V# z0 |, m7 `) N( g; \
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。 6 ^: u4 H: i# D* T, K# p, {- g( C( D8 _: y$ E
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. # B6 X) z1 X* [2 j( B7 `+ ^8 Z) A3 F; k4 ?
“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。- O1 a ~) d1 n& Q$ i
$ j9 p3 J+ X1 b- RLife. 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."5 h' P/ G/ d( P$ `$ R
. \9 U9 [# O5 X$ j" F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”。4 l O4 g% }. N6 N2 C1 v