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：' k4 m$ z; s1 l. O0 ]* q" g
3 X( p. d6 s: M3 g4 g生命就是小甜饼： ( v$ o5 g, _/ EOne 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.6 n' a7 H9 q+ M. Z8 }5 D8 _' 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”。 6 E- m! f% M/ o* t' J2 i( \, w 8 N* {- C1 g" W; ^" k" i+ ?9 h1 wIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. # N4 q! F9 j7 Z% `6 N) K- a" _ / m% G9 h& T3 J! V4 H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 }; h5 z0 Q r/ o
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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. q# T/ P' B$ g7 [5 [
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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。 , @( [" Z" U6 B2 k, R9 H0 e+ j/ Z0 D. [' L" ]* X# {
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.' t9 v9 {" e r; B9 w5 g
# h2 `# F& Y. T/ _& |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。3 n F* l5 L/ j& O
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When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. 2 ^& H5 z1 Z; }' l1 R1 S " Y2 n7 p' S2 {9 w# D5 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。 ) Q% L" A9 v8 O8 H( y+ n* V" b+ d: O* ~* x# H: W# s* r
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. - P7 j1 F6 L! c" L( ~' N: b1 D: a3 G; H" P& E0 q4 F
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。6 m- Q" _+ [0 C: `& g
7 b# v; ~9 v, V' \5 oThe 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.. `* G, |2 Q1 D6 g5 l
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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 w! v9 q3 M5 K * |" s. v% c3 k/ h7 e. y0 M0 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. 0 y4 p0 i4 w( d) i" k, e) Q
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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。 2 U4 R# K: O+ J: e _ 7 D; i6 c B$ q+ lYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. 8 _9 p( z! |, T+ l, Y 7 m0 F6 c* X5 O; j L6 U你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。/ V( m# m3 N0 x7 [' S. q
% Z/ I. h3 y( r& ]; c7 {' F0 |Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. " j2 r2 t+ J$ Z. W: n+ ~( M' q2 l( }; ^% j( G! i) t% U
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。 . J9 o( ~: W$ q" Y( ^; E7 @' E' K/ d V
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. " % p8 K i6 M/ N% [, z1 H/ _: v* ]$ m# X6 M$ M
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 I! ?: t8 L# M6 j% G
1 B6 @" w3 i, w5 ]' q% QTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. . k0 M0 j, D L6 |: q & t8 H: q1 z: C9 d" Y \/ j“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 9 D3 x9 F* h1 P A ; r( Y0 Z. I( Z' P7 f: W* }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." ( Q; J/ V1 R/ @5 ]0 b; J+ r, f; ? - I# V9 m' L5 U$ I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”。9 Y8 v0 k- d) s
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