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： ' F( _# X4 P# b! b- J+ B! v" T 0 N6 t# i8 R. m; m F) o生命就是小甜饼：/ h" B8 k7 `$ b. T5 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. 3 C$ G7 V" U! |+ ^- n$ k2 A$ @3 {9 | R9 x: |: g4 i
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”。 ( N3 f) ^( i. ~. } \2 @ 9 n6 l) ?) P2 D! cIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. ' K: G w6 s$ {3 X* y9 b% z. x! C4 _* j+ L6 r7 v; B: 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 S& c. f* y" F+ `/ O' d
; ?; }1 V' o$ Y' L1 LSome 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.# r( A9 l7 i i2 B. t5 G' ~
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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。7 Q- K5 g: x& s8 y0 v
5 H. T# \& V6 F7 O' i* JA 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. / y' X' \# F+ B: n( F: `2 J4 x - S& ?3 R9 Q: k0 I& U R3 s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。( N) G6 X0 D" T, B4 C
# l2 O, l5 ]6 ^. z. g2 G* q9 M: XWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.0 ]/ F! _4 C, ?! }* I, i6 b Q& {3 [
6 @; v% P6 l( Z' [; U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。: \6 N2 k1 p. _5 F
. T0 A. K8 X7 N6 B% EBut 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.) @8 W1 W+ ]% F% K& P- p+ }2 D
; M. @" a7 J* q2 g1 V* E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。 $ g$ `) D1 e/ v* B 6 O2 X/ J# e, E9 J. @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. $ w6 D7 G: P7 Q- A9 W. S 1 R+ e% @" Y. z1 [, K+ K* h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。% N5 i0 R3 P7 o
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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. ( l, ^3 U1 Y! A/ I* ~/ ^- g5 F% f 1 e: M3 B6 D7 o! _8 y, [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。 # U( N2 v$ I3 u6 F+ e3 N: F / I+ F* s( `! \/ c5 Z- O3 f. @You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. " w7 o5 d, P! y6 c( U; X: U9 T9 Y ]( e
你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 & K% e7 K- C2 Q _( O . W2 a% v$ Q! v, x& wHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.# @3 x ~$ ^' y: g, m1 ]1 R. 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。 f& e- \. n8 i / |1 X- [* [) K. I2 oFor 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. ". Q! t- V) R, H+ A" q$ b5 @3 s ]
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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。: l& J1 p$ s( M7 | {1 N, L! h
7 C9 S& B3 }2 p1 G7 vTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important." o: d, t4 q1 E
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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。" @7 R" P( L' o+ }; u
0 D+ j- U. G6 ?- h" GLife. 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." - a4 {. `5 G n9 z. e, H! T: r& y! g$ p. G- k
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 |. H& h$ u8 }: a7 N& Q
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