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： 4 P" p9 U/ K4 u& R1 x* |/ Z, }( N y+ }, {# k: g _6 G生命就是小甜饼： 7 q; L2 D1 u9 Q, g2 ^) T( ]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. ! W4 Q) \; z9 s 3 n2 n2 E& q- o( N* d& N1 k5 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”。/ j- N2 Q, `, B2 ?6 t9 d( G1 B
2 w5 {+ A& q' X$ z5 }8 S* B! PIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.6 u, [" Z% l @6 r
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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。 / X+ c: g: _! B 2 }- W! P3 j- Y' l9 MSome 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." e+ b. Q' E- ^/ 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。1 u( c, |8 B$ ], g; W
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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. 1 ~% Z2 n& e( ~, b1 @* l* e9 o9 ]0 q3 y( e0 V; r& 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。 , x& z& u7 H3 ]- c* Q5 e) ]) n r) F* H% e" B* V5 t9 d6 m
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. ' F" v( m4 a) P( ^1 Y/ q2 ^3 d+ i1 `. d( [. a
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。 ! o4 j$ \" s L% \- M0 h0 p. B& x$ l9 F# y Q, u
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. $ w) G# }7 c/ |) j: K( b 1 Z+ e w1 A E: X1 j. Q, j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。 + D1 R7 F- d) ]! H % e, w8 A. ~! [2 W8 H8 mThe 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.* s8 m- w. F: ?, S6 b
. T1 y! L1 G$ j$ e4 UYou 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. ( `6 w- q0 ~* X% T& S9 f
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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。 9 D& `+ C/ D9 ]# [2 g, D5 M, q9 q0 z% U& f' o* ^' O
You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. / S; A+ G- i$ C. [$ a9 Y0 \# {: R. x. }) s5 O0 n
你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。# A( A; _! @' M% ]% d) ?: H
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.- n U% ]2 J( h# a) x$ T$ p
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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。: B3 e7 h, m* h2 v/ b
* `5 g2 @! Y% p' e4 C$ a* o% 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. " 8 I, j9 A+ ^# [/ q: {, D- j( J9 D4 W9 R' Z# y/ x5 f
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: _6 ^! t( A& [3 O, w: F2 R( h: W6 O8 j/ f) m
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.; [9 v! d# N# Q c: S
* P& B `1 J1 O" L* N( M2 _5 z; J$ 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."+ G3 N( ]3 V+ \0 N