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： ( \7 a P$ y6 H4 k5 x 2 H/ e4 d. L j8 a2 P- Y生命就是小甜饼： 3 R4 c$ U2 K9 Q9 x) uOne 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. 9 H% j* U1 O y, s" P5 g8 C# u# C' ?) K' S
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 x& p a) {! H6 J5 L
% B, u v7 L. S/ b4 {; wIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. , |4 b0 r! D; L! c; j 2 X( t% [+ e8 \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。$ |! v; i) ?- i3 a4 H
% m/ d) Z* V* v4 ZSome 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./ \' C" Z6 u3 U; d Q" A. v& {
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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 J* ^ J" i" d( S; M, Q
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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.+ Q3 _2 o) i- g. P
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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。 [0 _, N' D+ ]3 ^* t7 X! y; `% } 8 D$ \6 c: B3 k, u" d" u! [: CWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy./ g7 }1 [3 v) w2 X
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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。 7 f$ }9 Q$ L: ]% m x8 x 3 G: \- F S$ nBut 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. ) @9 F. S7 | Q$ _5 w 8 A: d% s9 t" [) b' k& {) 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( Y7 P3 W' Z* g( N. _4 n' s' N# J* n- r6 R- a. @
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.2 e2 b/ E" k& B; q& `
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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。# L" t. L; f+ Z4 \: X9 `/ k
X' p4 J* x$ s! e" F- PYou 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. 1 {+ e, z/ u8 n) o% X
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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。 ! n6 b0 H. T+ Y H9 |- c : p; t" T; P1 x: U/ gYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. ; E/ P$ E! |: x$ V w 0 G. W# }1 g4 v你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。9 ^8 p# f1 K1 `( x7 c% \
: C0 ~# V& t2 [- ]8 oHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.! Q' c q; x1 z& p
; E8 H, y5 ~( K$ S* Q" n+ ?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。 4 x. k& W4 n+ {$ |* I" i7 r. b A& u' Q; z" P* K9 L" w& ]
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. "" M4 f& j( q5 `
/ L$ R0 U) o6 K L9 ^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。 8 r* B) I5 M, Z% i( T! C 3 B ^2 E+ `2 a4 u8 ZTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. 8 U! X0 G4 t8 q) O ( S/ z; \6 I% A1 c* N5 f“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。! Q$ d$ T) G+ ?, n/ T5 }* i4 W
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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." 3 b9 x# K* J* ^/ r' \9 T8 M1 ^' g8 F6 U0 X) w' X5 Q3 m
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”。 + |, u. t; H- `/ M4 x C5 n) _ w
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