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： ) J" d+ ~* F9 c/ N& D5 ]9 t0 k1 s5 ]; b% ]$ J9 g9 ?
生命就是小甜饼： . q3 T7 n; `8 Z1 ^( A2 C$ M, NOne 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. 5 Y, u& P Y2 H. o" t2 a4 t6 n8 x
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”。 8 k+ @4 k. W9 m' k ; W% {8 X' a( |. VIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.5 L$ b- u: M* W
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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。 / r( c8 r8 j" b P5 G" o* h8 g& v + Q7 W& j7 o+ ~. A# C3 d: K; {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. & |( ]6 C5 ?. ~1 k2 W# G1 O( M 3 L. L* g( c" x- y4 b7 _! V$ X, P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。 + E' h, A# k& A* g& z* j6 L & Y- M: p8 T0 e( M( FA 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 X; t$ c+ C: d& x, j9 A2 @+ y6 L* s7 s4 ]* }6 D t3 _
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。 ) X0 C2 _5 z, }$ o7 w ! E1 G6 v1 P/ W* ZWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. * d" J( e; v2 \ ( R( t- {; m$ A# F7 i K) I6 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。, Y0 G4 o1 O$ n0 Z
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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. ]$ K7 O' z( ~7 n 6 w0 u+ B6 h2 t7 Q Z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。 2 F1 `7 v; `4 v4 X" z2 \# S0 d+ m" W* g9 e
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. ' g7 g ]. G: ?* t7 H9 T' g' S) P `, [, W u( ]+ S. N+ z
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。0 x; ]( M8 E5 T: C( Q/ u! q/ {
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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. $ i8 O- B( F3 U; ? & [" k2 o/ T$ P: J, }! L" c5 `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。; ]" f6 V& y* I! `% r
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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.2 [8 C. D$ c! m
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你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 5 h& N9 r: M4 l8 h2 U" u# D% y; P , x- E. t( Q; THaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. $ h2 B9 N# B# z, T 8 q3 o6 f+ d- c& b! K8 `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。# V1 C. P; [ B% j
: B, x3 h( `7 \- B- n+ GFor 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. " 9 m- x5 P& e0 V+ H0 w1 Z. F/ W. o1 `; N1 h
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 z. ?( U' \
5 B Y* S. B# Z: t, g- QTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. 6 Z* D3 M# y6 l! G/ j( M+ t7 }$ v# ]% { [" `' }1 u+ g
“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。4 i t9 G, R( b6 A
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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."4 m. d; Q8 u K5 \) U
4 A. r |+ [$ Y( ~% N5 I( f( W" J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”。 0 w" b9 i6 p' o , f) n0 f: k9 h, V C; f; M$ x. V% p[attach]55054[/attach]https://m.ishuo.cn/subject/nvoxiu.html