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：& s+ E9 Y, H8 Z; r$ S7 F( w" \
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生命就是小甜饼： ) u6 D! N9 D8 X) D3 C* k; c& yOne 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. s; G! J7 G( R- M- \' m0 G. @7 t% S# n( W+ w$ P9 t; i: 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”。 1 |$ I8 ]! t5 f% ?5 ]; @ x. V: ~* k
If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. * g' |- b+ r) Y2 V: G$ E 1 @. _3 u- V5 G% y& H, c4 N2 u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。 Y: v/ `/ \# w Z' f2 F7 J8 z" |$ _9 J9 T! C
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. * V1 I9 q5 h& B X: x! B! Y" ?( C! n6 n* D1 n* O9 z
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。 $ i& G; O8 Y0 A9 l) W3 y + J, Y5 A4 ^1 s L7 ?3 R5 KA 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.2 O6 p' Z u3 I5 n9 v1 M# ^
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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。 ! b$ Q! Q+ f, z" R: P( j3 r1 \ , w/ {" m, h, K5 b+ _" b' FWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. % \7 ]2 p3 `1 h) D1 T. x" o2 s) G: @& y: C* j
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 E( i' f+ k% t/ l
7 l' g; N" Q& Y' j2 f3 d9 s; SBut 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. ! x& j9 l# i0 k) Q+ W! {; ^- V% }; k+ g+ A! 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。 8 y7 e, i' L: h: j ) k) O0 W0 }: m9 u3 s' d- M5 ~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.9 A P& V9 Q3 v5 w* b# Q
2 A# @6 Z+ A! Y3 U, [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. 3 j( z# X2 y" J5 f; Y/ E8 h8 ~3 S* o$ P+ w, t( t- h7 k
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。0 }) A: @" Q8 j+ C1 \, h: P: q
x: R. I9 j, |You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. + `) k; G5 H8 C, M3 L I" B0 q ) Y, a! K2 F9 K9 }你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 # R- V: H C/ n3 ?. ?' F7 k, k. {4 k/ e
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.- k B' \8 b( c" r7 h
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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。 `% F5 g' b) v8 X5 d. x, x
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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. " ) `: G, w9 c! n) `$ g' m) ^6 V% q1 E; m* t' ^) A2 j
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。 , X0 M2 A1 J% R) J! N6 J t# B I7 V5 x4 J0 z* y6 n
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.: b0 E$ p3 Q# B5 F. i/ j+ u* m
^: v9 J; \7 d* O& d0 U7 x“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 & e" s2 V9 r; K: z9 a8 C, Q/ d$ P- D/ @) q+ x1 ^( V' X
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." ! y, r4 R3 s* {7 y9 U9 {; t: |$ v9 Z& ^! M0 Q7 \
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”。 / _. t( v( Z1 _0 Q6 H' x ( A! E7 E' x! j5 H* ?2 k& r6 k[attach]55054[/attach]https://m.ishuo.cn/subject/nvoxiu.html