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： 3 n9 @, c) U( r/ l% v. D4 M5 ? 8 e& k; V, e! Y& \7 v1 W M& h生命就是小甜饼： , t5 T7 k+ l' F$ _9 C/ G* QOne 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 n ?, r9 U7 S @5 b8 ^ F R+ Y6 ^$ K6 v! l$ h% _( j) 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”。( c t" `3 y4 g8 a+ K! w
- z$ x( p; D! b# q0 y2 MIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. / C+ q; l; x- |, a- b* h2 s2 G* ]& n8 q
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。 + A/ M& k/ [( R; D# e * I4 B, R9 f5 T6 O) \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. 2 L. S' Q0 g S 0 _1 E+ X* F9 e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。 & ^9 p( t9 R. J# U& \4 R! ]2 C& S/ i& ~. _$ V' }+ O8 s! i* E
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. 0 F# Z9 c% X5 V5 Y; r( [+ p/ C ( B; B+ _0 y! Q1 Y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。2 r5 r. K9 p! {8 q3 I- P# }
& d8 Y( Z4 L9 K5 j: N8 }When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.- N) n+ ?' {) V, C+ f
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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。 2 c- W* j# z0 D& l# L* ]/ C, c1 h/ O. ^# B) p" 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. ) F" M% v" m1 i* H0 ? w ) Z/ w2 K. h' T/ k$ J8 l$ l# Y- L/ G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。 ) ~% h4 I- g- z. a # _ ?' X+ Q6 @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.( J& Z6 i% v, d" ~& A. q' }% 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。, c$ X4 U; B& e* j
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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. # w- }- ?3 F( ?$ M9 [+ `! _+ X) c/ 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。* E8 c- E6 Y& V: [# C
! g3 Z/ b/ `8 U6 B! z, iYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it./ T( a/ {& [5 M* D# V
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你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。& O. o6 ?# H2 S; T7 v2 l$ u
# c4 L8 e; l/ x9 CHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. 8 j: a. x0 R( S; G; G% t D( M0 m7 R# q- G; f& H
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。0 b9 S: A C) {& T0 g5 d$ p
2 \6 V$ }" e& `( sFor 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. " 6 r4 N3 n6 \ Y6 T, a5 c* M0 f- c7 p* F! V9 n$ N$ ~- S- m; a
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。 3 c: v% D" e; e( G* I2 x3 k * f$ R# H% o& s$ aTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. 3 q3 A* d( B1 S0 |4 P5 ~9 U! s ( M- @! C* [: ]8 a“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。6 o% _; P( v1 _2 ^/ s& j8 m
2 t" c4 l1 O v/ jLife. 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." 1 P# V5 q' h$ F% K) W/ c s% G1 K/ y
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”。5 t' Y$ v, K j
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