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：) F& j1 `9 p- `8 y- x' E
, m- p: C% J( E; ^- a( Q% ~
生命就是小甜饼：3 \- R$ R6 x: _ e' e% L
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.7 L- x+ Y. B+ n/ P H' y5 o
- a2 s* G9 l, x6 c, q8 X! I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”。 2 ]" F1 F7 j, E, D5 @' Q: N# R" u. Q* H, l/ @5 C) ?; n, \
If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. # R- k, m |! N# w$ P' ~- r9 ?. ~
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。 0 {" I5 a9 o9 Z) i+ S. y2 [( a5 R$ g. A [+ H( _% v
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. $ U! g6 j1 m( e7 O/ B' ^4 M# w) e/ K# p$ ~! g7 C2 y
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。 " M0 j& t3 T1 g$ @ 9 h& g9 E, N( K! lA 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.3 f) {: T3 `3 ^( g) o
- W B) h; V$ ?' @% ^( I! x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. k! H# |) r- Q- V4 e
, d! ]2 N% O5 W" `- P2 i
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.2 @8 a. j/ m2 `" U
6 n5 L; r- \) C
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 v; U$ H9 a2 e9 F8 k/ j Q 3 p% F1 d8 ^0 I5 dBut 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. # A1 M2 q# l. u o1 W% a f6 }( J7 h8 n5 N) r
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。 9 @! X7 Z' x% c& r& S) G 8 f7 H- R3 Y& kThe 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.' K0 S% ~2 B/ }% s! |) }
: l. L! |* [) q8 ?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。 5 p4 s# X8 y- V( Y, n ) M: f3 Y$ `1 \+ j; sYou 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 D. r( E* r# Z; W: }, S. X7 v" G/ { ^4 u* }) k, S3 Z
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 t4 M8 Z9 e* n H2 E9 r% f* H 8 _/ g! U3 Z/ f: `& J# UYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. . U1 R& i& S2 f$ s2 m( t ' L% R, F7 J d' l9 H1 S; y( V你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。* L u1 i3 \$ D# B; `; N
. c [: ?4 ?$ P& d2 L7 A
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. " J8 J" k0 ^: ~- B; V, R) g2 G; J1 Z* _+ @2 l* i- T) F- D( Q7 m: m
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。" G. b) H( Q; ?) C! m5 `
9 K5 k& Y" V& ]) QFor 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. "& I( a5 I5 L6 |2 }
d/ |2 K) P9 r/ u4 v& U, s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。 * x n7 n( P8 ~/ S" c" b9 o/ d3 G& k- \ 7 ]7 [; Y. R. t: bTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.- R) N$ `* K, y/ s# t8 e7 N
" b- |$ }* ^: @5 `( W
“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。5 o* u$ ]: x0 ?, D+ ?+ f
, E8 W1 U- x8 o' m7 }* O& j' z
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.", B4 a/ t) M8 D1 R& n7 c7 W/ O% p4 K
" r" O% f, U4 P+ H5 V4 ?$ Q0 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”。6 e, L7 M# }% I, S
) ^: E! y! ]# R' p% W
[attach]55054[/attach]https://m.ishuo.cn/subject/nvoxiu.html