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： : `' n) {0 b# L/ S. w+ O! P" t5 [! {, k9 ]4 D8 P
生命就是小甜饼：% t, z6 K( Q( X5 s2 y
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. g5 ^, I- x! j1 E$ p 2 o# p. T0 e& ?/ J8 o% _* K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”。 ; N/ s% c* F4 O0 }% t$ O( b0 [ z8 Z9 P6 h
If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. % ?, r' X/ ^! g& v- N9 k- Y/ k6 }& f: @7 j" h# R6 u- y
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。* m# C4 a4 m. d
# U$ O; T4 f0 N3 A) B$ d; ]0 dSome 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 L( l; Q# ]( I
; |+ J, H* R" y' |2 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。 . r( J5 w3 ]9 I) V9 K, R: i2 I2 T3 c8 \" }" @/ R
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. 2 q7 K! u$ R' K% P8 A* @ % a: f" |3 h6 K. j% c8 v6 `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。 / \% v$ W/ s' j% ^7 N4 G! G9 ` k9 n1 z) r E' k( q! ], @
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.# b1 g1 B- A f9 d& {
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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。% T+ \. ]! M5 v8 y& J% F# B7 S
, e) Q3 v R2 Y0 V$ fBut 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.8 }8 h$ ~: @0 a- K) V' Z& V
; A9 Y# q1 {+ p) `4 V. q* q, Z5 k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。* ?' K2 h+ ^7 P9 v7 S( g) m# m
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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. 3 I$ B- f9 O( o; k/ X! q1 a( O( L3 M! z2 }6 K6 ~ t
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 I }# i( J+ G8 h5 C 1 Z9 W6 {2 b" \5 v) ^! W: \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. 9 Y9 e; Z% a) x- M/ q " ^5 t1 a4 B- _. N+ `3 M' T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。+ s# [; e# d3 J
) W% d' y3 _5 g. R# ]You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. / k z) ?2 l4 r% p- c: j ! ]& O, ~+ m' Y1 h4 f! F你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。( J6 ]( ]# B8 n( p$ r/ j+ J
8 d$ D; l/ D4 r# ?) vHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. 2 A0 k+ X9 j; {7 D - j, t- a+ S( p( t3 ~6 ^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。/ w& G/ n- D1 u$ d% R+ `) }
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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. "# ]# M( [8 ~. D- h& A B
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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。 " J: c# k( U% |' ?' T8 T3 Q, X& `% R, D" s3 R
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. 0 [, \& ^9 G1 u- l/ a" M $ N) t* D8 _; |3 G' g% l“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。3 m7 Y: l9 C9 h& ]" V
1 N' x" r* q% x! _5 eLife. 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 v- f D; P4 M1 x5 e7 z1 Z4 P
# i7 p" a9 O! l, `8 T C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”。- e6 p' O* r. _# t5 V5 [