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： 1 E9 V1 r+ u$ g" u* z& L! M" @! |( W: {+ l. f; m
生命就是小甜饼： ) u' l+ {2 f; R% 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. 6 D2 I' o" r# g+ d, o/ m5 _% C - l/ `( _% h: u z% F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”。 ) K- U) N3 R9 h: e u& y3 B' D1 f; Z% w
If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.2 ^. T: b- S3 P) T' C1 H6 c7 r
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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。( C1 g4 _4 ]% v( X: t0 g
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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. ( C/ |* @' B2 c6 c# M5 H2 m+ | [, Z4 d% m& `8 _
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。 d8 T6 F" s3 i; B) E0 N4 k
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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. 5 y# L; b5 {2 y% [ O# F) |0 h( j. k ; q: m, n/ G9 M( r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。 # W. q1 }6 \4 k* p* {8 B, V0 `" w1 b, X7 F: v* f
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy./ O4 z% U3 r( n5 k% I7 [% ~
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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。 & K. u: s4 _4 b" i% S - e' a( k9 ^# ~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. , r# W7 O/ A4 _6 M! k/ c0 C r B6 B7 Z2 B& z, v, o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。 ' u; [* ?+ j3 J3 D3 v" P+ j& R2 o/ G. O
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.$ e' ^5 i4 w# H6 k9 S
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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。- E- U6 `# E: K2 ~
" z) r* I6 H8 o+ \; O$ @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. % D/ H& g4 C( u7 ?( C
R! Z6 H9 l* }9 X |) o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。: O9 B) i2 W6 H, i& G+ ~$ q: |
j/ k2 `5 q. `# mYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. # y8 z1 w" [9 s& ^' v' q/ K N2 z 9 R, z% S) @1 I: N2 Y你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。( X* t) M3 A. R
% ~; [* l: ?% j: S5 g" [; e% [Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.: O1 }# U. p3 r( w
+ [9 c' T, V5 ^3 L, h7 `7 g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。 ( Z N y: H) v( a4 i- u1 { % E2 q% t* Z0 Y5 y: h' cFor 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. " . R) K9 R8 p! E5 E) I" C5 F- n7 ~' O8 U, H7 ~' u. t( i
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。! o- W2 e% R L" p' \+ [6 s* I
# D* i; v- s* tTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. $ c' W' G' B+ ]7 E5 u . i- P: r* z$ k2 m! B- b“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 1 d9 I9 F1 Z2 N- k9 [% V" P - T5 } k/ m2 q4 @) HLife. 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."- B! C6 S; }. Q( m3 N' D2 \
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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”。3 B5 m' h# }3 [/ |
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