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：- ~0 W7 T& ^1 F: \" r) G
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生命就是小甜饼： - W" z B/ L/ ?: H. u! X+ q6 @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. ' o2 h( O* X" \! M a9 S$ \. E* W6 M2 O9 Z" L- D
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”。5 ]! r6 ]. Q, U
% c, B. F& z2 D# @+ g* R/ |8 BIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.0 g' n( a. v- s8 ?' r1 |$ I
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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。 5 N0 J/ A! f* b7 I4 A, P Z6 H' Z5 s
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) R. ~2 Z% U9 @" m0 h8 F+ O
$ r4 j; S: l U5 h( [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。 2 {- p6 K6 k* r9 A# w2 z$ v |+ X! `) H0 o' u8 z6 F6 c+ @
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. E! r% D3 t( d1 k0 `
7 y7 \7 e0 X3 X) X) m$ _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。6 `. g' ]7 z3 K# B( Q/ h
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When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. - Z3 E" K) m4 A/ Z# b- V. {0 Z9 q/ `2 E: N" \, O
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。$ D0 Z3 _7 g6 @8 n( x3 E; J
* Y& h- m4 v+ F+ @( ~" L' `" wBut 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.0 j+ B+ y( H& q# x* N6 ^
. a7 P) m! c, {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。 ( s, a9 r* h! M s1 j [, U5 \' M* K" A+ u6 zThe 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 h9 k/ t# _# S- O5 M7 b
5 T0 \$ z+ }6 U9 a+ K7 ~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。 K2 \. Z- |/ i X8 o# ~. c$ Q' m
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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. $ l+ z9 e: w3 G L( ?* @3 S
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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。3 |) y. P$ E& [7 J) S% K
2 u* O/ Z: w3 \+ ~: l; gYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.2 t+ K: E3 V0 [2 `- n# I
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你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 # x4 }0 r5 l9 L7 y2 ]. F8 P p $ o$ ]% ?7 x$ G- f9 M6 F0 GHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. " {0 g2 D& A0 i) u d3 w 4 E: p# r& H9 }* {5 d4 \/ r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。 b0 O3 x/ @( w, p) j5 F& S) \ 4 |1 C& r& u9 @' A) {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. ") ?1 q9 N% X9 ]* L) F
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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。" e O. ? v0 l' t& s
5 U6 N/ Z8 I, \/ ]# XTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.% n- R8 H$ l4 T: {/ Z( A
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“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 2 x* E: w3 F {2 \" l. B 9 q0 [; g7 {- VLife. 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." ( V7 q9 Q u8 R: B8 m6 X- P1 h( D! z0 P4 |
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”。) e' P* w9 I: Y/ n% b% \