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 {- ^4 c' r3 G$ Y8 F/ x$ o z
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生命就是小甜饼： $ t1 y; T9 o+ E/ h" \5 O: ROne 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.' z ]+ s2 J0 K, ~3 [4 c P& n4 x, X! n- B
) T( F7 m1 J9 `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”。 8 B( y9 d& L% G& i8 k5 b Y# I/ Q4 s7 t! x8 v4 F8 i* `If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing." E0 I* Q- L7 n2 G4 a
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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。# z0 {; |$ ?; Y4 k8 E+ b, x
: B" h4 Y* K# [/ d2 l+ r! r+ v8 iSome 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. 7 g6 ^! x$ l9 ]+ B+ W- g3 d' A: }3 C) `- e% g+ M* B: F
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。# K4 T2 p2 M5 v) S; [
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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. 7 ~: [ |! V4 E5 } }2 O/ [ p' N; i! K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。. [; g* X2 `5 L2 [
! M Z0 T9 i; a) GWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.- ?8 \+ X8 f9 b3 K6 }8 |8 G' Z
* [- q* ~7 F$ T+ Z7 A; ?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。% b3 y: F+ u# E, v1 a
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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. 8 ?: Z+ m- b/ W. }# c7 r C3 L0 e# m' C- Z$ y) b6 x4 y# e- m
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。 ( l/ O7 K) P4 f- w2 ~* P; _8 v4 r% q* f& X* @4 W: z4 h
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. - h: S O( Z: G9 p" S" \5 g# W# F' h; F ]
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。+ y* Y+ P% H: ^9 w2 G. M" m
. g" G/ l- m& s, a. Q$ pYou 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. 8 T, U! ^, e9 I% {9 u+ B; ? L+ U; f# X" ~, Y( }3 x( V" ^# i3 {+ x
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 j T5 ]( j& c+ [
) f2 k" n: m# [0 |You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.$ C% G0 r& m! y+ m5 r" _' C2 f8 T2 t
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你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。) S8 y$ o3 L& x& S4 @8 v- r
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. 3 N( a7 [+ f1 I& m7 }2 H8 r7 s7 [. X4 L' p5 d
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。 ( S5 \* J/ M$ y; K, G0 v) v ; u! a0 N, U, T8 L4 Y) }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. " 4 k( x% I- J# h; q " W- T; G; }) {9 q0 O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。' p' P' |" p* Q4 p+ u" `# C
7 Z$ T5 c# y: { D1 `6 T# O* LTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.3 _. h' @- U% ~5 x6 Z( i: {% D
, z0 }. U& [! e c% u! \/ C, W9 Q“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。7 B0 ?7 O" V# {, E) D8 r
; r' h8 T, w% f+ |8 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."5 Z* Q5 p b7 ~- r7 K/ H7 q
5 N* I" ?, {" ?1 A& b' q8 i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”。7 R* s) a0 b h3 z, n* o
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