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： & A0 u$ h* U0 d2 d8 s2 B, ^8 t& o
生命就是小甜饼： & ~$ \0 @) q- W/ [$ DOne 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./ |4 {* F5 h% I$ t! u( d, K
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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”。 3 I" L; D! D. R$ j& E# p+ e3 @7 y% D
If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. 6 W2 P3 `, f- N" M- q+ m' |' u" K; l6 q2 Q x. s+ t
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。 + A: O. J8 S2 ?* ]! ~ * p( h6 }* U1 rSome 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.3 O" l1 U D1 s* C2 I
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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。) D( M! _0 \8 p3 D& q
) s7 G( v- M% o+ N. NA 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.8 e: Y) F* z$ j! g5 g; D9 H
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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。 , E+ O4 s' \4 p+ d5 V! n |2 _$ r/ `3 o* |9 K' ^
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. 0 t/ D3 o6 H7 F/ N! Q1 X- @ / [) t* Z8 h' j& s" K" X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。6 ?$ j9 s5 ]9 \9 ]
7 f1 F2 l; N0 F+ NBut 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. + |9 N- G4 L9 l* m/ N$ V% Z8 s' S' X* U7 G, C* I7 N8 E
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。- K& Y. z8 W& F/ l" ]
; C' v9 Z: T" @: d1 I8 m q5 NThe 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. ; U7 ~5 X) h" `6 |0 p a0 q6 b# I: g' L9 P
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。7 c* S/ h) p9 G9 d; v0 M/ L. Y# y
M3 W# x7 H4 K/ ?3 {- q) AYou 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 e7 d. X# |0 ]: [- m7 s7 s' ~ - k+ H: `( ~+ G5 P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。 7 `* D% W$ m8 v& z* M) v' R, v5 l1 R4 h) W0 `( L; d: q9 Y
You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.$ c1 y& l8 W1 S+ b$ Z
3 \$ r( _5 T8 E7 r. h- }Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.8 A5 X" g S) W- D; j) y9 r
" ~! M1 X+ `) K& k8 q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。 0 l% w9 x/ A* W5 M4 m0 h# n: u2 U0 c( k4 Q; 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. " 3 f5 H$ ?9 h+ ~- Y0 ^% ]' X) ?* x0 d& L$ p
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。& m2 m5 \4 n4 D$ n5 w
. D9 X* _9 ~9 f L8 Q- j. T6 QTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. : z, _$ X$ U1 f$ y6 ` 0 N- ~4 K3 e& D5 V+ @& q* S# F% f: s“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 8 `0 g, o+ r9 u/ g; N 2 L6 o! c# w/ y1 D: ]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."8 R( G$ ^0 o. V# v1 Y! y9 r
$ M4 X5 O+ `, [. s% x( g M' @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”。8 J' D, I8 J$ E4 w- \) p3 V