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： ) Q8 a" k) B$ G1 O+ w1 r/ o/ m8 r$ I
生命就是小甜饼： , T: W* D8 A. u" O& h. MOne 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 x1 _( L Q1 u4 m& j& j
' g6 } \1 G1 d F5 m% L. h0 O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 y4 s, R! E; K( Z) P1 q3 b( K+ N6 a" Z- `( @" t' @$ H
If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. 2 \1 g9 E) A* J' Z3 T8 {% _, K& j0 i' y v
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。9 ]4 c' J( H* d6 Z& H
% G/ i& X d( P$ b; X6 B1 p3 lSome 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.- Z" d' j; P4 R, r; x
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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。 1 G, G& j Q4 D. q/ C . { o5 \0 Z& h0 P7 O* |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.( N4 z; U3 F# F0 v i/ |
7 x$ X" c" f" l3 |& d; N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。 ; H( c6 Y+ z7 ^/ N4 U7 A' i7 n* N# x K+ z* u3 _/ P, w
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy., {: I7 V: p5 }1 ]( b2 ]
$ j0 n3 N7 s m+ I {2 F3 a0 r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。' l& B7 j( |: O2 V& G$ O5 E `! T! c
( H% d% ^7 c% j. x6 t/ IBut 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.! J/ M1 H/ }6 ~# s& E
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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。 1 e) I- U5 S4 I( Q7 V5 A( @ _! D- |* x$ u
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.% F0 K! a3 d/ `9 E% `
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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。5 h" Z/ T3 ^$ m0 K
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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. 1 N, y: w0 u; L/ m! C7 U
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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。 - h4 o0 V- p' |3 x! b 7 \ F* | _9 q8 n* U: s- dYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.( G+ m2 ], L' T1 S& g c
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你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。: V' ^+ a# b+ i5 b* x! i
/ `' e3 f, s5 }6 i1 ^9 }Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. ; f( K' A# Q# R2 ~: ~ g% ` l% N# F( B$ D; Q8 H& t [0 L* T
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。 7 [: a1 K* b. N% K9 t; \& Y( K + i9 G+ J% z1 @1 L! H0 dFor 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 n& P4 F0 @6 Q% ?3 K/ k
6 A! `5 G6 _* \9 V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。 2 q5 h/ @) J2 q6 s/ q( i1 P. U$ A' H8 E- K. e
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. 6 X3 r) A" v& [9 q! F2 `; Y6 ` 6 z) _; r" G3 {8 |4 n“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 K. i% P8 W/ J8 o) y# c# T* O% n4 |3 r4 h9 T% h
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." * Z4 q# Q/ ]$ R/ u7 j1 B/ u5 s N' v: x4 {! x
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”。! j4 z1 ~2 C$ x
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