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： . H5 I8 E" J5 F) D- @) P" O# L3 z+ \& a/ b
生命就是小甜饼： 9 E" E+ f( y* ]1 P& }+ vOne 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.* O$ T# O& U1 @6 E9 f
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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”。 a4 P4 P, m$ L# } L/ z# A" Y T' \$ h0 Y6 s& Q
If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. 5 K' p! s! z k, m) w2 U ; m) ~9 y2 K [# j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。- ]) z/ g0 h9 s0 S* X- K; b
9 |1 _( k6 o+ [- \+ tSome 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. % _; _0 M2 \3 y7 a. g9 S5 R, e1 i: k( ] _, 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。) u' h/ D& A' t
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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. 6 l% p! s! @$ Q6 \3 T: T' I6 S8 W- R" j
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。0 z9 e* Z+ v5 _+ _% m
7 `- }3 |7 f' ^7 N1 z5 R; kWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. 2 S; X) ~, _. n8 ?* w' j" n( Q# X$ P+ m1 x) z
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。4 T, m1 j( F# ?6 n, C
- m1 H1 G1 N" |& x, M' {8 a, PBut 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.5 `& a+ z! R. q$ R t
" V, Y* e* F: h! }" W0 F" S; u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。* h: e$ ?7 j8 a! ?: F3 Q
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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. / I' g# T7 X9 R: }1 y 1 Z* T, B( [: ?/ U6 j4 e, V1 A6 L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 I' a8 a1 V x. l# t8 B( W% ^$ T$ y( T( \3 j* t7 @
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. 9 E8 A* ^- C$ s6 H" f 4 L3 G8 K d Q0 @- w5 Y- I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。 : r! A+ M: X0 ]( }+ b 1 z2 f8 R- j9 [' ?! X5 KYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.2 t( |+ e6 f8 {0 H' P3 }
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你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。$ ~$ ]7 G2 c4 n1 `5 m# Z
! h* [% s3 N6 @( H; h- {# ^* g' l$ wHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him., n4 _& e5 S5 w, }
- l7 \2 o; i, U. }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。/ k+ B7 N" x/ G# @% c( k4 I$ m4 n
u- E- t% o3 H" P5 UFor 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 N# Z: o$ }& |) g " Y0 b- ^! i. N! b4 `$ V; H: C5 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。" K! G' C; M3 p n7 P
+ Z- c) y; O1 }3 o# eTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.) e) W) _) k0 Y5 i+ B! G/ G
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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。 3 M: X0 m* g: N/ _" r7 S1 z4 J! F0 o+ f/ L$ J- X
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."5 d2 m3 @8 R5 V
( Y: s. |! V+ @1 L! F7 Z) U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 i7 p% u+ I4 _, |' H8 u, {8 D- w! x2 E- M# b1 O; G
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