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： , |+ f( p. m1 K% S7 g6 _, y 2 f0 x+ Z- _, J3 G, ^7 P+ m N' X T% d生命就是小甜饼： ; p$ u& n; ]6 g: o' pOne 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. ! [8 m' T# e0 s, K! _ 6 ]2 T) k/ |0 ?2 b9 L 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”。" W: x% p$ J6 ^2 o1 \4 g- {' i
1 w p! p5 g1 Y! z, LIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. . }2 C9 W p U D( p, C1 P; J) L6 E5 P! n" {, 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 S- x- q0 B! S0 }1 D1 Y6 W
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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. . b) @0 t5 y( o V7 d1 M: t1 v; z0 A0 Q8 c
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。( F- z4 M0 B9 K( Q, x8 s. g
1 b$ b* I9 \1 g& C; S3 jA 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 W1 b% P) C4 M! ?$ I R v) v( W# R9 Y* a/ o* g
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。 3 b' m- [4 z {5 Y+ y/ l2 W4 w$ D 0 v# w8 d+ r7 x- y) K! ?# ~When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. ) J1 d2 v$ p! j. ~: Q : v9 r/ j, ~1 N( ^; [- ~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。/ W5 J4 z: I4 c& X1 n" |9 ?, S
9 B m. k2 Q% c G: V( c% uBut 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. - B m4 e# J: S1 n; Y: _" |$ r & a: J7 f: P9 E& x% }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。3 A/ \: O/ n/ E y1 i6 |+ Q8 {
# Q' y) l/ m9 {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. % Y* k, [/ q- y. ?" d: ~, d 6 x) j) I5 {$ f, \' T5 a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。( e1 ]( T1 x2 r4 T) l
4 `- t& w9 q# I, U$ WYou 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. * x, d& O- h1 v. \# W- `* r- S3 m, e+ ^( Q) v- D: t" \) p4 s
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。9 t1 _0 J$ N8 ]9 F* a
6 G* m$ ^+ }# H& [1 c. i+ C+ uYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.5 N) a! Z, p, ^, N- _
* x0 }; D. j/ |- l& O你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。* I8 L4 L9 R, Q M: ^. Q
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.* V' A' M; o& g9 Q* ~
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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。 & X3 y( H# s2 T/ L. o ' F# I5 X; W/ f) }; D* AFor 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. " 2 K& \% O8 q) e2 _( E $ r; W9 U* j0 L2 o2 N8 F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。 5 T5 W4 D, X1 O5 X$ }& R) w6 Y! M& y; p8 K( j7 V5 b5 `3 Q: b
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. R: q e* Z. d" @2 [+ A0 E( H* ?) r" a4 q. G
“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。4 Q5 D3 h; D W' Y |
; b) d- |+ \' _/ Z! f. bLife. 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."1 T" B/ w6 ?" Y. g+ k
3 X" i. _9 G; K' S( l* 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”。: Z" n- M. Z7 Y: X: x4 Z
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