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： 4 i; |9 e0 S, z0 X2 Z7 x3 e! l/ w- c3 p* V. Q9 R
生命就是小甜饼： ( _ |9 d( \+ A4 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.( l- G( { ?& y: b2 b6 v
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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”。 % h! B' e. X ?* q0 H; W! M- b0 i$ U3 s- H, ?, o5 r7 w
If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.% B% [* J6 Q9 k6 l3 \
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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。 j, ^; ~6 y7 I$ g. U( z & m/ d) @1 q, x9 |+ Y0 G- a( dSome 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. : ?9 {* ~" ]6 M- t2 [3 h% Z " d1 \: r5 Z# n* W ~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。 0 a9 E2 H. U. ?% d( D+ B) `. Z. G0 M, i$ n7 }* ?! V, u2 F' @0 D6 h! l" |
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.; b9 V& k) |1 w1 b* d
7 u% k. @* m) ?0 Z# |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。 ; V6 W; {5 M1 D' Y( E# z1 Y$ g+ A9 u8 ? G* q+ Q C7 }
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. 5 G+ I* r* @+ S( T2 i7 V/ Z+ R0 \# K* ]( @# r$ _2 R! j
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。! v r& `( Y* l3 S; ]4 `7 V8 D+ W) G
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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. + L4 u5 m6 ?' H" I% O" g% o " b8 Y- C- Q: N; y6 K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。 ! B3 D) k5 k- @5 N S: T! T4 G% }9 F3 Q7 ~1 [0 u5 Z
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.. h7 C2 j; i9 a! P, n2 n; n0 X( \4 _
' {2 i, F7 p: D. ?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 D# X) R) ~# h# [
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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. ( U& b4 \! _. {! [7 V; P. J! s1 h" e% f6 j0 o* I- ~' L% G
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。 ! }# v s6 @$ G4 D/ C& R ]2 @% H: u! ^$ e+ Q
You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. 3 v1 U3 Y& _. W6 A# {( x% q & F) ?( T1 s E. p i5 ?2 A5 K你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。4 }3 G7 _' K# x) C$ q
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. ! s4 Q f% z' w0 B. T0 K ' K$ F7 G; j5 T9 L4 j0 r1 A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。 # L. ]" J" A6 s% n1 z9 p& O! P * ]6 T$ |- |8 [2 c" C6 s- |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. " ! `& i7 ?- ]% Q: @" r4 |, B5 t8 v4 L$ V, 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。 0 V2 X6 o$ S* e; A0 P2 {1 k J8 r2 e9 b' z" s2 MTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. n5 t% B: N& n6 X$ H [" b ' x- E; h( E+ c. C* P: y6 C: ~“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 5 S; B1 A& N2 c' j+ S & D3 f; \" S; b- ~% W0 iLife. 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." `- ^) M( N# y4 \5 m
7 V0 C* s w8 ]9 m* z0 y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 W& L) m. a2 S4 N6 ~% i
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