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： , e4 h- e9 ~- ^& d6 e 6 B4 t6 J' c$ n生命就是小甜饼： 8 c9 B5 y0 r- F1 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. 9 D+ y4 f5 ?7 q0 c4 p3 N1 S* n0 c& i# ]3 I5 V
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”。4 Q+ ~) h, a" K" [ n, n
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If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.$ E: P/ a( R' D& G4 e0 U
8 }3 V7 x# A9 j, I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。 + F6 w4 u, P# p% B7 _6 @" o4 n; I1 j. ] y8 f& ?+ b; H
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.+ H) [+ o# D+ y `) g$ g
1 G& F* O$ r) |' R7 x( W* K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。 ( q# x4 r6 j9 @% w+ F% G! M 0 p% s# Q4 [4 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. : Q% d4 m2 J& U # f$ N7 L4 n; h$ a& T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。$ A; @+ j2 `; A
* H; I9 ]& ~5 I! z- S- K! qWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.4 k7 O" L! s0 f
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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。: G3 |! k1 c( R3 K
) W/ @7 ?) A: R6 H: VBut 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. ' |( u/ u# M1 A( F1 y( v+ a7 x& L+ C' G! w: z# x$ s
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 F E! i8 ]' h4 l' i
# \7 w3 W w, ?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. 6 m" T. R' [3 k2 ~- O: ?5 v5 ^# _/ u7 G8 C8 \. {) s' N2 o7 d0 f! k
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。 D3 @+ b: d9 n; d2 E4 b* z- h" i4 N) e0 y6 p2 K+ j$ _$ }
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. 6 z- o: z; n: }1 v; b# C' j8 x4 P2 t
7 p7 H1 U3 w7 {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。2 P, m1 J! A% Z
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You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. 8 X- Q$ h3 b! J) Y$ Q( `$ ] / T1 ^0 S& \1 j5 U( ?你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。1 H. [6 C; `, q* Z) Z- I/ q
( x- X7 ?, u3 G" YHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. * Q4 E( d- g0 g) Z. J % q! o& p* Q) m& |0 B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。% }( S" M% G& V; U- x
& x$ x) i8 l3 pFor 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. " u! a% r/ R- R4 c+ P, X: U
- Z4 Y: z1 N% e ~2 {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。 N1 f! `! U8 Z' Z1 v " j. ^7 V4 \& p; M$ r0 b; m/ ~- _Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. & X' q! Z; V3 h! m3 y3 f7 U+ @6 H' n6 q/ x! f1 B5 H& p7 S3 e
“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 ( K/ |* A# J' I& \/ Z# L- v# B X$ a8 ]8 g H2 A4 Z
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." i* r7 E: V' G6 J2 I# E; | * O( X7 W6 q% U; @$ X5 `) V) U9 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”。/ Y& R) Y1 }. v k) W8 t
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