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： 5 _$ L1 N4 w f. I( `! }+ J- R! K2 o* w& X5 ?: r+ {2 @. e
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One 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.2 L2 |1 |' M7 ^2 P
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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”。 7 h4 _6 {& D! g" g* ?! z 6 ~2 \) R1 x! I+ t3 t+ MIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.2 g, O/ @ [5 u. x( j/ E
+ ^- W7 Y6 n/ p' Q1 S& n9 x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 R6 y7 h: m7 F5 @% f0 b) @& ?! ~) a# ?9 ^, s/ r, o9 X; }
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. + I, Q' c: Q6 T# V8 @* b8 ~5 N! I! I- E- f1 }4 N# P h( `* q' v; i9 i
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。 / x5 s9 A& j; k' }' C' l . m4 i# U' t. D% \. n, }( }. _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. " d: I1 @5 K1 v' Z& @; L1 K5 H. i$ ^: O$ _
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。5 ?6 p6 Z1 A3 `
0 O4 Q& t( g: z$ xWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. + Z# l& {9 R* p# x% j) l; ` % J: Y2 Y: ?- q6 I& e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。1 o0 [( I% P/ w
2 n1 d, ]2 l: v q8 j" H5 xBut 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.# V: q, f$ x. e7 q; ?# K5 ~! h6 T5 ~7 f
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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。% O p/ ?1 Y. z) i! x
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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. 1 o7 W% ^+ X& p. Q' j% F& Z$ C & J0 }$ ~2 g! m2 U/ a6 R' `' i9 [) X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。 * L2 C, i( z) q* i, u N& ? 1 z& J E+ a' NYou 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; z" d& R( o+ O/ f/ p2 S/ [3 ]* A - Q0 @- s6 Z* R% T! H8 g) a* `( P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。 # S/ a* U0 O( l' d: y8 o - e: S# u- q7 OYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. # V9 M' A% _, T1 ~3 A- f; E# X9 _ 7 G& C1 S r& v% r* H你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 8 j) L2 J( h, v. R ) x7 Y( k: Y; T1 n" h" ZHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. % Z7 q m7 V7 C1 Z * z3 {0 x- M) X7 ]- j4 T, V% O0 ?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。+ d9 W( u, U9 d: b7 ~& O# t/ I
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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. "" C' \- h0 ^( k6 q8 {
0 q0 T Y N$ A! J1 E& t3 N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。8 x. ?0 `, q+ B, `8 W( P/ |. Q
$ v3 e/ [4 ^ H/ A% W' TTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. ; [0 {, t) }& r1 X7 F* o: s$ r7 {0 `& k- [+ B, v
“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 - W3 A/ c" P$ o1 z- w1 m2 Y" c1 z! D% _" ^" I4 O0 G6 \) e2 K! {
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."& v. J- \5 L4 k$ l% n4 l
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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”。 1 v$ v% u: w) G' e& c 7 }8 `5 o: v5 z7 p! F[attach]55054[/attach]https://m.ishuo.cn/subject/nvoxiu.html