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：% z H) a+ S) T+ `0 D4 k- y, B! x4 m
+ T. F' F6 J8 V生命就是小甜饼： , E! u2 X6 V2 ]8 J0 I9 Q7 jOne 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 ?2 Q k4 I! H& K
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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”。 " p7 _2 `* E: u6 i4 J8 |& B+ ^. c
If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. / Q. R: S& {5 j5 A0 M! ^ - S# r- J) q2 z3 U" @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。 5 r+ P2 ^9 P2 E3 ~* U8 X! Y 9 s! `1 K: s7 \' ~' K- 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. ! e/ F* w& V) p; W* L 2 J H- w: P+ ]2 P, [# |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。. A. w7 z: C" u
- k# _' k( Q0 i. O; c9 G( q$ IA 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.& _3 U' b6 }+ D6 ~! ]6 e* w
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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。$ s7 o8 i* B) e& u2 n
8 B! @6 V* C: ]* i: f2 wWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.2 ^/ l; d3 a) c! o
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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。1 V$ u% d7 q9 k2 b/ G
) t; u4 i/ K% |# Y6 GBut 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.! i( S, D/ d' u4 z1 O* [
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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。 & g, S9 c6 p( X2 q9 K( ?, H, n7 U- a8 Y% I/ B# p, s
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.& k: T+ m7 N( c: Z4 |; `
6 u' R6 ~: W: C: U$ F& t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。 . l. t2 C3 A2 j# J8 t% s 2 f# i6 {9 ~; `# M, g$ F& QYou 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( Z* @; K. ]" K
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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。6 V; d: {: C5 i) z" o7 q
7 Z6 Q8 W2 e% D8 q6 m! ~# VYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.& E$ M) D* x4 T% P: Q# l _
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你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。% }) E T7 @( w9 f
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. : ~- n% y+ N3 E4 D5 P( L; a/ o( R: w
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。 5 x- ^5 i0 p9 w) j* E) B" J; C M4 o( t" m! p
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. "6 Y1 [* d. W8 a4 G
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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 S6 |( }* I- h) d
1 v+ G. _, ?& |# j" ?Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. : f+ G, e5 q2 _2 b 6 `4 t& q% B8 I3 o“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 " f3 B2 r# u9 s; \# T, v& Q, Q+ E. l( j7 m; \% L5 B: U
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 P1 X; F" g% k( O S
5 G7 W u3 K5 l& w* h d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”。$ I: r9 c: ]* x( t, u6 @1 C
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