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：* K) S0 ]4 |, r) X0 N0 N, y
/ b) |! i2 V+ t$ k$ O3 A生命就是小甜饼： 8 p. Z6 w4 ?% g7 X! g9 s) f. K) sOne 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. : A; B, j* O Z+ a( [( [ V: B. H4 X! C5 l, e
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”。 * }+ q, |- k" d3 z) Q 6 T% q( H/ _9 L. t% m+ ^% X- kIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.8 s* u. @' G& j1 Y$ Y' `) a( h
, v. D) ?* z+ i$ H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。; v7 h7 u3 h0 o) H/ s. y u
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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. 8 }6 r* g- Q( [. W" r + z+ b' s, K! y. }" O5 V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。 2 u$ [4 s3 w3 G2 z 2 X2 u" ?. O: A* wA 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 }. O" A+ C$ ^7 e# r" s& G k6 P3 h) m' h5 G% n' r4 _. A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。 - c$ ]- d7 w( {& X' @& z# M6 K3 B; s/ u/ ^0 P4 S
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. 0 [) X7 }$ Q$ C! E$ t( K, @& L( V : f; f' T U4 I" _3 C( N: z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。4 T2 {' g# M8 u3 S
6 `4 H4 @5 \* B: q1 IBut 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.& l) p5 ^: S6 U+ t" S* Z5 Q1 s, m$ |0 U
+ f% l' A; C+ h* H- |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。 . v1 m9 g9 I, ~3 [3 n# Q9 @3 J; n( X6 @# o. h/ Y. d" [8 x$ N* a7 P$ 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. o3 P% i2 \+ s9 d) R7 N* S$ _
9 z, x. n/ A) g) o; c7 H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。! h# B& r5 h- y/ Y; z
6 @) q% Q% z/ r) v8 g" ^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. 7 I3 G% {, d9 ? . f! q3 y: A3 p$ O k2 q' J$ b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。 * J( K9 E5 ]4 |- N# ]0 d$ ^$ b g( |0 `- j, A5 E8 n; `
You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. : P3 b% H2 w3 r5 U: T: e3 H5 g# S- a) e& F I
你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。4 q$ d9 n6 q$ {# b( x8 u
& E3 H d- V! J: f. o* f8 q8 AHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.) n! `9 }3 v" M# W) s
/ H7 L, } W" d7 O8 G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。8 Z8 O. [6 F' f
! G: u! O4 j4 {; W# y: QFor 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. "' C6 a( U) W/ `, X) X) U* `
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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。" @4 Y4 S. {, _0 E" q' @9 y
* @0 _7 D9 b0 G. q4 O; ZTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.3 x0 b7 E T8 z& {: ^8 h
4 t5 Q6 q/ h9 r- 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。 3 O* n7 x1 `7 G0 B% A5 S9 @# D8 t( ~/ e( _
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." & K. ~0 K& P# Y# E9 E0 d& o% k. ^6 \" V" Y& R# ]2 k
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”。 & d Y; p! c* x* l& E/ Z . S; j3 j# P1 O7 S% E, k. J[attach]55054[/attach]https://m.ishuo.cn/subject/nvoxiu.html