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： / t! _6 W( p) H+ t8 h6 w0 F. i2 Y. q4 r1 {# W8 F0 j$ R! z4 C
生命就是小甜饼： & o+ R6 m* l1 s+ r! f3 k2 POne 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.& C/ P" w0 d8 r6 s% I) n9 i6 p1 R
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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”。 $ K/ a8 c. l* b, B& k6 [7 [5 J! I/ y
If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing./ }) g& A+ O, t
2 Y, R8 U, O K6 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。 1 y4 d u8 u- V' D+ @ " d0 }6 ?3 Z! h8 cSome 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. ; O% A8 ?$ m1 \5 `4 i8 s/ Q0 y5 A6 q7 Z, u4 x- a3 R
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。- b) m) D! ^ B
3 v: d" G8 i; E' o- t8 _8 fA 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. : p; N2 J0 L3 Y8 Z1 I. F' d 1 c& t# A) b: P: @- b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。+ _' [% y) w$ Q
9 B/ T7 _8 V+ I, V, V# pWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.7 {; G$ G* s, G; S; y, m2 k' u
0 R- I3 U0 j. D1 X6 w0 @6 I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。 9 Y5 A5 P6 p2 @" O6 u0 C" o2 l: U9 e6 e5 r% k2 L& }
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. + R- p, x, v" b9 o7 A& Z' x, n% S: w5 | s; K# n+ A, K1 U! R
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。 * a' E- }. x1 ?9 k7 R) A. e" a1 L8 P4 c' } Z! E( a8 S% ^2 Q+ \
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.: G3 k: c& U1 u2 i7 o( z
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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。2 T. F: A4 L, a9 G, E3 q; A
& H% G' D& T ]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. - l! v. z& B+ {2 D0 a% @! M7 F# q6 A2 N: L
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。 0 Q1 l5 F, `. v+ T: ~ $ u- C4 E8 r( \5 S6 A: z% xYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. . Q% b5 V5 L3 y; {- v" j2 g5 Z5 M/ a7 Y( B8 v2 ^( ~* H
你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 + P. O3 v5 x7 X" b, l- [$ z! w% {& q6 s
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. ' ?( V" X4 m4 [' w. Z: M3 `4 t! e% D
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。+ h9 g6 @9 i. g3 r
3 f, B/ ?, W) j; L! {% q. |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. ": M! R0 T, S) G+ L
0 |/ c) i! Z& @" ?' o+ ?6 V# JTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. 0 h! g0 s7 L) N# C& v4 I 4 m* \& T! G5 Q* I& w2 c( B% f“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。+ d6 ^9 o2 b6 z1 K5 V D% e
; c5 T) @! n( T# XLife. 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." $ W! ]) R* y0 p* X* s) w. x6 N; _5 I- \2 w0 H' w
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 F, F+ r& A" D* Q9 ^# @; {3 B) I : F y5 }4 {% G/ g G3 q. S: B6 M/ Y[attach]55054[/attach]https://m.ishuo.cn/subject/nvoxiu.html