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： ! i7 v8 j$ @* M# a * B" Q4 q6 J( x, C( X生命就是小甜饼：7 ?; L9 j# E( O0 ~+ Z
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.- e8 p& K( R t m- I3 H9 X3 V
! x0 u, ^0 m5 @; I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”。# G: Q) R3 T0 k' H3 U
, B3 t+ h4 Z! z k7 Q% |If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing." H* I9 ~1 D: \4 G2 B
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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。$ K1 W9 M( a6 V( _) g
- R$ z6 P' }/ B4 B3 M5 W* u4 G( Z' 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.2 e& N" n$ V8 e( L) ]
2 c$ J, ?, {" F! m+ e( Z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。 4 B: K0 ^- }4 |5 P4 J3 J2 _* C+ T4 l$ |' j1 w4 B, ]* J, e `* }
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. ' o! r, N8 ?8 X( F/ O3 V3 o: N & Q! V; @1 S. `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。 8 |: ?# H+ o+ P7 B! I + ]" M3 Y, U( n& c: ?, s$ DWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy." N; R9 \8 R" x( x0 G
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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。; U i( p0 r. [& q" j6 P
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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. ! p4 |9 X) m; D- H6 ] 0 r& Z0 X, i+ @1 h& t/ Z( Y4 K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 P7 K. V' K( r' w9 W$ s% \1 r - q! E5 g) A. RThe 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. ( s7 i9 a/ L/ v. P 8 F/ Z& I( O( Y# Q8 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。/ b. E9 @0 {9 N7 _( o6 l
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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. , P( v( Z+ N4 \- ] 5 x3 Z6 }# ^- T" T2 J2 m% f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。 ) x) d1 J9 W( a- Y( g 4 Z0 c, b. n+ w! \ s. g1 ]# N' YYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. 4 m. ]- S6 {# `# q6 \) C6 l 9 |: A4 B: P0 A你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 4 e* A1 Q" s; n0 b / S! V; @4 v1 }) s- z: Y, {Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. + r/ u; _/ ?3 L+ ?4 X7 d. J" ~/ c7 \/ Y N) u$ e3 \! H* `1 Z5 n
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。! N8 n R/ c" M8 V+ C, q; N& ?- A0 ~
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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. ", I1 g3 n: h7 g1 |) J# R1 d
8 i0 y, r, F r" W. I& _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。 * K# S$ d4 D% g( [# p& j3 ^9 H$ {1 D5 F0 z- X/ b
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. 3 D5 F4 h* h) n7 Z% B" m; D- W6 T5 A' ]4 \+ l
“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。& l/ b0 D5 z/ c' {
8 e1 v6 e. w o. u$ g. B k3 uLife. 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." / O I) F! M2 y/ Q# W/ A7 s( N& Q6 w; D) k: s4 f& `, g/ ?. q
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”。! ?8 g. U* w7 e+ h