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： ; V# E& I. o6 O% w 8 k. \. B& T. o9 Y* n5 V5 w生命就是小甜饼： * c4 J0 Z; F0 p3 nOne 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 E+ Y! b# K2 w
- g+ l; g$ L" l; H0 T1 T* X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" m4 N1 n; B) {! p
* s) a% O# {! Z$ x" |1 D) }If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.; F$ Z Y8 t1 ~
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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。 y$ E/ B# n% f/ L$ h
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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. % ]: {1 s- E r0 d2 j$ O 8 N+ b4 Z V9 m2 n8 b/ o3 I( Q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。/ z- I s4 ^' ^ v8 ^2 v
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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.8 N5 J8 S# ~9 Z0 D3 X5 h
8 [) ]. m* h$ q% ]0 H; F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 E: h5 J+ Z* B( n! ]8 x& M6 p! C/ {8 ?$ N' q
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. ( V; _4 C2 N M9 L; x- `0 }, n % I# s3 m# k8 `5 t0 C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。7 B Y* i' \+ b' g; k Y0 m V* e- R
/ V) U2 p' f7 L+ e8 l: @* x) L: m; vBut 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.! D) Q7 z7 ~) p3 {$ k* ?8 @
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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* q {% {2 f. E, d) U/ o/ K# p$ G6 g
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 |- T, K, k7 A6 [ t! z4 t8 G: v6 J
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。 ) F, ~/ K! s0 O- x * {% t. P' i5 }% z0 w% s+ @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. # z1 T$ E8 t; O5 `, {% t
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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。9 _7 {& y2 S+ s5 X
# |. ^: d0 l9 s3 ^, k& B2 WYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. 2 e. V3 V; d# X+ |! W m2 v F1 N5 B. g' |8 b& I/ j( j$ h
你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 $ S2 L7 K5 m/ r7 q- v' ?* @; X6 q
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.) k7 ?1 C) i7 c" I
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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。! _. d/ ]2 |! T) d; W/ h4 c. u6 Z
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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. ": g2 Y2 f+ \. }% h, c
$ n, v; V0 x6 x% \; \ c3 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。 . s5 M5 r; R3 U 7 H6 I) I6 ?6 E: Q CTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.. q- x6 r; s' b5 D6 g5 N
# h) j' s8 u1 z# ], E2 ^/ h' 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。! r# Q. e4 D: F3 g3 o& K
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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." " f+ b3 u$ ^+ i8 Z) n x j! \ / p: a" a/ a4 }" d7 B# L9 f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”。 + V' J; b" q5 Q6 b5 a* b8 A5 x3 f& M, d
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