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生命就是小甜饼:
8 a; z' `& y1 _( o& ROne 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.
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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”。9 Z% _; Z8 W2 V. |0 X0 C
( I6 u l; G$ y ^' b1 b7 N- MIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.1 p* h/ z/ {0 j; P! v& w+ l
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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。( C7 F. a L2 |$ r/ }, f
, V6 a$ V! {7 ]9 bSome 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.( ^+ n! e( v8 l/ n Q1 I- H
/ c( A! S) U; }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。3 t+ k6 E! m6 g6 W
$ R& k; g2 J7 aA 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.
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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。
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When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.
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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。6 f# p% o3 K5 U' m
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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.
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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。
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+ `' \$ Q5 R1 i. m# VThe 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.4 ^ ^" `+ W. H+ L& ~. 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。
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6 z" m% E2 y) xYou 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.
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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。- p3 C. S) ]! v6 ^1 {
e/ v7 E o: C: MYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.
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你忙于不让自己失去它,甚至没有时间享受它。
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, u( g4 H; B8 w1 H( o5 fHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.0 i# _) o) a: p1 D2 Z- F
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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。! o! M: N$ R! }0 R$ h& D
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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. "
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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。
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Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.
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“两年前,癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对,生命重要。
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; m' x# M- s( V1 N HLife. 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."$ h/ V8 ^7 d- R7 m+ p9 b/ Y2 r
1 Z3 v9 d: G6 E0 ^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”。: u1 @; Y1 q: X% y/ m, o! V
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