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; A3 u' O$ L! a: L2 c7 I生命就是小甜饼:
5 J- F& {0 O/ C8 ^# J, y+ k" 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., R; k; o; l4 C0 o
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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”。
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If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.1 S2 g" H  }1 ~+ c9 d0 M

% O& r) A- o6 ?# W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。
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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.
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  d  j3 f' U) L" l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。! o, G$ |( U) [0 m! _
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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.
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+ d/ Y  W% F. M3 l, @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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. O' q: h( k9 L  C: ~8 jWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.7 g3 m2 e7 ^7 k; N
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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。3 x( k7 H" ~, }1 ]. w, F, o5 D$ i/ G

0 g+ J& u: T) oBut 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.8 o$ z* k! d9 l+ c9 T

) O8 t9 j5 A+ B! m' c; ~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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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.
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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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$ E, I; ?% V& qYou 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. % g  X5 h) c9 J; r' H

& {' q' t3 H  d$ V% `: p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。2 d! l8 ]+ Y, R, G: H7 I6 v7 z4 F0 L

& p; S8 ^6 m" t% b) U8 B4 w& D' DYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.9 G% O. T4 @% |- [$ s. |

5 S3 ~  L1 }! `$ }* ]9 s$ G4 s你忙于不让自己失去它,甚至没有时间享受它。
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.
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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。
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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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* C: ^! Z' @3 m7 P. a3 b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。5 R8 D4 A6 H7 N

3 x& @3 B  G8 v) _! j# V0 b3 J3 [* ^Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.2 J( e  r5 P4 }! Q) m
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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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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."+ z5 ?( u" H( b6 B/ D
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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”。
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