|
版主
  
- 积分
- 0
|
大学英语美文摘录：
" ^" w, ~: h+ K9 X
5 O$ d; ?( e) S4 v0 E( Z生命就是小甜饼：- `; S: w" \: N1 E8 n
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.* ^7 y8 U# m4 q5 L+ H! t% T( J
?; a2 s9 Z6 L( o! T% l4 q1 O
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”。
5 m" P4 i" J) V" \0 h& g& e; Z0 ]( ^! r) \7 v
If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.
7 D4 |! c4 F- |- \) Y% _7 F; x h$ ]3 u2 r
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。* {2 q; Y2 W" j* {1 J7 ^
" s9 X2 P! o- J5 f. n O, M/ F" @$ QSome 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.9 Z" i. ]( r8 e6 O, R0 D5 S' G7 z
4 y/ b- ]" Q. v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。 w1 c7 \) H& t4 j8 d6 }) {- `. d0 R" U
& _5 ]3 x/ e' s$ j1 L
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.
6 v% w. `# c. g1 S( S) s* D* Z/ q# w8 Z* F1 S- f6 U9 y
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。/ T- G1 w) ?# N8 e. P+ P/ G# x
0 x: X# V0 r1 P p9 L9 f" t3 EWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.5 Z8 s+ p- o/ X0 N% {
' W9 E" R7 `) ^7 W5 L9 n& a) G& y' C- m
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。1 j$ S; R6 E, r8 [2 u1 }& e
9 o! y* _% k9 k. {/ l$ O; `
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.
* I3 J4 ^3 R$ _9 z0 ]4 z& S6 P: j
) u) z# F( P- e2 }- U, G" N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。6 {" E2 D8 a9 T4 b1 ?8 p0 T
: }3 ?4 ?; S3 J8 zThe 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.: ^: |* u C- r5 t; k o8 K: O' c
! u! _% D6 Z N K0 F7 V5 j$ t
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. u, ?$ \+ y5 K, |2 S
6 |' o; G$ N5 Q. j7 u+ ?
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.
# [* e" P& F0 y" H3 I1 |7 @/ i# m9 T% |
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。
; N5 c' j5 K9 f8 U: r2 M" L; n
0 G, K# m0 F* O8 nYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.
1 T9 {3 k% m2 z, L0 S8 \+ n9 }; R ^0 D& H) \9 S7 P3 g8 _2 ~/ r+ w0 W
你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。
& X; x8 `" X' R9 U6 D, C. r9 z6 T" Q! a+ I( ^- @/ B7 [( T
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.
3 F; i2 h8 J: e4 d* c _+ g
1 m( s/ [) i4 V2 @9 c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。+ h4 B! W1 S6 r( | c* [. z8 C" q# [0 t
4 J3 x9 h8 ~0 Y5 j- A) U+ `4 r
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. "; d' K" V( l+ c; y* w
8 l& h3 D e {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。$ n3 l9 C* @' @3 T/ Z
" o& b* K- }+ p8 ]' y# }! I
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.
5 J! P$ q. D# s6 B: T# L }: O( S+ k0 R/ [8 q4 M
“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。
8 a$ O( S; Q. w. A7 r7 R/ p" {. ~' L& y4 y, |! S. K, n" e0 \
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."+ L" X' W9 |$ h2 m, j
! g' \/ M/ ~ s& A# s
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 L3 B6 j& r1 Q/ J' R0 L# K# J# T, H
https://m.ishuo.cn/subject/nvoxiu.html |
本帖子中包含更多资源
您需要 登录 才可以下载或查看，没有帐号？立即注册
x
|
发表于 2017-11-15 19:44:31
收藏