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大学英语美文摘录：" T! M: Q5 ~1 \, K6 `, C. P7 Z; n
! p0 m- S# m* h' B' E( W( [生命就是小甜饼：. y$ J3 M& o2 X+ ^6 P2 e
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.6 s5 |+ Z& `5 U5 z
6 O6 ?. r1 Q; p7 `7 l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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! f) v" M5 S- N: jIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.
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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。1 `( H( q( R/ ~+ R7 u. j+ [
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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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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。9 o% g2 }. f0 }, O1 G f
# k' C+ Y" t1 }+ {" x" |7 iA 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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6 c6 u: A$ K* I) F9 q5 Y$ V& j3 [8 x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。% v% n: k8 ~3 M: Q* J
0 L1 e* J# z: \' j9 a! t4 M! }8 sWhen 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。
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% x1 J# X& g1 ZBut 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.4 I1 d( ~% f% H1 X
. n* k+ o7 z: l' Y- s8 T& R+ r) H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。+ C; L3 s( n! i6 J( l: C, e
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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.7 } ^' C& |! T0 a
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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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" z |& I4 K7 H' C& {3 vYou 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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3 O% F2 c) l. ~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。8 I0 y; u2 p9 X* N- \
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You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.8 B) E6 J0 z/ i) P1 Z) H
/ m+ f" H% `7 ?' |$ c; a( W你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。1 l) Y8 S; ?! K& |6 ]
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.( Y" D9 k0 S$ v+ {& S" z
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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。" t2 }* I; \& [
& w9 k" T7 l2 d5 {7 ?+ Y# T0 HFor 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. "1 S, ]4 X! z6 h1 H3 f
O- g& d, }4 K0 i' 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。+ x* Q/ h$ E- D) a
6 }* I# i, T- C; v i" }# XTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.% g& p5 w$ ~. d0 [
S! E+ }- ~" i“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。5 }6 _6 k( m0 e5 \+ c+ L
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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."
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: Y& s( |/ h3 h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”。 O# t4 ~" E: G
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