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大学英语美文摘录：1 f) y$ z5 O8 \! G2 `9 f
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生命就是小甜饼：
0 g( G* H4 d" e' |# hOne 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.* z* Q$ f( b& k7 d7 e* S, y
3 ?/ t% J& m% I4 }8 L$ E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.# r8 z9 i3 |% T$ s
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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。
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) {& j/ H# s3 ?* I/ l5 FSome 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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, t2 h0 x7 ?- o; ?9 |6 z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。% R4 q; i! {; J+ o; V, 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.3 c+ v+ r& }$ Y) T4 s: ^" v
% w1 @ T( D" |/ {( v2 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。
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0 K" l! r! M3 s0 OWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.( y% S: m9 W, |* M4 L. r ~5 K
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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。" [" @4 a& O3 X( r, |5 L
8 O, z( n& M$ s- F0 WBut 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.' T; C ^$ Y; H+ m8 L
- M, S% D- h0 q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.8 C. |4 ~2 F1 I1 `2 @2 s, F& T
9 B8 r8 d* K0 b, i# t2 \6 s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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1 t3 e: G0 O: \- V q3 \( ^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.
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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。
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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.4 @: ?9 J' r* I1 C" J- h7 q
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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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2 r( `7 T3 d, SHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.+ ^, n0 j$ u2 Y1 l- n/ [. }' U
: o: f! a+ q6 E1 w! V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. "9 S& D& ~- Z* d/ ~: Y6 A' R
0 K& {; R- n* K9 p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。+ }' K/ q' q$ _# h7 [' R- y0 n4 g
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Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.1 V- p+ r y# E) G/ Q- h. B$ \
( T/ w3 K8 \% Z! P2 G) z2 ?“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。! `0 t7 S* Z4 C0 a
# V- [1 A+ Z3 x& v O( fLife. 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."! o7 W) S2 G0 Z
( r9 X; x& A7 _6 T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”。% [0 Y% P7 w# c% E- W* B6 _
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