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大学英语美文摘录：4 c2 e1 S8 z7 L* l) L$ ^/ P
9 ~% v3 S, ^4 ]; b( f4 d生命就是小甜饼：0 \3 b- ^4 q& F7 x
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., r5 x& \" \1 M
! \, _$ D: \& p+ M+ M4 v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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1 v2 @) x- n% _7 U& @8 d1 JIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.) d- _! c3 u6 Q$ W: 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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1 r1 y; d( t7 p9 ~1 Y" ZSome 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.: y8 i4 C* g6 K, T
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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。7 Y7 `, d @* x. _8 v+ Q
$ `6 m: _' \; q$ GA 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。/ { b7 `6 {7 f# _' ?
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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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3 \$ J/ ]! ^( g/ S' {: q% c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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- R) G* ]1 ^% Z' [% Y1 a2 ?* UBut 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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7 i/ C. k; \) h( W9 aThe 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.. ^& r' `% D1 G0 G0 `5 F2 x
/ r5 ^' O$ {9 b9 l; M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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7 Q7 e" ?2 t0 H+ CYou 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. 1 P. z7 a# X3 H# ~- j
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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。: t3 [4 B& m7 H o5 U
1 e/ M) s# |, B, NYou 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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5 W( Y. q2 S* q5 G( ]+ o( G- rHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him., I; F3 m+ V, Y+ X6 R9 d* g: j& r( {$ \
& |4 U4 _; {! [4 @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。4 H/ b8 v3 M4 i; t& l% s7 i
, S1 q! I2 c, A$ O5 D, u$ oFor 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. "% ^+ j" g& g& a% C3 N' J. \' g9 `
1 n2 n& |3 F4 Q1 D- M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。! h; }9 v& \+ S" c
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Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.0 \# d# @4 a7 c7 a+ C
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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。0 H6 p$ E7 o9 W7 ?! a
( R; |: C3 B! q7 ALife. 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."$ K! D, |9 _5 v8 w
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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”。$ A/ t) s9 s; n# j2 g+ H
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