|
版主
  
- 积分
- 0
|
大学英语美文摘录：. N5 p; Z/ K: [' g+ c; R4 f) b2 k
* g) {! v. F$ a+ e5 w" G0 B% H生命就是小甜饼：
) G; Q* M6 ~4 o9 U! BOne 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., j Y, o/ E0 c4 S0 M
! {* @7 l4 ~8 o* n7 u+ |+ a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”。) Y- {5 Y. e) p6 w* y+ l
4 C8 T) x8 Y% f& V/ xIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.+ U. u8 V1 W: f; R0 \
4 l" y* u" M P3 i
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。
+ D- n2 t; W8 l/ _5 z+ Y+ S0 \0 }/ P8 L. O
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.4 `* q9 K6 d: n! \
( k# j9 D. J: ]3 Q* \- T
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。
4 |3 ?4 H- j% t2 D' e
% _7 d% W6 L0 T7 \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.
1 ?5 p) P$ ^, ?: h3 a% v6 j) ^% c6 c. t$ g! n+ ]$ \. N3 {
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。- }' O' I7 _' s6 e4 F' J
6 R0 j- ?2 o2 F5 `When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.
2 }+ Q0 y: N) X4 j: I9 @
, z7 s: ~- a5 P" }& K: ]$ Q7 B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。' g: f- z3 z) ?- k
: a" A+ v1 [: L1 l& HBut 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.
2 o: A. z) w* H3 M9 p2 K. N) B& w
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。" E0 C- l8 J2 p$ s
+ T" i! T+ d' H
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.
& M6 J5 _, B0 h8 O" p5 j! Z8 ?& Z# |& S7 {; F+ h1 e$ y
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。
& b* ~% x, [& `4 e. u. v4 M% t5 ?9 u( ~. _! z. T: ^
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. 4 t K( b0 P5 o! I: P O( P& M; v
; i1 B* \- ~* g S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。
( K% r6 D8 Y! U! ]' A0 D. d$ y3 E; w9 o: m# y
You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.
/ ^% i; T& L, w l7 ?: G, P& f9 v4 X7 }; _
你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。
8 P# K8 k$ b! F6 ^$ K' u1 K$ G: ?/ A' @
# `2 @0 \8 E i& EHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.
; M+ C# ?* @8 s1 E; ~4 A7 R
T' ~: ~) O/ E2 ?- T8 Z. L3 g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。9 C' o" N; ]" W3 @+ v/ N
/ f( H; h4 g& f- V0 z7 X
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. "; X6 N" C! p( F/ U& ?9 A
6 Z/ ?; S. H8 j, m f* \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。- U8 b0 L9 o [3 R: w
# O7 L% i7 R2 @
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.
8 X5 I) ^2 H+ y* M; s3 V G% a! H* D- M' H- J
“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 N+ X- g: s/ }; X' p1 a H! F) i. ?* e) v( O0 e
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."
* n0 W& t$ I) _ v
4 e! x3 H) m4 J& Z4 l. R; ?- }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”。 q- O0 Y: }3 u% o: u, ^1 |" R- E
- L5 ?& f2 O. X: H, d9 q% O- }- Y% Lhttps://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