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大学英语美文摘录：
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生命就是小甜饼：
7 S; \& r; p. o8 v- S2 y- DOne 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.0 h+ @8 z9 Q* ^, D; V
. I' ~) B" U& k! R E; e, f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.
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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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, L' {- h, o4 @1 l4 @& XSome 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。4 r c0 L: s) _* z
( |6 e1 ^9 Z; d' O" G2 ], 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.9 `3 q4 d# l. u" C( u- {
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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。, a" ^+ {3 g- H" k4 E) b5 @
1 J Y, y; @ \4 L; e9 k+ V* YWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.( P' ]! z' F/ u$ F: y1 S0 B1 ]
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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。 X. {* J( g6 t
+ B2 Q' Y/ j! L+ M6 B2 q1 I) d7 H! n# [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.$ K. Q1 b7 |$ M
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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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4 f, V% j6 `; a' O4 g& O! t9 c( MThe 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.2 h' _1 l( C9 V" w5 ^
4 T e9 q$ X! z* f) ?, j" r) E- 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。
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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. * G% r* U, R# U
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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.
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+ r7 N# W1 X6 `+ _1 P你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.1 R# u3 L! a4 d* Y2 b* R
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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。
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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. "2 {: |5 R9 M" x- ~! b
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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+ f, o5 u$ V2 a6 d8 Y: g
7 f5 W% h1 F0 \% |6 J' qTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.1 @3 y7 K' L( B( O
8 o- r0 g) h8 x$ r+ Y# ^9 S8 W“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。/ B; M( ? e) G+ y2 o$ O- n8 x
. k5 ]" m% n8 C8 ELife. 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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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”。3 {0 e; b- }2 w) y
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