|
版主
  
- 积分
- 0
|
大学英语美文摘录：
~! k# q# C2 }0 x( j/ j5 m2 U7 }% i8 ?
生命就是小甜饼：
& i+ w! q" p* W, d/ kOne 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.
* P% m* w7 t6 F) i2 x% ]" Y7 K
( l; M6 d5 U3 U; H# N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”。
S2 P0 u7 f* y, R. F
! ~# C7 T2 ^5 G/ d! U" kIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing./ M! P3 n/ f" Y6 k$ Y2 J1 V( N
0 j; O+ U! L& x% a3 v) I0 E; v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。" R, a5 t8 C4 y/ p( m9 p
5 s" [$ ^0 ~! Y" T" b) {: MSome 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.
e. {6 @& G- i) o1 R3 [6 O+ A% Q! @! Y
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。
6 P" Q: ?, Y2 f- u% t! x& N6 J4 E( _6 {) h
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.
. q" o; A" f; a, N$ s$ P+ s0 S& B8 c- b/ F2 V* D; y
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。
5 |: o4 S+ R- } f( [/ v* B- {( r: H/ d5 g) ]
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.
) ?$ e& T$ P- H* A. |6 S& r8 J# S4 _! o
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。
g6 ?! @# g7 N2 U0 C2 d
3 |* W7 \' {; K' KBut 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.+ [ ?/ V5 [9 M8 g7 u1 o
& L( W9 n! U4 d$ J; l& I8 z
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。
, O/ o3 q- u) c) R/ {* b& C8 @( y7 D+ O) a+ r$ g
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.
* O t4 t$ e- I1 n; i
+ X1 c8 @* v% e1 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。+ u" l9 f- B7 k+ i% }
( Z4 E; L+ w* K
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.
2 p! H. C% \9 A7 Y' g S
8 a, P; T3 F$ D3 F3 t 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。
% w+ |9 O/ p( B7 }* B
& Y6 f$ X( i: DYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.
# f5 b2 i4 I% Y, s% B
2 L. v0 O/ }0 _/ v: A你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。/ g' y; J I3 X) |2 R N4 L
' }" j8 m" x& [
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.% c7 w6 o+ J! q# Q: n
! U, `% K4 r- {' A; y: ?9 J
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。
8 \) D+ X% ^0 [0 U% w {' p7 M3 C. a: _% h Z) s
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. "- L) Q7 ~& Z7 M) y1 V
& D, W9 z3 p% F E# L- e& K
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。
* Z3 d, t) o+ H$ J7 A; l3 ?. E$ I/ e+ x X$ v1 s
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.
) d: k) H m* V3 q( w5 U& ^1 ]( k; }) @+ Q: _ I V
“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。
1 k$ ]3 `) Q- S s$ m
5 p" h2 P' {" T4 ^# U$ oLife. 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."* T1 H* @& y& j: I
( X5 O5 c e; b$ \% 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”。! X. y# z; Z- c) X3 q; _. v
% W0 `' m- C n7 B; a, E+ A! S/ Vhttps://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