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大学英语美文摘录：) T# W& P% k6 y0 \3 h
1 r. Q; E" X3 L5 t生命就是小甜饼：
% R. @. S+ G% r6 VOne 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.
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9 \- A+ {, a1 q w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”。. J! P& {8 L' R z$ J# P$ G
3 s- a. M. d9 OIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.7 u6 q5 b+ r" N4 h/ x' I8 `& e
* K; g6 y3 z4 I: B2 @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。/ R3 r5 Q! V9 Z- Q7 X4 B
$ M& f& u2 x: t* X0 r% `3 { bSome 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.( b- F8 s# i: p- m2 i4 v& F2 U
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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。5 u& `" s7 ^# \0 [4 P6 t* d( t) o
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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.
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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。4 h6 y: `/ }. E
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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.' d( g) y1 s5 Z6 ?" B, M& O9 L. X" Z
}& i) } ?9 ]; r) B8 A: }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。. a" @; @6 s( x( q* P
2 H+ D. w# C' Z% sBut 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.- q2 h. A- j2 C S
' ^; }% D' a& K5 E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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6 o7 y$ I- x: L$ H( S) I: qThe 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.5 ^$ F9 t1 p1 Z% n* N2 j
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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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) F" o" S; I# q+ `3 ^5 RYou 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 A' L8 N3 p2 h$ n. w% L
7 K9 a, e: }" I. @6 f( F0 E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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: K5 u. v( _; t" r% C: a, kYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.0 s* L: k9 m$ S6 y
# q F% R. T. X' j2 u' v* s2 t( ^你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。: q& M$ g" M0 p; b, E+ S
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.
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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。 z/ a/ p8 C" r
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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. "" s( q! o$ h+ B
) V }' I* S" i8 F% B! d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。* W8 |9 U7 V' M( q
6 m6 {0 g1 o, C$ e* X# g) p( ITwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.
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S: i: D- @3 z( V$ M4 D1 n* @“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。
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! X2 M, Q- `2 L0 M1 _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."
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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 q- h) r$ [4 a1 g h, `
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