|
版主
  
- 积分
- 0
|
大学英语美文摘录：
6 j t* i. J% o1 v: R' U6 m
. F* s6 }1 t$ z8 ~6 a0 P, y生命就是小甜饼：2 Q9 S. e: t2 k: Z. ~
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.& c7 @# q6 Y6 j2 X4 g6 K# _; n
4 b3 B. ?$ w/ V9 X: _4 {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”。
( x& a8 |! i1 ~% [( T- w1 M) o3 }: B# c& ~. n B" N1 M3 f
If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.5 b: a% P# j' C8 }7 ^
/ l) f) j }7 l$ P
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。) @4 e. G; R1 ]' e. Q9 f k
: Q# O f9 H- p- q. r( @2 i. j% iSome 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.
( r3 W3 C) W6 @
3 l# w' S! ?, l8 H, E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。9 N- n3 h* b& C; y
$ |" }0 a1 J# }' t5 w
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, D* A1 g% D3 V9 M
) ~ ^* ?* o0 w' K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。0 |6 ^, k( Y5 Y! d4 f3 Y
4 |! z- N. O* A# k
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.# P* s, z$ o9 S0 G6 x$ y: K( G
4 n* [/ R1 ?8 q* s G
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。, Y* o7 j5 H. ~$ @
9 I% a' x5 Y! S L6 C
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.
' l6 R5 n9 ~6 z
, T. y3 ?) G* V: w/ Z5 y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。; d: W! J y6 w' \' @% B
, x3 d/ Y4 |& `/ w
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; U3 V7 u" Q5 J( ?7 u# i5 I) i! [$ y8 S, G8 ]# J
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。: `( S9 K- \) [- T/ y; o! e, ~2 [
5 x: ?5 h1 U7 n( z1 {6 U! W k1 e" jYou 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.
- p% K1 [( H1 O5 x- g) d4 h0 P) l: c5 U' V0 G1 s' Y" h
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。, P0 b, U0 b& [+ v* j( F3 c; p" s
) ~* v4 W6 b* e4 ^You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.' c; K: @* d& P
# M1 d+ {: x2 Z: t0 I0 F$ O你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。
! e9 E% u2 U1 A$ `# w) T! w
2 m, o c, H6 ^' h, s2 @Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.
9 w, [9 b0 |6 j& O, o8 r r: m3 U$ C4 Y( k
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。
' O0 _3 c/ S' `) X. l8 `: F
6 o( W& T5 U$ J' R2 D0 sFor 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. "
( ?( V' L2 @& g, @! @" N
# P; g# l/ }1 T4 Z- E/ f6 R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。1 T' \/ ~$ L4 t9 [; q
: x, |; e$ q$ k# o- H% b
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.
( x3 ~5 m8 N0 L& [8 V7 k j; i0 z0 h
“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。) V& m' Z t" i! o' O! G
* F% f% w7 A* |0 }. H, l7 B! U+ NLife. 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.") ]. X8 `( C8 o
% i8 C8 N% F( ]
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”。8 J- w+ |- C, C; q3 L
! \4 P3 }6 X- E% o1 B
https://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