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大学英语美文摘录：
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生命就是小甜饼：
7 @0 d; y7 ^% v- qOne 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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, ~. p0 @# v. ~( g5 ]; B% {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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2 ]: W6 G) e8 |If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.
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N4 a) o/ Z U$ w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。9 E2 X% v" F6 j3 {' o' a
' \# Z9 I9 r1 Z2 NSome 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.+ _& _" S! t5 i7 y4 \
! V& D Y0 Y3 |0 f( |! r- x* ~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 `% _) s- j. \% D
$ _+ b$ S% G* @4 p5 e: I t0 oA 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。1 [/ U, P- l: X* N0 h$ Q6 b7 \
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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.
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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。9 ?/ Y+ P- W$ U9 E0 F' S
, L1 U& r) o4 G8 ~6 l* zBut 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.4 Q$ S! o4 e1 B' h
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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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" c2 ]" s% Y( v% r3 t" hThe 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.
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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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! O" ^4 v* e9 g% G3 D2 \9 EYou 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. ( e3 \: C: L2 a5 k: k
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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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% B. s$ m+ `/ `: Q; E0 {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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, m& g! W8 I8 J$ Z1 c- I0 k你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。$ `8 W1 u6 j9 O/ N8 r. ?5 Z/ Q" v6 E% I
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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。
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9 W& m6 z3 a' q' J+ V3 UFor 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. "
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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。% l, Y9 T$ K; r1 s- q
6 B/ M7 Z9 O# _" {8 c; YTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.8 e0 U7 k# [% V h; Y
. I R) ^" J" Y% x“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。) J3 W; K; i2 _3 X; p" i3 R
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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."9 [' J% z) S6 C9 L8 H; t* ~
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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”。
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