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大学英语美文摘录：$ J- H0 u2 o+ C1 f& o0 \/ u% k
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生命就是小甜饼：
$ x+ }* o2 [2 W2 T# 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.6 }) f- ]; M- K+ m5 D
1 d$ f |* q+ e0 z3 ?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”。 E* g0 t" C: ]$ J1 c6 p
$ i3 x8 A _, ?4 x+ _8 XIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing." H6 { s) ~0 m* i4 O
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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。/ h7 O0 l* z3 M e3 c. w* A$ a
. S. \8 R9 A4 A1 H- cSome 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.+ x; p7 n7 @0 C' o
: w! S0 C8 q+ f# z0 Z. R: f4 ?- j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。
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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.' a+ `! y( L& I( ~
B/ a4 [$ E' X. s- g; ^' |) P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。
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$ |% L' q' o& i R9 M/ V/ pWhen 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。
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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.( [7 h8 w( {* D. d2 d! W) q
; s" b) ?' M9 n! ^; R% ^3 V4 C8 k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。/ O9 {, y$ N$ W/ c/ J7 s
$ C/ M+ B ^* m* f2 J2 z. j* \& a9 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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3 ~, {7 C* y$ [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.
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' g" u( i- H/ a' n& ~ [4 m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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你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。3 \1 V E0 t, T3 W; w
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. E: d6 h. q) [/ l
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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。& D9 O5 a; f! y2 G0 M O6 G8 c; q$ [
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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. "
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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。
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; p; h4 N$ A, i8 Y/ M& x) f* k* LTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.
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3 x/ z2 x* h( ^ Q, L& ?; p“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。' p: @, Z2 b3 d
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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."
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' W/ z; x& w% D" w$ z" |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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