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大学英语美文摘录：7 H, u; M, Y' W# Z/ Q+ Q7 S: M. f
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生命就是小甜饼：
- G0 I, U. r' ~/ [8 B+ I6 ~5 p7 }) e- EOne 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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: h4 V# V. S8 I% Q$ c+ B; \& `4 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”。" I# x1 U3 b6 f
* X, l- [5 T. ]4 K4 sIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.
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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。5 H* l+ B- r' c: f& L
; T1 Q ^# c* W$ Y, ^Some 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.# J+ n$ c# N$ ?' m* A5 P- |$ \
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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。
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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.% N, R7 ~ Q2 H r' j
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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。5 x2 G/ [3 E. Z+ y* ?" Z% a m0 l
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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。
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! S6 W0 _& T6 z6 a6 j9 hBut 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.3 a3 M. [, r, T5 q. y5 C
& b1 p) F! G) @* u* v& R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。5 W: t$ `; H4 x. M! W4 x6 \! k
: m& M6 W7 T1 P( W3 ~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.
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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。3 s N3 s# j5 f, k0 F
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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. & `- @4 g% F$ K5 C$ G/ a3 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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, o$ m, ^$ Y/ ?( y3 e' J3 V( vYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. g. P) X4 d. v1 D; H7 e/ Q4 v
+ b4 n" O& u9 p6 o. P4 c- Z你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。8 z2 j+ r; @+ C. Q
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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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+ ]3 H' N& j4 w3 k9 Q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。$ M* s B( J5 y5 W9 o( 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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* W( k9 u; S3 c3 g0 U) L( I' E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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% z h, m1 k3 Y# y3 M iTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.# B+ L/ X/ G" P. ~( L5 X
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“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。$ B2 z. d, `# h- l J* |
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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."+ g+ }1 I; h! \0 w0 s$ j8 K
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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”。: a1 v# w; I5 N- r( N) {
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