|
版主
  
- 积分
- 0
|
大学英语美文摘录：8 s+ H; T! R5 u4 D
0 ]% B$ X# k2 r2 j8 M# g1 m2 k生命就是小甜饼：% a7 Y6 ~: i. p& w1 J1 d- F Y' M
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.
" A1 i6 r: k$ v: r0 `
7 _/ j5 z I* a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”。* F6 B4 Y0 l7 X& a1 h& |
. g" B) ^2 D9 z w, A1 c
If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.
% k8 W: w# c( T+ F h0 n; t5 ?* E# s: |5 @+ j& w' p! `3 s9 t2 }; T! u
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 F( R; H: s, J c, {. l. W, a# z/ r" a0 J8 Z$ V/ k( I" ~! H
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.
+ r# X8 Q2 N4 U5 s. M$ B9 o' t6 o
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。. l7 ^5 W1 M5 {: h* T! p' J
! Z/ ?% B: S- L
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# P. A( C; D0 z
) N1 m! A. |4 J' j' C y" U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。
# C; Q# [6 X' y8 ~# s4 P
/ Z6 F. Q8 I/ V K9 p& EWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.
6 X S2 Y/ [; v, z% `3 a5 Y* B9 `6 z$ D
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。
, i8 t& Y9 u, y+ r. @1 r1 p- ^4 z8 @- Q0 `) R; n; ^4 m8 _! _
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.) Q* z8 ~; a1 N' T& Q! R8 l, ]: v
6 ?! e6 W0 b! c' w9 ~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。
3 ~# D5 ^/ l0 P5 M
@7 J, U" a( V; o& 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.
# [* h! L1 a' x4 o0 M: R, x- O( ~1 g
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。
: {: S3 `) E; v4 k5 u, B$ y/ V9 ?% R( 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.
4 x1 U( b! G# H3 I6 M3 A
' h6 D" S0 ]2 s3 S. x# u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。
0 G. K0 X6 t( F8 J; L) W6 j) z, c) Y. h
You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.
; b. e9 {' F4 F# L n0 z/ @8 v; W
0 b* h4 H- ~5 \你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 X* S0 T9 A" j3 |
+ ~1 f" K( U, y3 K1 {. ?4 m% h
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.2 W$ c1 P; X% h! U
/ N/ H. `. R2 N! ~% f# P" Y
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。
`- O% i! _+ k, {" k- t; S
' z! F/ k C5 t; V$ u1 V& @6 y" T) iFor 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. "
1 U( y7 }/ U) P/ Z
) Y1 w- F8 o# M) Q/ h2 m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。7 |* @0 N4 D8 \8 w
U5 ]9 Z( C/ \/ S; M5 @- _2 UTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.8 B5 S2 J; z) L8 e2 Z/ ?. w
0 R* y: `; O7 q' b4 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。5 ]4 N, W% [0 E3 s6 R6 F
/ I- U, t5 ?' s, r9 g% x( S% ?2 S5 xLife. 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."7 e( V" ?# K' \; v* i& R1 H z R
9 g, O/ ] q" e$ R7 ?9 A/ F6 q! u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”。
/ g L& @4 @& _2 c z
/ _% d& \0 L* {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