|
版主
  
- 积分
- 0
|
大学英语美文摘录：
( O% R1 A" H- j e- w- R5 J+ E0 S/ Y* X8 T
生命就是小甜饼：
) D/ i. B8 M- w3 l- g( ?; jOne 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.
7 E, ^' \- s; L5 O- ]5 y& F
) u" ^8 [/ K6 B0 Z8 c0 q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”。
$ b8 F1 G( d, R, y$ R+ R5 i1 y ]: w' l: Q- B
If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.- ]( y% F2 D0 h3 y. z- n
$ |; S, r* p2 ]6 s" \, t+ V: e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。% v: ^2 g* M9 d. O% E
; K3 p) y% J$ t2 o
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# Q: s7 Z9 M0 j# p, Q
7 r) M0 u# s X5 Q- Z6 h
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。
% q8 x% u/ u" v" n9 L/ W: C0 ?* H5 d' q: J
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.
; l9 Y) ~$ D/ s) z2 ]+ n7 {7 E3 B3 N6 K6 J3 m9 {( K! C
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。
" ?( _; M' O# D' k9 s8 h9 _
" U9 W, A5 v! O& BWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.
/ `0 e4 F. S. U% E1 ?, z. b1 D2 d' K4 D6 ?
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。
N0 Q9 E. _3 w1 \* s; C% @3 N4 S7 m* l9 |9 K; P
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.- V) s s8 f4 E
6 @* E5 H5 w+ a8 Q* ^% j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。* Q0 S4 M1 D' `, d7 T& s* u2 i
8 \, V8 d' P- R9 h$ ^, l* B t lThe 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.
& n& w6 F* W* S2 Q% @% Q5 d/ N8 t9 ]
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。9 y; Q% @( T, v
3 {+ S* p, d) \6 L$ CYou 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. - {) L/ e8 y: b* u$ X
9 I/ ] S2 s( @; Y: H- t
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。
5 X' m+ K8 Q! F& ~$ z
, m, c" o2 ~% y1 z& Z8 PYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.
) v! r! n/ h* b; |; U8 N
1 ]0 Y2 Z+ \3 `6 ~2 M/ ~* I5 l) x你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。( j" k6 p0 Y/ B9 i2 D" g
" P8 Q/ _7 |/ v' K, b
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.
, q/ [5 u% W1 Z) L7 v2 S: G% 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。1 V6 F! \9 p; U/ X8 d# d! i! _
7 `) y: w* J0 H$ `8 u) q0 o1 a; p5 U7 NFor 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. "
/ L* _' f' b9 S, _
' J# n- @! w3 {3 S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。5 M5 w5 R8 e+ U& a
5 \3 x5 W! I6 n" M2 }/ ~
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.
r6 b# o: r3 {7 ?5 G! G! z' g- A+ Q/ z. k! q8 m0 v9 ~; ^
“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。
) N( D) v3 @/ X$ v" N6 I# q
. p) V; {& W% t5 q6 ?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."* Y; `5 U! {8 d2 G6 c8 P
+ T/ F& q9 Z( l4 E7 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”。
3 z0 r" L. m$ J8 s+ l7 P; v( T, y% ?; N
J$ w N" v3 y# Yhttps://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