|
版主
  
- 积分
- 0
|
大学英语美文摘录：
: T" T: E/ T' {9 _% J& b: P4 c5 A5 k1 m8 Q7 q
生命就是小甜饼：
3 \! }4 A# a( x: ]- t# e' o# mOne 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.
' Y& E5 d, @& W/ [" D; J! ^& W' _: k9 l( y$ p
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”。
. A" V2 g: `7 [4 R' c
. ?" W1 D; X5 y$ l+ N$ t! OIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.6 o0 F! o, K9 R" O7 t$ S T
$ O- e/ f1 S* X4 J. t8 X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。# d2 t8 {8 L7 g2 w* b% k0 Q
/ G- {- O% p" u/ v. o* q! o$ N. Z
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.% J8 d! ^: Z9 N' y* J+ o
) p7 ^& Q L* w( S! a U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。
5 E+ u( Y0 a7 D0 E4 G
0 @0 w2 c' F) c6 W4 A+ @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.
1 i N; w ?0 V
: U6 z2 n% G* U6 t- O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+ S) w i; U3 ~- @3 \
3 S8 W- `& b9 T0 Z) q. B0 g7 y) R) gWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.
6 D/ K9 J* r3 a$ I
% c7 Y- C" n' z7 j, W x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。
4 Q9 \3 d# O$ |/ f5 \8 r; m& y5 a& [. e8 B) f8 K$ g5 Y( e( 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.
7 r( |3 S0 c/ o( \& j+ s# Q0 h
% @4 ^0 c- d/ A' J- \8 ~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。) I6 K# V9 f7 h% p: v
- P6 Y% ]1 T: w. n. ZThe 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.
3 l# ~; J8 E- s0 }( J/ @) `5 w( N z
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。
7 s& \! G) P% E# J1 Z2 _0 i6 _! _% _" p: {1 o
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. 5 `! ?9 m; y8 M; s I9 e: ?
8 D9 A+ H+ u1 a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。. {. M% p5 k- K. I% u- M8 ^3 v- C
1 A. Y& N6 o5 C6 c% S! [4 l5 tYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.1 J/ s W+ x; J$ Y- @
q8 _4 `1 x2 w: T9 r) q你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。
+ I b* h0 Q! I6 N: i9 v
7 Z7 l) P, D- Y( j) y# CHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.7 F" I' X% S: M& h6 ]1 B
# [! f& h7 g6 g- o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。
) Q) Q- Z! D }, I; b6 k) `) u Q2 Y/ S1 p
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. "
4 {% _) l* T' t* s J. J/ S( R/ ~7 ^4 d2 z8 o' Q% _3 L2 z" |
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。
% m( ~/ w$ P) q! h S) @0 W" C3 p$ N% D3 a, t0 |5 S9 d" I' J
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.
$ P& {, N/ H+ Y2 Y' Y& W# |5 \
“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。( }! m8 e5 Q9 Q- [/ O% @2 w2 z
- M0 S+ T: w; R0 y$ m
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."# d6 A2 O: o+ Q7 e
$ e- Z% E; n6 w n& v7 T3 L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”。
; O) J. ^# \- e; Y+ p2 j, n: J% {$ ~9 @1 a4 b7 L; V
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