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As he lay dying 在他弥留之际 1 译文导读 在知道保罗·卡拉尼迪之前，鬼先生一直以为，那种把剑桥、耶鲁、斯坦福当自己二姑妈家 游荡的人只存在于玛丽苏小说中；在了解他的故事之后，我才醒悟到有些人的人生就是开了 外挂。这样一位优秀得群众不知道怎么形容的人，却在36岁罹患癌症，一年之后离开人 世……不禁让人叹一句“天妒英才”。 然而，保罗小哥毕竟还是不同的。在知道自己癌症的消息之后，他着手开始写下了这样一本 回忆录……是什么样的回忆录一经出版就高居美英亚马逊榜首？这样一位实践了悲情宿命的 现世天才，在人生的最后留下了怎样的文字？ 让本文为你揭晓。 出处：经济学人 类型：书籍介绍/讣告 风格：严肃 难度：中 2016-04-23 Ghost II 译者说 2 双语精读 A neurosurgeon examines his life 神经外科医生审视一生 As he lay dying 在他弥留之际 An intimate, essential memoir on meaning 一本探究“意义”的私人回忆录 Feb 6th 2016 | From the print edition When Breath Becomes Air. By Paul Kalanithi. Random House; 238 pages; $25. Bodley Head; ￡12.99. 书名：当呼吸成为空气 作者：保罗?卡拉尼迪 兰登书屋版：238页，售价25美元 鲍利海版：12.99英镑 Translated by Ghost II Proofread by janewfj，祁嘉礼 Edited by 陈思维 1.MANY people avoid discussing death. Doctors face it daily, reading scans blotted by tumours the way others scour market data. But years of training cannot dull the pang when, glancing at a scan and seeing a patient’s dim chances, those prospects happen to be his own. Paul Kalanithi died at 37. He had spent years training to be a neurosurgeon; his doctor first ascribed his sharp pains and dwindling frame to the demands of residency. But instead it was cancer, which had spread from his lungs to his spine and liver. Faced with such news, Kalanithi said, a person’s understanding of time changes. In his last months of life he chose to become a father. He also chose to write. His essays were published by Stanford University, where he worked, and by the New York Times. “When Breath Becomes Air” is a deeper exploration of the themes he raised, less a memoir than a reflection on life and purpose. It is an unusual little book, written by an unusual man. 死亡，是许多人不愿谈及的一个话题。对于医生来说，死亡却是每天都要面对的事情，他们 就像其他人分析市场数据那样，解读着肿瘤的扫描结果。当一位医生从扫描片子中发现患者 生机渺茫，而这名患者恰恰是他自己时……再多年的从医经历也无法让他的痛苦减轻稍许。 保罗?卡拉尼迪逝世时年仅37岁。为了成为一名神经外科医生，卡拉尼迪进行了多年的训练 学习。他的主治医生最初认为，他经受病痛折磨、身体日渐消瘦是实习过劳所致[1]。但确诊 结果却显示，癌症才是这一切的根源，而且癌细胞已经从肺部扩散到了脊柱和肝脏。卡拉尼 迪说，听到这种噩耗，任何人对“时间”的理解都会发生改变。在生命的最后几个月里，卡 拉尼迪决定和妻子要个孩子，并决定开始写作。他的文章由工作单位斯坦福