标题: 美文赏析：记住我们呢为什么做某事 [打印本页] 作者: 2452790809 时间: 2012-9-5 20:16 标题: 美文赏析：记住我们呢为什么做某事 Remembering why we are doing something * N6 w2 a5 B( c9 j, n- h K4 V 3 T0 N5 ?7 Q7 ?$ F1 g记住我们为什么做某事9 ~: H/ p; p5 L+ L9 h: D
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing./ M+ K% N1 n' r" Y# M" P) ~7 @
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。: |& X6 O2 q# d; T5 b+ I. t+ ?
Have you ever done that? 1 N2 q: C2 z: M你曾有过这种经历吗？/ f3 t$ R. q0 A! B9 i& _
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too. 3 |/ R( C( {' L% x% j1 ]7 m% [我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。. J! A2 [ E: E! F
I have called someone because I want to tell them something. 0 c) E; H% R% ]$ }我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。 1 `* E0 s# ?$ R8 RAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular. 3 ?/ o0 s: [' P5 E i然后，在选择合适的地方后，还没有谈论什么特别的东西的时候。/ ~2 A- h$ i$ U: D7 r9 Y& X
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.! {7 U& q2 \, H& A
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。 * X, ]8 K# q; Q; eThat's a memory problem.+ ]) ^$ H$ [0 M7 P: ]* i: H7 u
这是一个记忆问题。* H! K7 v) e! J1 o
I guess that counts too. J, F- o+ v, A2 K3 m7 ~2 K- C+ `7 V我想那很重要。3 y1 h3 T) z& I* V7 D
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why? . i' c9 f0 ^3 J/ ?) T但我在谈论一个更深层次的问题，而且更为重要，那就是为什么？ ; p& F7 i; w$ OAt one point, there was a reason we do something.. {2 T4 B* u+ j2 ]
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。4 S1 N0 [( ?# U8 M) p6 _3 Y
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason. ' f) E( W# n! M9 q4 V# e# `" y对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。; E, i( ^, i4 P; D+ I0 u* w
It's always could to ask ourselves why.- S* x4 ?# N! W+ G
总是可以问问自己为什么。 - f3 @/ s8 X: ^Why did I start to learn a language?! O% R/ h5 c. m. F; ^# R
为什么我开始学习一种语言？5 ~5 k* X' l8 \* o
Why did I join this club? " u( X2 W) m; t7 {# _5 x8 ^# e$ c为什么我加入这个俱乐部？ - Q( X& d+ }3 l, y8 bWhy my friend was this person? 2 L/ _/ Q3 l. s( u- w4 q为什么我的朋友是这个人？ 1 |, g' ?* P0 k1 ], M' o& q mWhy did I get married?0 M" h) j6 m. \2 M' N" i5 q; j
为什么我要结婚？& t$ Y6 B, ?8 F
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why. " p+ r2 y n/ Y: r' n0 ?& ^8 }$ Y如果我们迷失在做什么，在生命中，在每天的存在，那么我们不能说为什么。" S8 m& `# t k" r: |0 ] A
I think we need indeed remind us of why.- ~' Z' p/ w) X) t- S" N
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。, q$ [3 C( o9 |3 ~
Or else it's tough to finish what we started. 1 W3 R0 o; `3 U s1 N否则很难完成我们所开始的。$ }% C# ]9 t2 o* \
We stop starting. We quit the club.9 Y. V8 N8 U; W1 a! i
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。 ( X: t7 C- s8 N$ K0 lWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged. 3 C& v* r5 c% ?, F( B7 M3 Q& J* h我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。* Y6 @3 S5 S: Z! l2 w" U6 j
There's nothing wrong with asking why.& Y- ]; B1 p$ W
问为什么没什么问题。 & m) g# t) K- i8 O/ Q7 w& mIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.7 A# c1 _- h# z3 E3 g/ Q+ a) i
事实上，我认为有时候它会很健康的帮助我们珍惜所拥有的及正在做的事情。 # ?1 g3 c: j' s |* t1 j1 KTalk about it. * J% d# o- }* ~; e/ c7 ^谈论下面的话题：# t/ o% K- c: d; V& o
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?% p2 t9 q1 K7 W. ?- e) }
你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？ 1 E: j) N; o7 n6 V& h3 bIs it a kind of distant memory?0 N: e8 V: `: J, X# z
它是一种遥远的记忆？ , w! x6 g# O% C& H/ fDid you ever forget why you are doing something.../ h, u, |, \6 T- ~1 d
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事…… & h" r% J" e3 L$ N4 t& Z) t( S, WHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something? 4 [/ n* a% i4 c9 q: _你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？ 0 m' {5 W* @5 y2 _6 f( y( dDo you write memos?) s4 V8 E( f/ W/ F! Q) E6 A( r
你写备忘录吗？- l( N' X+ y" V" R! m( Z) m& ]4 {
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing? ' I1 L5 M+ d+ n) U/ {2 a你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？: c) w3 ^' L& B$ U+ ^" O. X
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?5 d+ Q: @# e' f. \& t8 [ j
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？! k5 v: h) z' e8 O$ r- I) P
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name? : o, Y) a5 N" g5 q' I你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？