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/ O( T" w# M; `* O$ k
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记住我们为什么做某事8 N- n2 u: w) Q- I6 G( W( }
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing. , _. k: S ~ F) \- S! H有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。: r: K- J9 E# Z& U
Have you ever done that?; ?: A; K& q* G
你曾有过这种经历吗？ . N8 b+ [. b! ?0 rI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too. 6 M8 G$ [& o% o& |, p# L; |# h我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。 $ ?7 M% k. h) F# vI have called someone because I want to tell them something. : ]) O9 H% e: o% V$ j9 t, W我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。 h1 v. V0 O: ]And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.( Q! r% ^& ^! A8 @/ H
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。 6 D: {3 _$ e$ k" ]6 VWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place./ l. C- Z( M# {0 t9 B5 B1 o
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。, [' F8 b7 x7 |2 w1 m/ A
That's a memory problem. ' R2 H' w' y; U1 t0 }这是一个记忆问题。) d" Z$ G4 J& ]3 w# p4 a" w( G
I guess that counts too. ' X0 p6 O4 M0 j6 s* a9 q5 Z* |我想那很重要。 / p+ e b! z. L& J2 f, n: QBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why? # a" r/ u4 F* R. h8 |( c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？$ x" Z: g! t: h
At one point, there was a reason we do something. , O; w9 s j) T7 n$ A8 {& T0 J在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。+ _. v, X1 f7 f4 L. w: {+ |0 ^
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.3 O+ ?2 W3 d/ Z) Y) D2 C7 b6 D- A
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。 ) R$ b& f* b! K4 i; q6 }& y6 CIt's always could to ask ourselves why.9 l! q ?4 D: K0 ^/ o$ Q" L
总是可以问问自己为什么。, e. R$ e: Y9 W: L0 [0 J1 f
Why did I start to learn a language?3 N/ X( U( T% F- t) S
为什么我开始学习一种语言？ W4 b5 B- H5 P8 z* k3 E
Why did I join this club? # f" R& L' o1 |+ C& [5 ]为什么我加入这个俱乐部？; c8 h" @( y' j5 E) P7 z
Why my friend was this person? ; n. s8 M, G5 v2 W为什么我的朋友是这个人？8 m B# _) ^+ x3 ^! J1 R
Why did I get married?3 _/ y; j, T7 S- X; M4 y
为什么我要结婚？: W! _. [0 q" G- ?3 C
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.- ^' I; T( t6 \& H
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。 $ G% `8 p9 d: a. o. y$ Z" I. a, tI think we need indeed remind us of why. 7 g2 x! t! r7 v8 e) k7 W( E& V我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。# ?. H; X& b. ~7 E. P; ]2 ]
Or else it's tough to finish what we started. 2 P5 R, X9 p- X& ?& [4 {否则很难完成我们所开始的。' Z" j6 K4 e/ A" d1 g/ {5 M
We stop starting. We quit the club. - N t; E( s1 @ Q- [1 t$ M. o0 [我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。 1 k- H. D/ O* j' ZWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.7 N1 e+ ?% }/ b, @3 r, Q
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。; n( O/ @- E, o. `) b9 H) H0 `5 L* z
There's nothing wrong with asking why.& x j. ?! c9 N! [0 v; L4 ?$ s
问为什么没什么问题。 ' Q" h; d: H7 }; T! a- MIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing. * E! W7 H" y# j8 E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。" o$ Q- m2 c7 W
Talk about it. 5 R2 X' J( W1 c谈论下面的话题： ( p8 w* Q! A8 q) J1 KIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?, g8 K+ F' g1 S
你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？2 Q4 A# \0 V( ?; l8 _
Is it a kind of distant memory?0 T, H" o0 }! C( a0 I
它是一种遥远的记忆？ 1 y7 H5 g o/ V# \Did you ever forget why you are doing something... 0 g0 q: m/ Y1 b9 \8 R' D5 ]- J你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……; W- w- D* ]" S9 D, v9 {
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something? H6 M6 h+ w- w1 b7 t! T, e$ j4 O b你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？ 4 P: T- Q/ `5 `/ yDo you write memos?6 c' h1 V0 r. g$ ?' l
你写备忘录吗？" z( C- J0 o9 C1 d2 A4 B+ A- J
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?; _ |2 U; I7 \* l' S, U; H
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？ % h$ x6 Z% x7 m1 }What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?$ V3 l7 m- i3 M7 p
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？/ R% |, k3 N0 V1 w8 u! X$ O
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?1 p7 X5 q7 D; K
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？