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 3 Q' O+ G D' b" Z. g$ U/ {! `! M0 g
记住我们为什么做某事, q" t. k8 F$ U8 x0 I
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.; o6 O# k( w* p7 U- X# x4 ~
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。 . p' D" L5 g% `4 R) z8 {2 f/ MHave you ever done that?% w& i7 v; |2 d2 {' ^
你曾有过这种经历吗？: Q* F- I( N3 Q; t' J
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too. 2 G; x7 P9 D* ~) o( u3 I0 V7 K我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。 0 V1 z: c1 ?3 M9 d E; mI have called someone because I want to tell them something./ N0 S8 x! G+ y3 f& _
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。 4 ]# T* f! F8 HAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.$ n/ F& |1 u1 D J8 d
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 }6 w2 L( C( O
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.! k9 I. X$ b. S U; P/ }
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。 ; K' j9 G" O+ v, H& W( z. N, _ P: \That's a memory problem.9 D& y! e: Q8 d6 W; w, T( `
这是一个记忆问题。 . ]- w ^4 F0 x9 nI guess that counts too. 8 L& i1 e. d" V' `* U我想那很重要。 D3 g% E" s. o b; v
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?/ F) j! Y6 p& H$ R5 J1 o" K
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？+ h6 t. @' n3 ^# d
At one point, there was a reason we do something.$ J1 a1 o2 X- l4 D
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。9 V6 y- }1 K/ _1 L2 b
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.9 W. {' K4 G" O7 S% {/ U# a
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。' ~7 l4 u4 S! u4 J8 M" h) G
It's always could to ask ourselves why. . A1 {, W; s0 p9 F总是可以问问自己为什么。- u5 ]& d' O! p6 i! V! Z- d
Why did I start to learn a language?1 V. t4 T1 [* L# e7 V# C, X
为什么我开始学习一种语言？ & \/ m+ J2 `9 zWhy did I join this club?- Q# S$ K3 ?; z7 s+ [5 y' Y
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？ 3 m' Q$ P% o# d& d( ?! N3 ?! LWhy my friend was this person? & m8 T* i9 f' g) i为什么我的朋友是这个人？% O* \& K9 s: \$ v
Why did I get married?% s% |- {5 ?! Z, A# _4 ?) L4 g
为什么我要结婚？ * J" s2 q0 R* H" N. R$ f% aIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.4 O) Q0 |' o5 m; [ Z# N
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。 - n8 v% m6 X8 H3 q4 I7 N* }I think we need indeed remind us of why. ( G0 g- ]9 b* \9 A$ s7 {我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。7 \, i2 K5 d& X! ]9 u6 [+ s( `4 d* `/ q
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.* Y& p% \+ j5 s% ?, ^
否则很难完成我们所开始的。 7 l5 J- @8 Q+ b3 S$ \: [% D [7 LWe stop starting. We quit the club. * J) E$ R: K, B$ _2 _: h我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。8 |% d' Z6 s0 C1 O: \' y( p
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.4 J8 ^/ ^5 N9 x. S8 K
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。 4 |! R m9 z5 w t9 q% {! vThere's nothing wrong with asking why. " B# I8 y# Z5 o3 e8 r' L% l问为什么没什么问题。 ! _' i9 m6 K) c5 x) t J6 _3 v, UIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.# x. A* q% `) b' z* `
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。- a; ~. |1 C7 K- Z
Talk about it. ; u- h6 O. N W$ A7 a4 Z- X谈论下面的话题： . ?# i X$ f9 c# wIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it? # |6 R+ z% Y" L( J+ O/ A; i你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？ - N# R6 Y& K7 [: uIs it a kind of distant memory? / d1 Q& \- }; T. T2 Y7 c# X* e它是一种遥远的记忆？ 8 H4 q9 a; ~$ c5 p& T( k$ xDid you ever forget why you are doing something.../ B7 W! d! I6 n5 G U. o# l9 q: b
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事…… j) Y) |. ?: u' g1 b1 SHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something? ' j$ v4 O3 Z5 {( _4 O你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？1 d# m" u6 L. Y# O6 J: d5 F
Do you write memos?3 m0 x& @4 Y" `1 r2 l
你写备忘录吗？ , ?( q5 S/ `; ~! N8 J; m6 _$ cDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?1 b0 {, [3 P( d6 ^ H4 X
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？( p& Y+ V8 d% n9 v* k$ D1 a
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?- u" U$ }8 E. Y9 d
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？; j' x; r9 H* e0 X
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name? & p8 o0 Z- @7 X) v4 p0 C! J( w你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？