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: N- X8 K( C. o& ]+ g8 B3 q
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记住我们为什么做某事 `# C2 s: D6 s( P/ a6 [
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing. 7 Z& w/ L( u m5 c, D8 A有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。 J9 j; z# [ f; L
Have you ever done that? C0 x: F4 i4 I) @# S, Q3 e; S8 l
你曾有过这种经历吗？# ~; R6 A: f* y/ U3 y5 H% Z
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.' C0 E8 a/ G3 L# h' h& f' I
我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。 $ {/ u i5 W; mI have called someone because I want to tell them something. & H$ R1 A) G1 ?- c/ k我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。1 j& k1 s. D. ^2 `+ Y% m+ U' ]
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular. # |* d) r+ L0 A+ \, l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 h' d2 s9 b8 M# t- O/ a+ VWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.& H+ q5 J7 Y L+ B8 O7 S: |9 s1 o
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。 ) E; e) H( w v* S) Y" {/ ~That's a memory problem. 9 z, O9 f1 ~6 g这是一个记忆问题。# s, ]8 f) }6 p7 ?8 H# [3 t6 c- D
I guess that counts too.. S% ^/ x7 W* s" k6 h
我想那很重要。" _1 z6 g% ]/ N8 y4 T+ V! g
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?( q. K1 ^" `( J0 v4 q4 h. r) N
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？ 0 k( e0 E& w$ }At one point, there was a reason we do something. 4 Z, l6 a3 M' b2 W2 \在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。 1 V( h7 J7 j g- }- D: t1 KFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.4 M' `0 S9 e& w8 \& J2 ^3 K) C* I
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。 5 Y$ N, [, o5 M* WIt's always could to ask ourselves why. + R p* k$ B" O0 R$ ?总是可以问问自己为什么。 + O& s, ]3 W& OWhy did I start to learn a language?( y* z; Q8 Z, r
为什么我开始学习一种语言？/ S6 H: L3 i: ~( w' o- b1 d3 E
Why did I join this club?" U. B, S+ u7 f- w" h6 S
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？ 2 R: F5 \; [' e) K2 |Why my friend was this person? ]5 D# ^& y* p为什么我的朋友是这个人？ 0 e& \: r& i! G' IWhy did I get married? 3 Z3 ^3 k9 H. V' \为什么我要结婚？ 4 ~" |7 a+ e! B/ u6 V: OIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why. 8 L, F3 x0 X3 L$ p4 K- k+ k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。 2 O1 A/ N+ ]0 S- EI think we need indeed remind us of why. 6 O9 [+ j7 n1 o Q我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。 % Y$ g" z/ e, [- @$ POr else it's tough to finish what we started. 2 t* d" u# Q8 M" { |( M* C否则很难完成我们所开始的。 . b$ b% `+ I, P# M/ Z5 w+ pWe stop starting. We quit the club. % c) o( ^6 ~3 w$ k5 s0 [% H$ s( G我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。& c2 c$ m- U: K }# O
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged. / A- s* I8 X1 V) J我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。 1 F8 `+ Z9 k- B% \) j8 j8 cThere's nothing wrong with asking why.6 i5 T# A* s7 @4 f1 G8 Q
问为什么没什么问题。 ) B: a6 ?7 C; F1 {- D5 `* FIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.9 |6 r! V$ ^- y ^" e7 c
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。% c7 A! T) J Q+ y. u I4 d
Talk about it.0 t- B8 g$ w! @2 Q
谈论下面的话题：; n* W% v* |* d% J5 l, @
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it? ; \* W' b6 G4 X0 l& i6 A你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？ 3 L: t) g6 c6 a9 x9 bIs it a kind of distant memory?1 Y/ v6 y" U) S' }6 ]# y4 l9 p
它是一种遥远的记忆？ ' W* I$ M+ K. i) \8 X6 H& KDid you ever forget why you are doing something..., d) L+ K+ [/ h, y# A( x2 D& d
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……: B, W9 T! ~; _( F/ Y! l
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something? - R% f% V l' e# A8 p1 H f) z5 h你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？4 o* ]* _+ x" ^ V5 d: b5 x, j3 F, }
Do you write memos? 5 q! u \" l8 V. c% [; W5 w你写备忘录吗？" d5 K/ S0 c; W$ x& E
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing? # a9 Q2 m* u2 s4 Z你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？ ' }4 U1 ^1 J& f0 |1 @/ v% X+ sWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting? & `, g' i5 b6 a: N/ l/ [2 f4 s还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？6 E. {$ b: v2 d3 T j5 x4 C
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?& U; [) C( O' Z# E' ^
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？