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' V6 G$ q! ] f8 z
3 f* J8 x- F9 ~2 {: w记住我们为什么做某事 & s, u$ \) f3 {4 E. U; jSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.4 y6 A3 j7 J, _0 ^( T4 c
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。9 f* X/ c! @+ D" I
Have you ever done that? 6 Q% h# ~ W. H" ^) G9 S% i4 g9 H你曾有过这种经历吗？! U: H* H$ u" d$ v
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too. / A2 W9 ]) p- o. B/ Y) p我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。$ w" c; ^! @5 q. u( |4 a
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.) R6 F2 V& }" u6 _( b, W+ ~
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。 X7 w0 V9 {0 C! z4 _4 }" a* LAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular. 5 \4 v0 n3 M# |2 b Y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。 . T( j7 a$ ^. q3 P. |; u6 A6 pWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.0 R* q0 u' u, Q) ?& n
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。9 X) P# _5 h" ~9 s5 `, \
That's a memory problem./ f4 B' M1 ]$ A, ?& h V- \' @
这是一个记忆问题。 3 h' E( s& A# G p: n, lI guess that counts too. 3 M3 w$ e; }6 l' J8 p8 p) w我想那很重要。7 Q3 S6 [8 H; u2 E" w' K l8 X
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why? & O! f! n( M! }( ]: x( ~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* I0 v$ l6 {At one point, there was a reason we do something.6 Y5 x1 A+ b# N) q0 U1 S
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。 ' v5 N+ v6 f$ x V. \: S" PFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason. ; O( S" S2 t$ i9 d$ T) e& I对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。 8 B. d" x; ?* \, SIt's always could to ask ourselves why. + a+ w. K7 {: T0 r- F总是可以问问自己为什么。# @5 E7 B a2 Z4 W
Why did I start to learn a language?$ O7 u) I0 Q2 n8 P$ Y, A; X
为什么我开始学习一种语言？$ Y% W( [ C3 k+ u$ z
Why did I join this club? 8 ]6 f. z7 e* r" l- W; @为什么我加入这个俱乐部？ % W% i2 W2 w; c% KWhy my friend was this person? 7 L2 m5 Q( y" x/ \* D为什么我的朋友是这个人？ . H% k, A$ I( F( ~- y. u" d" [7 gWhy did I get married? . |) M. F: i+ B为什么我要结婚？( c1 h; U" k$ M, G
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why. 7 Z& Y1 D: L- ^1 c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。: o% @. W) C2 M' q
I think we need indeed remind us of why.$ {8 ~7 B7 r$ n8 e C
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。- ?* Q @- X* v. o% b
Or else it's tough to finish what we started. / ^4 p# U7 X& D( q! T. o1 |3 j# J- n' r否则很难完成我们所开始的。+ @2 U* a0 a" Q9 R* \( f$ k
We stop starting. We quit the club.3 e7 I/ n: ^8 P3 u7 `2 c5 K
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。3 ^" V9 m' Z6 C
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged. " \8 M* Y# g$ l! s我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。3 o8 w b: e |8 k* B( a$ s A
There's nothing wrong with asking why.+ U; P3 _$ |. f" S! z0 H( a7 `
问为什么没什么问题。 $ n/ z" d4 ^8 u$ x2 Q* rIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing. ; a$ P2 a) i1 Q" X; o: w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。: f0 |) c* g" y$ h0 I
Talk about it. 6 V$ n6 ?' L" y" S6 J谈论下面的话题： o; p/ R/ _; y7 W" w
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it? 3 i/ [6 v& _: } t0 a" {你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？ 8 @% u# E- {" d$ m; J9 V1 b. _% SIs it a kind of distant memory? 1 J; t0 G3 K/ U& s/ f它是一种遥远的记忆？ % e6 c, a6 v/ p. B; B# EDid you ever forget why you are doing something...! u5 T" v6 U/ g6 D; p
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……7 O5 g' Z8 e" I" a: L
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something? : J+ a/ s! l- e8 Z" q! m你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？ / P+ P. q! B- W0 e5 lDo you write memos?3 o3 _ |2 `% H( a0 m
你写备忘录吗？ 1 K- T9 Q k. w, m+ N# {1 BDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing? 3 a2 A1 n9 U/ q( K9 R/ b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 p# Z3 ]# R$ k7 _# d- }What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting? s; L) w% ?, t, Z: v1 d还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？ - s; j8 T, A& V- K o/ [What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?9 C8 q+ z/ q$ U# w" t7 p8 f3 Q
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？