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 ! C8 v/ F- {! z' N) ^" v3 z- X! L1 N5 |/ A, _6 l
记住我们为什么做某事2 U+ l/ o9 k+ p* d
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing. 9 \; K# ~; g8 @! [& j; D有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。5 ]3 n. G" N; u. d4 S) g
Have you ever done that? 7 |# |4 P! v* \你曾有过这种经历吗？* y% L8 M$ o0 @
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too. 4 ?2 U; v* _1 u. H我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。 2 G6 K9 [3 D C' h0 ]1 @, f0 xI have called someone because I want to tell them something.9 t2 o% u. ]! u7 `
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。 ' C. I7 _& [: T5 S# q. C c( bAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular. ' x0 z6 _' X+ ]2 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。 - i0 s$ Y5 u' g4 I5 y) bWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place. , k" c/ [7 m3 b- x5 p哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。+ k9 v- x @, Y) K) j' Q4 t
That's a memory problem. 9 i- x. f6 }5 d1 ?/ M+ i8 q y这是一个记忆问题。 ) Q# T% I% W* x2 wI guess that counts too.4 h3 p+ M0 F# s) I
我想那很重要。 9 E& N1 e8 g% \+ s! b0 I8 KBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?$ ?1 N" ]- C, L% @/ _. {/ q
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？! c! Q0 N2 Q8 A ^
At one point, there was a reason we do something. 7 [8 S- h* O4 C( t8 l& a在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。 , a3 n3 w" F6 z4 e6 l: gFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason. ! Y0 M; a$ Y! ?- G- r- }对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。 , Y1 ^3 z9 ]; `! YIt's always could to ask ourselves why. 3 r' ^7 k- ~7 h5 W总是可以问问自己为什么。 7 R2 |( ~- f: t8 ^( n. E) JWhy did I start to learn a language? 1 N% W5 q& r0 V4 j' r# r) b9 H为什么我开始学习一种语言？& t. N2 C/ P$ ?2 h2 V
Why did I join this club?9 c _, h2 h+ Q2 g5 e
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？ $ U6 c7 T5 y8 y1 NWhy my friend was this person? ; Q! b" P1 N, J# \( B" S5 H1 D2 u, N为什么我的朋友是这个人？* f; \4 Z; `; m: t
Why did I get married? S; H8 \' h% ^" Z* X0 ^- r
为什么我要结婚？, H6 x' |. ]; @7 `9 X f+ s
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why. ( z. i4 D) r, A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。 " i: n# U. \& S: a3 q' @I think we need indeed remind us of why.! A7 w d0 K" W- v( J& `$ y
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。 Z! R' H1 C( S- X3 }
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.7 N4 ^# k, |* `' ~
否则很难完成我们所开始的。 ; e a) s2 h# V* y W5 O( kWe stop starting. We quit the club. 4 W! L& b6 }* g我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。 ) ], }( e# t; r) L- @We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.- t2 s" U* w- w, E8 I
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。 1 I, j: Y: v2 a9 y$ g2 D8 AThere's nothing wrong with asking why.& W* ]- k9 P% N% Z4 `* l# q
问为什么没什么问题。 6 B( \. `3 G" M0 N2 rIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.) t0 _, C! _3 v5 `9 Y q
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。 ! N. q( o* U: C" }2 D! u& MTalk about it. O) ~. {# m2 c谈论下面的话题：# G( [1 F3 t3 W/ V: |9 v
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it? : |4 A) p. V5 X7 z( ~8 z你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？ ) p6 S: P2 N" `% d# e! E7 N0 Q- BIs it a kind of distant memory?2 z4 m& ]- A: |* J3 \- u
它是一种遥远的记忆？* H, O$ C6 M$ F; C7 I
Did you ever forget why you are doing something... / o3 ~3 E/ }' g# G你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……4 s$ F& H8 r6 G: R4 o, O) `2 X
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?/ C6 R! V, W, @8 b+ l
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？- i" n4 E+ Y! k7 [6 f8 c+ w, E( Q
Do you write memos? 8 j8 e6 [& I M5 B你写备忘录吗？ / d' y/ W. R8 l0 a N( V( ZDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing? ' Z) t* a* p7 t. i3 K1 A2 }: I你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？ # T1 m. [; v3 A( E4 @& O1 {What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting? 5 Y( ~# @, M& J还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？ ; E% B' o. `0 i; {What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name? , T' \1 b5 m$ I/ N) m, F你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？