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: `0 |9 f5 I! _* N6 V- Y7 x
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记住我们为什么做某事 3 o7 B" k S2 kSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing. : w4 l- e4 B6 `( U! g- b有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。, {+ t- W0 J; v5 M. R$ K1 i/ h
Have you ever done that? ' h q N4 F) t! j! k你曾有过这种经历吗？9 x3 C4 N& o5 ~% ?# w$ ^
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too. ! I, J5 L) o1 \: |. T1 Y q: g! e我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。3 E( [+ ^) A* l l2 i/ K
I have called someone because I want to tell them something. ; F1 n8 n! K& b1 x: X. N我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。 C9 w E3 A4 }" C' p" v
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular. 5 G" R: I5 d0 G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。4 P( B2 f: I* [7 {& R$ I- L
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.+ o9 j( K/ R# P+ ~, n% J
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。, A# W5 p! U) W( O; A7 w% R. f
That's a memory problem. # T! A, F# U) R5 I: n# a这是一个记忆问题。4 z+ I" ~ @6 W- }9 R
I guess that counts too.( C( S l P+ r. L; m' P4 a
我想那很重要。 . b) @; o0 A2 O# ]7 s& P' KBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why? % C# V+ C' |" F! c: H, U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! U7 f7 V4 l8 n
At one point, there was a reason we do something.# T5 F% A2 J$ c2 Y
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。9 I. E a4 C% H
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason. - ?8 b" Y$ t5 u/ k对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。+ D* q# z5 |$ w# F# T# f
It's always could to ask ourselves why. - ~+ |4 r) C: m& v+ @总是可以问问自己为什么。 + W/ J9 [$ S* J2 c, `" i& uWhy did I start to learn a language?" ]) {5 z7 Y$ B. i3 G) D* ?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？ 6 s$ w! ?, H! y4 I0 Z3 J3 }Why did I join this club? ; ]; H9 A x7 e, I- X8 F为什么我加入这个俱乐部？ * F" Z0 p' P# iWhy my friend was this person? # P" |- }5 L) l' D" M为什么我的朋友是这个人？: \; J% c( ~1 } t% A
Why did I get married? " ~- \1 k- U9 q/ m为什么我要结婚？" h& C# r# s9 v; A, P0 q u' j! Q; u
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why. 3 H0 K3 v3 ]8 F2 J; M( `- W' T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。# [! c. X4 e) L8 c1 y! G
I think we need indeed remind us of why.$ E0 R) t7 o- Z) ^6 d- \
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。6 t( y: x* ?+ r- z2 B% Y
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.( d0 h$ L, i4 h& q, `3 v: V3 c7 }/ h
否则很难完成我们所开始的。/ z8 Z% }$ u0 r% q% z1 r
We stop starting. We quit the club. , i, ~) [3 T" C/ W' p我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。 ; m; m' E- X; i! H; kWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged. 7 f" D9 |) |$ \$ ~1 O* M我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。 - \5 _7 T. \1 @0 c0 h8 [* b3 nThere's nothing wrong with asking why.4 {9 o6 H+ Y' U0 R+ V/ \
问为什么没什么问题。0 J8 b i9 N* u' G0 X0 A
In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.9 p: E& d( I8 \( P- G4 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。 + L3 ^* L% U( ]9 M: T D9 T3 B) LTalk about it. $ D- P' D# W/ r/ `. U0 D9 e谈论下面的话题： . z# v( d, B( I$ F u0 GIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?1 D& {) K! z8 H" M. e. E
你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？6 D, ~6 [; z$ {3 h. b
Is it a kind of distant memory? $ x2 s' Z- _5 J" B它是一种遥远的记忆？ * I" j# `( n0 Q9 o0 X' TDid you ever forget why you are doing something...% x' y$ k; j6 i9 h6 B
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……/ v* @$ M, W& w9 c+ V
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?! Z4 ]' E3 |. @+ j; E1 h5 F r
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？3 h! ]) G- A) U
Do you write memos?0 J8 {1 Q+ Z# R) p& n, ]' l5 C) X/ A
你写备忘录吗？( M, F8 g2 w9 j; Q0 A( q i/ i
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?- x- H. q3 Y% F+ G, Q
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？ + }7 M4 ^2 n, H/ [What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?, U& b) `& f, W# I- v6 }5 U
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？ $ X) f; d$ y/ c+ ?" f' ^# a2 @What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name? ( F; V, c; q. l4 b& J你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？