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 , ]/ w( n; W( u9 d8 U 5 [$ C# [9 d$ J: N记住我们为什么做某事 ( W9 W* L, W" Z0 U8 e9 `, pSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing. 1 o, i" Q5 @9 ~8 D( m有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。. {9 h" Y$ O" E
Have you ever done that?2 D2 ^6 j4 n. J/ `; s
你曾有过这种经历吗？ 7 B, ^$ v: H* W1 E$ S) i2 EI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.& y7 F) j/ t+ c# w4 |& n
我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。 , `' B6 W7 }7 a* n9 gI have called someone because I want to tell them something. 8 O$ |7 F3 h) ~5 |我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。* @; j6 v- S1 m3 u
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular. % O# a5 o# A8 r4 x: ~0 l 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。 * T4 M5 l `+ a9 ~6 u$ MWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place. . j2 j% |: U! ?. Y; U$ v1 b& A# x哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。0 p' a) D/ }. m/ l+ J/ v6 V
That's a memory problem.2 x0 C& k' e4 \ R U) P
这是一个记忆问题。 % x! t5 }7 N6 v8 J4 L+ SI guess that counts too. . Q# |3 j" }1 S我想那很重要。 & a( K# w+ U5 Y0 EBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?6 d4 w7 K2 u' E7 a0 Y) Y
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？ 2 |& |" I& s8 { P+ hAt one point, there was a reason we do something. # y' e! A, P. M! \/ `在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。 / w, Q; L8 x3 ~% \+ Y* }: vFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason. 3 e+ ?- `" z8 p4 T- Q对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。 : B/ S: x" d/ v# [) Q. u3 BIt's always could to ask ourselves why. , G- I" i6 X* }# V0 Y& h* i总是可以问问自己为什么。 ( W) A7 w {8 y5 wWhy did I start to learn a language?$ a6 Y- a( W# W# x
为什么我开始学习一种语言？ ; B+ O( g. i) j/ x+ EWhy did I join this club?- R) c7 J- A5 N+ P# d! d
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？* s) Q" e9 }5 r: `# p. l
Why my friend was this person? 7 v( f3 A5 [, Y# |( T为什么我的朋友是这个人？ / u5 i# z2 Y. pWhy did I get married? * u T9 J& q3 Z% y( X为什么我要结婚？8 S2 p; [# N% Z3 j0 _. d( F$ V% p' A
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why. - C% `" e; @. Y7 _8 H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。& X9 y6 A3 ~& J8 c3 t. c
I think we need indeed remind us of why. 5 Q K Y* E7 `" `5 g% L" r" d我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。7 m4 v1 M* j& L8 K; d
Or else it's tough to finish what we started. # _' w( s' J" a7 j/ `" f% _1 J否则很难完成我们所开始的。 + A' ^' g* y6 d: ?: R" b1 }+ x( G+ NWe stop starting. We quit the club. ! p5 ^4 v7 H0 g3 a9 a我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。 4 F- E' F8 h' c' g) U( I/ ^- B' NWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged. 1 K' H( u0 G2 h- o* ^) O9 c我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。2 w! Q1 C' M% `9 f* ~) o% _/ e
There's nothing wrong with asking why.# Q o. W9 Z- P
问为什么没什么问题。 2 Z; I* g& [; W' \3 N$ [In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing. # t8 V# E6 R7 M0 }/ b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。! V6 N; z) L- V; m/ K5 }1 X
Talk about it.9 f# s- X e/ l* F& y
谈论下面的话题： ! z4 Q4 k9 ^4 o5 i- }Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?: ^% A3 i. C8 G( A' M) `. \$ ~9 [
你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？+ y7 |* u& v. s- {/ M8 q5 {
Is it a kind of distant memory?4 n3 m2 X F s, P/ Y0 }
它是一种遥远的记忆？* m! h: H" | \. M& X
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...$ P! [. b5 I3 J9 J
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……: U. b. F6 j& F- o; z
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something? 9 z3 o4 }$ B" P6 S你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？ % ?: z' E/ I6 w8 |. K# nDo you write memos? 4 K# j- ^& O5 b# s4 e8 K你写备忘录吗？ ( f- n$ X4 p$ c/ {3 J- kDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?1 w$ q' ^& O! q1 ?( Z$ Q# [" D
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？8 ]/ a7 `' E5 Z9 [
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?) G8 i$ r/ a% T" W1 r
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？ + a/ V0 A, Z4 U2 oWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?- p7 X; V; v, d- q+ H* r/ 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？