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 & l0 n1 a) \% v. p: L( v2 s" [: A: ?$ z% M( P
记住我们为什么做某事 & L4 X! B) q; f3 d' iSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing. " t1 N1 y: H6 y. v7 e0 r有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。9 g- h* @4 Z9 i- w: |) `1 Y- o- C
Have you ever done that?& D" U" |! H+ z5 m2 X
你曾有过这种经历吗？5 z- M& A& j* V6 F% P
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too. # q1 q& Q& \4 ]2 ^# s我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。9 H* z- v3 ^# l5 N8 t3 i( r3 O8 I. Q
I have called someone because I want to tell them something. - n% D2 U( U$ Y( l我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。 + ^( Y5 |# \- J7 H, C0 i0 u& yAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular. P' Y% N! L, a* |& m5 _' y0 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。 / h+ o2 \& U, G/ i6 @. ^6 nWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place. 2 ?" u& |- }2 a) @哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。 . {: _: h" F; D1 x% K9 d: M. I+ nThat's a memory problem.$ @# D" f1 p* R2 }* a9 s
这是一个记忆问题。$ ]2 Q7 P( A7 ? _! U& f& q: l
I guess that counts too. ' b0 C. D, N3 l) _. v/ h我想那很重要。 + W; D0 p. U! ~0 D" J" F& J+ A) ZBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?% }4 m7 }4 ]2 w+ ?" [# m
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？) z* p% c) n( Z' K
At one point, there was a reason we do something. 2 \& f8 M- z) c在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。) a. D6 i1 \2 k
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason. $ ~7 }) L j6 c+ y% I5 I对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。; y8 b+ M* M: z0 E4 F8 Z3 {3 F
It's always could to ask ourselves why. * m- V3 ?; u. L' j* G+ M* u总是可以问问自己为什么。& O9 X. w* p4 ~; p; v7 N
Why did I start to learn a language?9 C3 X, U7 w. f% u
为什么我开始学习一种语言？ 0 K" d {8 y+ MWhy did I join this club?1 _9 \' c/ {# x2 k- B
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？- ?9 `8 l) N( k* @& |$ c6 A
Why my friend was this person? + A' n& e) o- q( V) E为什么我的朋友是这个人？ " T9 g" B: |# C* R* J$ o) @Why did I get married?3 X* g) y9 A+ N+ Q
为什么我要结婚？ 0 d& v7 x, D$ H/ s% ]" x O. S1 @) XIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why. + m3 d# E& Y p2 s0 ^$ E6 Q" e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。 " @7 I. E) E5 Z* l$ F+ g4 LI think we need indeed remind us of why. 3 D/ V' n5 O7 U5 D" A我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。 2 G. y5 U" g4 f$ o7 R0 hOr else it's tough to finish what we started. ! \1 }% c2 a s" r; j否则很难完成我们所开始的。 O; f( u7 P7 W8 z% Z# U
We stop starting. We quit the club.% e6 I, u# ^" f" r
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。 " a/ L8 z) n8 V5 D6 A( X2 xWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.) M c. B# Q3 ?+ ^ F
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。 # o# F! Z, P$ F! F% U9 c1 i5 ` V7 oThere's nothing wrong with asking why. 1 o' B4 ~! E) k" i9 b3 X& q3 f) M问为什么没什么问题。/ I9 M, w4 v7 S2 G4 z9 K) T e5 S! q
In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing. ) f& l5 ~, K* }( k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。% a5 _, \- M) x( V
Talk about it.0 m8 d T! d! X6 F0 \
谈论下面的话题：4 x* R7 J* M' Z5 I. o' n4 v
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it? ! i+ D5 m2 h1 l你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？6 T2 L; U4 D9 j( ~; t
Is it a kind of distant memory? & V! T: r9 V3 @% V. F1 {$ y它是一种遥远的记忆？ 1 l/ K( Z# W0 D" g. I& i$ X1 C" K# W4 }Did you ever forget why you are doing something... 7 n6 p# j; ?: D( }你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……# q" i. ^/ A( V& R5 U0 ?
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?7 Y; H2 L* o0 n$ ~7 {/ M6 s
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？3 F5 o5 Z; S- o1 m4 L l5 W
Do you write memos?% s1 e. m3 F: r6 r* t Q
你写备忘录吗？! I9 n1 Y {* C3 S- f# Z, j
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing? + d2 O& o' H* A2 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？& \) f3 B: f. |4 Y/ A
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?8 s$ Y0 K0 v- ]' S
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？% x2 Z* c" u2 | N( S- k2 L
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?+ c; X, U) L, l0 l( o
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？