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 ?( N \; e' w U& T5 S + q6 R' C& G3 m5 h6 H记住我们为什么做某事 : C0 z9 K# C& g4 j- F/ [Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing. * v; f4 l: ~) e7 J/ w* K有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。2 O- z- F) {0 x( Y
Have you ever done that?3 R7 }! J) w9 Z9 C& ^. t3 U1 A% E1 Q
你曾有过这种经历吗？% } @. O% Y( f2 }+ G# ~8 X: O
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too. ) D# @6 z, e% |& u我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。 + T- @4 O- q0 {' o' O" d7 EI have called someone because I want to tell them something.9 ?9 W. t& [9 `5 I' C$ D) l. I* j
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。 ; g6 I( s- c. W" tAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular. 3 w% |7 J* t( Z6 w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。8 g8 O/ }: A4 l- T
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.# p- N. A0 b, J0 g7 A: O
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。 s$ g9 d+ Y+ o$ u7 r( t4 K
That's a memory problem.! i P8 _7 q1 S g3 ^
这是一个记忆问题。, z, q5 ?- ?5 T- n g
I guess that counts too. 6 ]+ R# ^) x3 O3 x' B7 b D# A我想那很重要。5 R7 a& s$ n5 \
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why? 2 G9 t" j4 \( g0 ]0 Y" B5 p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？9 G5 [3 L( Y0 b( B7 {; D
At one point, there was a reason we do something." d: q9 [1 \5 F& h0 X. Q
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。2 q! q) y* f- J( }- N
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason. 9 o, } ?5 w* l对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。( c0 O6 q0 v% z* V
It's always could to ask ourselves why. 6 o8 E, H8 A, b z0 a总是可以问问自己为什么。6 B7 @, c9 V0 n' ^$ O$ P
Why did I start to learn a language?2 d" n2 _1 J/ C2 G
为什么我开始学习一种语言？ % c0 x" r6 i( k u* w; l* ?Why did I join this club?$ w9 ~4 ~: v$ ~# M
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？ 1 B4 `/ ~" A; p% \Why my friend was this person?5 T1 h* B, x3 W' N3 [5 w* m, ?' r
为什么我的朋友是这个人？) } d$ N6 `+ r% F$ k. e4 r* ~
Why did I get married? 1 s; z. e5 q. u- }! Y5 u为什么我要结婚？ H- I" e$ a6 D# vIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why. ! {% J ^' |, ~8 S+ }0 k! E: V" |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。 + T. M, O: E8 k0 G a- dI think we need indeed remind us of why.$ V+ }* u0 f6 U( T% z4 ?5 W8 [
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。5 A" g0 A5 f8 j" J- U* f _- A
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.. D4 q( B9 `! y& B/ P% P
否则很难完成我们所开始的。' Z- h+ v3 }- X' I2 W
We stop starting. We quit the club.1 q9 r' U2 u" h$ g- \% q' i4 M
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。$ G/ I/ Y7 D. B( |; K
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged. T5 m; ]" I, y- v! G' L我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。 - w2 k: R% q2 P" M+ aThere's nothing wrong with asking why. 0 o- n; I/ G3 f3 C1 }9 @问为什么没什么问题。 . N' F$ Q6 Y0 u4 B, j0 N7 vIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.- E" f3 z/ R* H& z
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。/ Y1 Y) P8 N" S ]
Talk about it. ' l8 V/ {+ e. h9 |# H8 W谈论下面的话题： ( K8 W6 |. _( r" B. K$ X {Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?" E5 \7 g, w4 m) U1 D- A5 O% [
你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？ X' P* D% I6 D9 o
Is it a kind of distant memory? $ g9 l- c4 w; z& z4 d它是一种遥远的记忆？ 8 @4 i, H8 I1 e4 q* i8 @Did you ever forget why you are doing something... 1 v: `6 F6 h0 ?' \+ w8 x6 `) E你曾经忘记你为什么做某事…… / X# q; b) Q2 ~2 }- iHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?. B) w: ]6 j* E" W5 g
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？ : N/ x+ l4 y, |2 d2 {Do you write memos? 1 L% [: M( f' [& ^你写备忘录吗？2 p* w& Q* t- X' N5 Z8 T* z8 S( X
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?& q, T' \" U) K) F+ t1 ~
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？$ h% @/ V/ Z: W; y$ Q
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting? w$ \# r5 M3 ]1 T2 c; g! ?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？ 2 g. R3 J I5 PWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name? " k c0 R' t# Z+ ~2 H4 P你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？