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 4 S, T9 o9 w' S- q+ b1 k/ n& Q0 R- s7 ^( {1 e2 w
记住我们为什么做某事 ' {; c' P3 h2 S8 _5 \6 S& n' F0 bSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing./ a& X% R }3 \3 S4 ?
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。3 a6 V5 S; Q/ Y; \$ @
Have you ever done that?3 O" K$ i: Q$ @# X: C7 r2 a
你曾有过这种经历吗？ 2 D! ]/ {+ S) x7 G: D" {; r& AI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too. ; Y/ l4 e. W W3 b' `- ~我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。6 o7 t4 Z7 V% Q' C1 |& g
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.8 ?2 l" i' {/ ?7 e$ v# {2 X$ K
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。 8 W6 P K5 x. j5 @$ V1 kAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.. T# a2 o6 a# a2 m$ p: L
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。. B0 W) p8 E C% { r
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.& ]8 l' |: ]7 b+ |0 `
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。# O0 C0 v- C4 r$ y% A8 Z$ X
That's a memory problem.4 y0 g3 F- m3 E- {' O6 e; ^
这是一个记忆问题。 7 b! P+ `5 F: M* |4 fI guess that counts too. 6 ^* h" C& H9 z) j, r! @& d我想那很重要。% _9 \" B" I; q' R! j
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?% q3 q3 y( u* a \+ N5 i' |
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？ : G8 g, w+ [! l6 V( [ Z% ^At one point, there was a reason we do something. 9 E4 P" A8 @4 I0 A* _7 Z& D在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。6 c- f0 B0 s0 x& H2 l$ U' \
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason. " q, l. S. ]$ k t6 p9 L对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。 p% P) s" u+ c3 s+ ~4 mIt's always could to ask ourselves why.* _+ a" ]8 `. @# @* T$ V, W, [
总是可以问问自己为什么。; ^' E9 q- a8 n( Q
Why did I start to learn a language?' z: i" i/ A3 x0 r+ o0 \) b
为什么我开始学习一种语言？- ?$ B( m2 v( H# y
Why did I join this club?% v" X7 V$ G9 C; t5 n( T
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？6 Y$ O0 b: g% L" U0 i1 P( ?
Why my friend was this person?; o( C& ^8 T5 Z, L3 T# N
为什么我的朋友是这个人？ 2 \% m9 v2 K* G/ L* aWhy did I get married? ~( V6 Y+ I- o- A3 c5 e6 z为什么我要结婚？4 W9 n2 N/ z$ U8 D
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why. `4 G4 R3 D8 a4 s
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。* j7 D' q# T1 e e& ^
I think we need indeed remind us of why. + ?0 ^+ ~6 i- k' a( [我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。4 R; W2 e/ X' s( g
Or else it's tough to finish what we started./ \0 [( o! I$ T. ?1 ~0 m
否则很难完成我们所开始的。 & [( G+ F m' d F$ B6 ZWe stop starting. We quit the club. 3 T; I3 }; u& @5 K& K我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。: Z- j2 ^0 K' l( M4 G0 s
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged. 9 `4 R2 L" @" z8 e我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。 8 O" k8 |5 y0 }There's nothing wrong with asking why., z% g S0 U% W
问为什么没什么问题。 . W& X) D. G' O: x/ y( eIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.7 n" L1 `% d$ e1 p- u2 [
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。" p5 |: }6 i. g0 C0 F" U
Talk about it.3 |$ `! k) P, Q" d9 J
谈论下面的话题：% g) g8 W# Z4 u# a
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it? " d6 n, s$ p A4 e: w* F N你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？8 ]3 S0 f2 n1 H% s6 k4 K
Is it a kind of distant memory? + x0 x& e6 G4 S8 \& y. j: P它是一种遥远的记忆？ ) G Y4 G" Q1 F: P7 ^) z6 R' D- E, TDid you ever forget why you are doing something...0 ^$ a0 M3 _1 U3 o4 _8 j
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事…… , x: M/ p( e9 ]0 a7 VHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something? 5 ?$ i+ B3 O6 K" N, i你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？( y, ~* d2 n c* \% a1 W4 }4 S
Do you write memos?+ W5 [- A# n k4 I: f/ p U/ f$ i
你写备忘录吗？8 @5 k, V7 \$ g( g/ e+ w8 h
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?$ X# y0 g, u( h; k6 g
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？ 3 h% y% O1 n5 ` [) `* jWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting? 4 r# k4 t. N; S. Z7 X& X还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？, B3 W% ?3 P3 z
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?$ G! z: g3 u' `* K/ s
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？