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 9 q/ |6 \$ [6 l e, d' m 8 x0 u0 M% p4 v! J( F记住我们为什么做某事 ( G4 i" t: U4 L- |$ mSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing. 2 R6 j6 @- A; M8 e- K9 y有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。, e: b5 ^, |! f* g3 I- W6 X
Have you ever done that?. G r7 d8 y0 `: q: m# u! L
你曾有过这种经历吗？ 8 p- U3 U( b8 S+ j0 c. N# wI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too. 2 P, S* I3 \( N2 R我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。, b: X6 {+ \0 p( F& D6 n
I have called someone because I want to tell them something. / l# n" T4 b! P' J我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。7 G3 d6 m; P' r7 m, a
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular. % p9 D7 X, G1 y) Y: ^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。1 n- t; \$ q% ~* |% u0 Q$ m
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place. $ U( u1 Y1 [% I6 ]( |% o9 d# l哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。7 }4 g+ p- _8 ?/ M, _6 s! G
That's a memory problem. 0 k6 {# |2 A# q; A$ v0 h. o这是一个记忆问题。6 B+ x5 U+ b& L2 W
I guess that counts too. @+ u/ C* E/ P b5 l我想那很重要。 ! t9 y- P( x/ }9 u, eBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?: o( u- `2 Y8 f2 N$ B
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？8 {7 {6 t" j0 F. j8 D0 J
At one point, there was a reason we do something. & F- v/ d4 k: `' Q4 J在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。0 Q6 f; @* ~4 b1 b3 V1 D
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.2 a8 c6 M& V2 G+ S% J8 h0 g
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。; J/ V4 Y$ p& |) p0 k7 k( L
It's always could to ask ourselves why. 6 V( r2 `0 f6 q" l总是可以问问自己为什么。, ]$ U% p, _8 z6 z' {$ H& }
Why did I start to learn a language? - i% x( e4 G$ o8 \$ {: Z5 s" W为什么我开始学习一种语言？ % R; F/ B! Q5 Q8 \2 n' eWhy did I join this club? / E/ s0 Q% P1 d为什么我加入这个俱乐部？ 0 f# ~- o9 z3 z; r) ?1 X# y5 g3 bWhy my friend was this person? & G; M$ z/ j1 S/ g' v+ r* n) ~4 a为什么我的朋友是这个人？ 7 d Q& l# ?2 O0 D6 iWhy did I get married?2 u9 _' M- `$ [9 M
为什么我要结婚？8 [( g% n0 y) E8 T7 X3 n' r
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.! W$ p- D8 E* ? 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。8 p T$ {0 X% w2 t5 E% Q- z$ n
I think we need indeed remind us of why. 7 y, \* I1 X5 L我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。 # \8 |$ Y: D2 EOr else it's tough to finish what we started./ S, `! E( B( E& U3 [! }) W( a( p
否则很难完成我们所开始的。 - b& A' T3 a( h2 T( G- ?We stop starting. We quit the club. 0 Z* M: L, _$ s, Y: w8 P我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。' k4 V+ f/ V. r9 h& N- J' d& O+ `
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged. 2 P- J, ~& d# B0 @; c4 {我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。0 N, v. |4 \) Z0 Q; H, ]7 s" _" p
There's nothing wrong with asking why. & Z( e1 q0 ~" `1 Y3 ~问为什么没什么问题。 l2 J5 @6 j# J- o0 U2 d# @7 K: |" U
In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing. 3 A& h! H5 s+ N2 E( u3 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。+ O& K6 v6 [& }! \- k, a
Talk about it.% V0 p6 s; h1 V" F- u( D- A/ z
谈论下面的话题： ) W' W( K0 a/ s9 x V' E# XIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it? $ {& X! U/ z2 l {6 ?1 w0 I6 f你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？ , J1 m( w( z* t" N1 A& lIs it a kind of distant memory? - e! c$ L/ H) ~; S$ J0 V% i0 m: Q( d它是一种遥远的记忆？ 4 A! i$ [0 T$ Z( h) g2 M/ VDid you ever forget why you are doing something... 1 l, h3 k4 F7 |2 z' A- O% ?. ~你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……7 p7 l- K) G' F- W9 r. _
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?% m3 s* c7 k/ x1 {4 R6 n6 ^9 }
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？ 1 ]/ \+ I# a. SDo you write memos? 2 h7 M' \" o/ f: B7 m你写备忘录吗？- m8 X B( H4 m
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?. [$ n1 D/ q; R. n5 J6 s0 s S
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？ : L" N ~: n, S* iWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?9 X( d* x3 N! q6 Q
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？ * M0 n" b7 u7 o3 y0 YWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name? ' B R# X6 y( O: W1 y9 C你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？