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 * h% l. H. O' [, M. p9 {8 e5 ?% ~! }5 K" ^3 F
记住我们为什么做某事+ y8 ^: g G& u6 V7 i. r3 Z* x
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.2 m; x' Y: J7 Y y2 ~, ?
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。& w) i# X4 w" @2 S. n8 t% J/ k z
Have you ever done that? {* n; e9 z3 H, x# l/ E7 Q4 U
你曾有过这种经历吗？+ z% T) |6 j- L. |9 g6 X
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too. : P# `9 N* Y$ [# Y- S# @我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。7 y ^- Q) u! W/ Z0 k
I have called someone because I want to tell them something. / E( @8 w6 ^* ?$ \/ V我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。; E/ c3 e+ Y0 ]& L* J0 a
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular. * T; t2 G1 [# G3 N; q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。 ( l" j% {( s1 M+ y) R' BWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.7 M& ]2 I3 K; b) {2 i- z
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。 . g O! K m9 H' m4 h6 }( |That's a memory problem. ' ~, t( ?2 u5 ?3 g8 b& |这是一个记忆问题。 $ M9 }$ K% u- d( l% ?I guess that counts too. w; N+ l0 H c/ x2 d3 B
我想那很重要。3 F8 J6 Y2 ]! G6 s n
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why? / q6 K2 A6 S) G |" R1 l! 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？* Z4 W/ Q! N9 F$ U4 Q
At one point, there was a reason we do something. 3 ^- z, M7 V$ ?( n, J' h8 V在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。( X7 x4 m- Y; K2 N
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason. 7 C8 ~1 n( Z7 v! c* W9 {对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。 8 A' G: B! A0 ~# t$ U" qIt's always could to ask ourselves why./ b5 H' @8 @- \8 ~9 ]
总是可以问问自己为什么。 # u" h' n' ` ?: A3 o, V4 P) ZWhy did I start to learn a language?# p) }- L/ N7 u( M$ n
为什么我开始学习一种语言？- U6 ]! K( Q6 @& T. v
Why did I join this club? 9 L" R# W& o) P, V& W6 f为什么我加入这个俱乐部？7 _" B4 l0 W7 m5 ] A
Why my friend was this person?, T( A: c$ ^% a% h/ F! j! A) Z! t
为什么我的朋友是这个人？% W% N$ d. v5 W; g( p) L P. L
Why did I get married? . O0 R) K/ D5 e& o+ Y" Q为什么我要结婚？ 5 ]/ n1 I* S, X; @4 PIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.; J1 q) N, a' h* 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。 ' L( V+ {$ e6 ~1 Z. D b; a2 DI think we need indeed remind us of why. ; w! X- \1 M5 ]" `4 V我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。 + i# l" J5 A2 N- c, h% A- q5 yOr else it's tough to finish what we started.. \$ m& ?; e$ C5 P
否则很难完成我们所开始的。1 m4 {3 [) _4 T* u) K- T) }
We stop starting. We quit the club. ; S2 Q+ b! J" E" [. i% X1 L我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。& ?5 P* s& i" Y: f
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged./ y" f j( ^$ g0 Y3 ^& L7 ]
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。 $ `- _/ U. e* `" p. t* A5 @4 TThere's nothing wrong with asking why." B1 ~3 [- b- Q1 m- h! P, P
问为什么没什么问题。 6 G1 z) e( P/ O: k# E1 SIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing. @7 |3 Z" m* `% }" R9 o S7 j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。 ! w3 S, b+ @8 D+ W+ W" `Talk about it. , ]) o0 @; @5 V' l谈论下面的话题： 7 p4 |2 p% |& U4 GIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it? ' k( W9 K& T9 w* l你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？2 y L1 I$ C. P' B" x" `, [
Is it a kind of distant memory?: q. n0 s$ b, d8 E5 {) J
它是一种遥远的记忆？ 3 X; V% j) A, }Did you ever forget why you are doing something... 1 n: g5 h& H% r, ~5 I$ W6 N你曾经忘记你为什么做某事…… 0 v) ~- [, O% W4 r( kHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something? " x$ B7 h1 g2 u8 Y! O% N你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？ 5 k$ W: ^/ K2 c$ i; l8 \1 W' S: n/ ]Do you write memos? 8 n1 X& y5 {. f' c0 A# E4 A7 p你写备忘录吗？ 9 h3 G y9 Y9 C% T1 NDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?% z4 t' C/ R! g d n' U# H! 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？ 3 j2 r: P! n8 s, c5 xWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?! R6 s K1 K5 f/ u: ~
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？' ^8 _! R0 ~1 }0 i* q
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name? H! S8 E; Z$ q你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？