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 D$ b7 S& g+ D" @3 l+ g! y 8 Z0 w Q* }% G8 j记住我们为什么做某事5 L2 m6 t: K# I2 c
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.& `1 m- o0 m* z- k% o1 z
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。 & \+ I" h. U* y2 s- @/ jHave you ever done that? ) N4 P0 Z7 Q! D0 e, A* Y* e你曾有过这种经历吗？ ' A9 k! r$ X1 d& D( @! EI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too. , V: b8 G2 b! k6 i. E. x我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。 6 J7 Z( Y& d" s$ J9 L- OI have called someone because I want to tell them something.9 u1 v9 r/ _9 E' o
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。3 M |, d4 |: y9 p) |; ]* r9 z' }
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.! f- N" }, E- X6 B0 p
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。3 r$ K- \. O) ?, N9 V& h1 k/ m. M
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place. ! T/ x2 T0 M5 X+ z5 x哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。 4 w. i+ b+ Y n, a0 v/ FThat's a memory problem. % c( q; x$ x7 z+ H5 D5 W7 }$ v6 m这是一个记忆问题。 ! J0 s+ K8 J4 I, s+ l0 m1 W bI guess that counts too. # j D) U U6 j9 L6 ]我想那很重要。 0 w$ I7 N" c) f2 B& c+ m9 w+ z' LBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why? ) \# g1 c2 F! n: o4 }% f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？ & ~$ { s# `+ s2 |( UAt one point, there was a reason we do something. 9 y* T4 h9 C. y |) y在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。 i. m5 Y' v6 v; n- `/ E, d
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason. 0 q7 a/ E! J" _' r$ B5 O对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。 7 E$ @1 M1 E) ^, dIt's always could to ask ourselves why. ' S" O' M# K( U总是可以问问自己为什么。 + S3 K p5 p5 Y! I, NWhy did I start to learn a language?1 D) z/ x; W% V$ \9 Q$ j
为什么我开始学习一种语言？5 @5 a. v) Y; Z" Q E O* N
Why did I join this club?7 n _! F) V( b# i1 S3 v. @
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？! m% {5 y6 W9 w
Why my friend was this person?/ x3 ]% |/ ]# ]0 h: Q* ~+ S
为什么我的朋友是这个人？ ) h9 B s; s0 z- m0 ~2 dWhy did I get married? : ^2 p) ?9 I5 w" h# }7 o. g; _为什么我要结婚？ ( B2 \4 {3 x& T3 ?. M6 V) UIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why. 9 N! N$ ]- u& q- X" g8 Q: K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。 6 G- E! O# w+ F# q) TI think we need indeed remind us of why. # ?/ T7 g+ X3 \7 J$ Y0 ^我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。 _0 q* I; `4 R# M! g2 ^3 g
Or else it's tough to finish what we started. 7 E: S1 H7 L% d2 |% r4 c% { V1 W; C否则很难完成我们所开始的。 6 R+ l# L3 ~# [2 X! ~We stop starting. We quit the club.. d# K; X* @8 Z( K, f: p
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。 3 Y; N2 m5 u! {" N& iWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged. 9 o/ V+ J9 L3 ?- k! }3 u) B. _我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。( [1 E0 H$ _; H/ h% t+ y, B
There's nothing wrong with asking why. ' [/ ?. b! x1 s5 Q& S i# V( S问为什么没什么问题。 + e* M: k5 E+ q# v; A) b8 CIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing./ T: k2 h3 j( |6 N
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。 % i+ R0 p. p' ^ o' E) F0 ]2 UTalk about it. 0 n; V7 |5 h" a9 t" P谈论下面的话题： H1 ~: @2 _8 l! SIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?) \4 x2 _, ~3 f6 {$ D- R5 G1 Y: N3 H5 U
你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？# c0 n' q- R; O' d# x" H
Is it a kind of distant memory?5 x% v" x- M. q! o( {
它是一种遥远的记忆？ 1 ?! M; J/ r! @. P4 F8 C$ m7 xDid you ever forget why you are doing something...; w8 ?/ C! G4 f Z
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事…… 2 A/ ~5 O1 m8 Y+ W5 LHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?/ S( Y' ~) y" O7 f+ y* o& `
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？ . l2 e( k/ p: e' e( k9 b# ]Do you write memos? 9 w$ }, a: e; W z) h; _9 F你写备忘录吗？5 ~9 ?/ [% X5 k3 B, h
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing? ) t4 R( u: _1 M$ f你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？ ! o" `8 o4 N; VWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?& R9 m9 ], s/ }* e
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？7 {. }% Y$ o& s: x& \2 W* C
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name? 0 U+ e; z. ^$ \) A你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？