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 + s7 O* H R) H8 h1 D5 U2 Y; _( c0 c( B% g- N
记住我们为什么做某事2 U8 M5 b: V0 }2 @9 n2 i# q
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.# P, @* K& e# C/ D0 E$ q) B+ D
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。- a3 n7 u# O) a: u
Have you ever done that? ; \) y8 L8 E: E; ~6 P4 q你曾有过这种经历吗？ ' q4 J# n3 W. @, k( ~# TI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too./ L7 o: z+ _0 v; M8 P& J
我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。 $ b5 K. q4 `$ w3 D" QI have called someone because I want to tell them something. 7 J- r# \! S8 @0 \我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。% M' o7 ]6 c# k( F; v( }- J5 k4 c
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.+ ^) R; j4 g+ P4 c+ k. p+ 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。 9 k, E4 i% N5 t' G3 i: [1 d, vWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place. `0 V. _. D4 W' y; g/ O4 u哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。. i" N0 g: Z8 Z
That's a memory problem. 3 I3 i: A/ e$ Y' |+ ]这是一个记忆问题。 ( x5 G8 u. k! ^( L$ [: i. f" @. A; s& FI guess that counts too. e1 J3 M7 a) c' n' n我想那很重要。' A6 T, x! E- q# A
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?6 U8 U! B) \3 E" 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 V) s s7 c) n( |
At one point, there was a reason we do something.3 E+ U. j* }- R+ V
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。 9 @( w6 ~1 f2 o; | ]+ I4 KFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason. 3 i5 R. a% T! N' k3 B对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。 3 E, I. z. d) f6 TIt's always could to ask ourselves why.; _- _0 q6 C) d! E
总是可以问问自己为什么。 , W; F8 s: N8 c; ZWhy did I start to learn a language?1 Y6 e5 ]9 h" E+ }- t( X8 K% x
为什么我开始学习一种语言？3 b( @4 V0 u- S4 ^# @% r4 I
Why did I join this club? : `( |0 Z( d* m# ]# S为什么我加入这个俱乐部？ % Z, k/ @ [$ F* HWhy my friend was this person?3 B7 V5 c( g5 \; k- L
为什么我的朋友是这个人？ n- L; o3 c; o$ B5 M# RWhy did I get married? $ t- g7 E1 M* p5 u- E `3 K为什么我要结婚？" `5 C' ]3 A8 n$ F. o
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why. / A) Y; g" s: q 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。 0 Q% d; {, t. k5 u) b% X, V- A, BI think we need indeed remind us of why. # `' e" D/ F5 q3 Z5 l# L t我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。 ' _& D- M1 a; I# |& |6 h. HOr else it's tough to finish what we started. 0 G& _, f; {/ f3 E3 C/ ?$ L9 ]' a2 Z否则很难完成我们所开始的。8 `0 S/ D& n5 c6 ?3 O1 D: B! l% S
We stop starting. We quit the club. " w4 Z$ m' c& R i我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。7 o) y3 k7 d0 Q2 k% k( j
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.. n9 F" J! Q3 c' i# E p% n6 Y
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。 ' a1 j8 {7 A5 u) y$ W+ i2 y2 @* C6 m) QThere's nothing wrong with asking why. / L4 s @7 j5 B& w8 S, G* v6 v问为什么没什么问题。 $ [$ `, {6 W8 `* @In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing. E L: t/ u; P3 e, t) 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。 2 o% a+ g% [9 I( MTalk about it. + ]3 n0 h: d) h$ v8 p9 S谈论下面的话题： + M- @% F5 [1 B$ Q6 `Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?5 o1 M- A0 T, x' E6 q& Q4 k
你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？4 l$ b; M" C* n- j) Q4 B
Is it a kind of distant memory? , `- g/ U) @1 s2 x1 r4 N; d' g- K- Q它是一种遥远的记忆？ : E- ?6 Z! r" Q; |Did you ever forget why you are doing something... 8 b/ r/ p: a3 U0 F你曾经忘记你为什么做某事…… * b- U0 Z% K' FHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?' v8 {+ a* s: W
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？ - c1 B: P3 Y" ~) n+ N- |' }Do you write memos?; j4 c2 n- P5 }& q1 r1 @0 J
你写备忘录吗？3 @6 [. b, p' @7 x1 p+ J
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing? + N2 ]( p9 W- y, e' `" g3 B0 B) z7 h你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？ 9 ?0 y( l1 p7 v8 B( oWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?* F/ k( F3 J, m$ B! X: C
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？ + \# M9 u. P: Y0 GWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name? 7 D; T1 Y: ?+ R5 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？