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 2 J* ?; ]0 c! |) k9 R7 H 0 o7 {( H7 z! P2 s# L记住我们为什么做某事' q! @6 U1 f Z- Q
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.% P& N0 B) x3 ?" P1 k
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。5 |) y1 g5 r& A4 N& P# M4 l5 k
Have you ever done that?% q3 Z1 u3 X- T9 m2 q$ u3 K
你曾有过这种经历吗？ & K& b S' ^ Y$ iI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.7 O6 D0 w; |9 p! h/ @" X( [, R# x
我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。& Z! R9 W1 o+ {8 P& a+ s
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.. B; u) z" A( z9 `; g2 d
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。8 i" t/ t% Q: D; y" [
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular. ; ]6 { _) o" h" b" v5 n1 o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。 & S2 ]( M7 \2 k. v' e7 LWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place. ) a4 J9 Q, o0 o! _1 a0 @哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。# T, c# i& p2 d
That's a memory problem.0 [- Y9 d; f8 A' y& ^1 o
这是一个记忆问题。 H1 V; \. @" QI guess that counts too. % p; Q2 {" I( n& T+ M我想那很重要。; U5 Y. r& O1 w
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why? . t$ }- |! U3 q0 Y$ Q% h9 A* l" n& q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？1 }3 I3 o1 s% x: v% ?* ?5 a" c
At one point, there was a reason we do something. # E Z% d) v! R& M2 Y* w: O在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。 & ?8 D; {2 f9 ~For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason. 6 x# m N9 i' f z; r, T! W1 D对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。 $ ?4 b7 C2 v) \It's always could to ask ourselves why. ?2 i+ Y4 U, O% S2 s Q' e
总是可以问问自己为什么。* c( c ]5 ^4 j& ^3 ~' }6 ?
Why did I start to learn a language? ! F3 J5 X' Q5 u为什么我开始学习一种语言？ ' N# Y' v! j9 d% I8 d; ?Why did I join this club?) b# n( d- @% \4 a) I, i
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？7 z" j5 F7 J% o7 U4 ?/ |* `
Why my friend was this person?0 P8 u4 ~2 W0 N# ~- M
为什么我的朋友是这个人？ " M) W( G; U/ S+ y6 x& CWhy did I get married? 2 w- J; u2 l9 G* I- g为什么我要结婚？ ) ^8 i. S% s; |$ v9 |If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why. 6 A ]0 g4 a* S2 I3 W' n; j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。 & c- O6 |1 ], s/ s2 V) V7 z+ YI think we need indeed remind us of why.5 }! D+ u2 c0 X& W9 l7 v& e
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。 # _7 F6 r( h) }* c( @ qOr else it's tough to finish what we started.8 K' B+ R, ^, x$ @
否则很难完成我们所开始的。 ) e) w5 ~' O4 ]6 kWe stop starting. We quit the club. $ `, G0 _+ Q7 A" D e我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。+ F! q! L- E* g- `3 x
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.0 G t; S% F( ~( l; e( R
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。/ C) r( k* U& I4 G) T" z, r# q
There's nothing wrong with asking why. 2 \- }. _% l+ M: P& P, r, k问为什么没什么问题。 / Q# a0 S/ M/ ~% F+ Z* x0 @8 p) SIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing. ( ~* f* s) I$ S2 q' \- F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。* A8 a( o( N f7 O
Talk about it. ~$ j8 r$ |, n6 m谈论下面的话题：) p4 z3 O2 ?2 N$ I2 e+ S
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?0 m$ V* o, U9 i
你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？% X8 N; v8 J, F
Is it a kind of distant memory? - L, b6 B) z6 }' T9 B' p: t7 @" H) K它是一种遥远的记忆？3 @' y* I7 ^, |8 _ H4 {
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...5 z/ s7 K4 k6 u& h8 q) @9 z7 v2 ~
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事…… 6 Y- F; Y2 m: K* HHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?- T8 X7 i- z4 P) M* Q1 \
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？/ `' ^1 c9 v) j- C, x) O' G
Do you write memos?2 X9 s, \9 s& o6 z& F7 c+ T: o
你写备忘录吗？1 D% }8 L0 _; g0 ]$ v5 @) a- y
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?) p4 @# s6 Y: d8 @' _
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？ 1 S1 Z( f; @: G- b' c9 }: M. d2 MWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting? . _% N# t) t% e n1 e8 l& m+ |还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？ 2 b- ^9 |; |# a/ g2 zWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?) I+ _0 z: v: {/ x) V8 }: b3 u
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？