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 6 t8 _" `6 [# ~% z, S' M! ]: a3 U& U/ u( o2 D
记住我们为什么做某事4 h% o5 |8 j- z- j1 I$ J* B
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.5 Z. Q: O; j0 h
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。9 }: [7 B/ c9 V/ J$ D3 |
Have you ever done that? $ N$ `1 [ M4 q4 f y8 R/ [4 R你曾有过这种经历吗？ 7 x% n. s) ~# F" CI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too. 5 Y4 r1 S" A8 Y; H6 k$ _我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。# Y' a7 J- ~, o
I have called someone because I want to tell them something. " G; b7 X. [- n( B" c8 [我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。9 F: M7 f* d8 ~" X8 ~' h! C
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular. 6 ]( ~, t0 p7 M1 W- n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。 7 A! n2 d0 h% M; ]' G" `Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.% d& U, e; f4 \# l- z8 F* x- ]
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。 # Z# _1 g& D" z& ?0 @2 P$ ZThat's a memory problem. 6 w9 v, w2 S1 f这是一个记忆问题。 ; O/ }3 Y: m: `$ Y8 ]6 x( XI guess that counts too.& m, k8 l9 \% t; c0 d. k
我想那很重要。 + \) B, y4 @ B. C% nBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?$ L; t* D+ v( `( e9 o
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？3 Y8 l8 @: O* y: ?# r: q: d U- {! s0 X
At one point, there was a reason we do something. 8 i: @9 }1 Q5 z8 e7 Q4 V0 q3 ^( q在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。 ' i' H2 f7 S! _4 ?9 X- A3 KFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason. ) }2 T' B9 Q0 S |2 F) z3 f. q2 f4 Q对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。 , I$ V( g, V* XIt's always could to ask ourselves why. % G) r. z \3 w' f; x! t2 w2 u( }( w总是可以问问自己为什么。 # q' w; L5 ~' l2 mWhy did I start to learn a language?" }% G& ]# o+ p1 ]
为什么我开始学习一种语言？7 M/ R' l0 W+ W! S1 Z% W0 j' i! T1 V
Why did I join this club? ; o! o/ G+ v/ z7 N为什么我加入这个俱乐部？ # [& f) H: D& W" m* AWhy my friend was this person? 2 K/ z2 p8 y: U. H7 ?为什么我的朋友是这个人？ 5 e5 w. J9 ~' s4 g* F8 \# E# V2 jWhy did I get married? 6 z+ R. |9 _/ b5 s" S. k为什么我要结婚？ : E! _1 _( T5 n& u9 pIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why. , Y9 {' ]. c' [# k# m$ b- W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。 @7 s* u+ b# P8 Z
I think we need indeed remind us of why. 5 o6 U! I: m f, o我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。 ! A/ Q, l( [' G3 N8 a( O+ a' XOr else it's tough to finish what we started.9 V' e) C, R: H! T" h$ p; c, o! U+ |9 J
否则很难完成我们所开始的。3 e$ o# f+ {/ x( z+ J
We stop starting. We quit the club. + \ [% N! V3 u" m L F8 _我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。: E* T0 r( ~ C
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.( v# a7 H5 y6 T) j% C7 E: Z0 X0 q+ X
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。 . B I. M' x/ t% ?/ Z9 ?There's nothing wrong with asking why. 1 h! X) h6 d% U问为什么没什么问题。 7 \( \) g3 ^% NIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.. [2 D1 N! X: s/ |% s
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。 8 W) f* T& r8 l. MTalk about it./ r6 d+ O, b, U) r0 ~2 _
谈论下面的话题：# `# O9 W4 \8 M, @! G2 f
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it? 3 k+ s: I- e* t' b* z, g你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？ % ?+ H( J2 J/ yIs it a kind of distant memory? : d" m' b5 A+ g/ K它是一种遥远的记忆？ 4 K& c; S& Z1 T7 V7 ?, iDid you ever forget why you are doing something... : T' X6 ^8 H# E' N! O. ?, [6 b你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……: b0 o- {: n9 G
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?, t; U; C1 t# _
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？ & P! ]' q5 g: M# P) mDo you write memos?5 }. `# r1 k# v) ^2 e0 D
你写备忘录吗？ ! I8 U) P9 M8 qDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?) j! e' F6 F& a# K0 t6 T8 \" ~
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？/ F) d2 }9 _( n5 i' S* e$ ^9 _, B
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting? 6 j3 z& i5 D0 k% p( \# ~' m还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？ 6 t3 b5 v- W: d' @9 D# S1 Q( y, QWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?$ Y) q# d _3 |& x! N: ]
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？