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 1 j4 T( a3 Y* p9 m( t6 q; p/ B( |: M0 o% V5 _8 z6 c
记住我们为什么做某事 ) B/ u& T6 S/ G. ^3 \' }+ NSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing. 7 w$ p0 P Y& l- u) P有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。; @, d2 C7 _+ A/ q* O. x
Have you ever done that?) l& r0 U f% p- }* b* Q7 }
你曾有过这种经历吗？+ H8 \% B2 l* V) i' `6 |* q# m) q
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.2 i" a5 T+ ? {$ i9 h: J4 R
我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。 ( b* i, D X% V& l6 [I have called someone because I want to tell them something.2 H+ Z9 r7 U7 p8 F) r
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。 6 Q& x1 A8 Y4 k* V1 a4 QAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.6 K, Q# C$ h! g' Z" {$ ^& u5 I9 b6 S2 h0 H
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。 ( Y; F1 U) m$ X% `Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.2 Q9 s. I& z2 Q5 \" ?, u0 c: `' I
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。 / I7 E* w& Z: |" |" SThat's a memory problem.! K L, W: ~1 |; ]
这是一个记忆问题。- u8 @1 V; Y1 ^4 a) y
I guess that counts too. & e h" H( l5 K! ~3 g% x/ J我想那很重要。 2 p- I9 b, C9 F6 W' |But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why? ) e( E1 z, y# ?/ [, @9 e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？ / R$ o) B) O, c) g* {7 {At one point, there was a reason we do something.9 L9 i- k* m) e, R2 f
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。# c J) E$ i9 n6 K* X3 `
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason. m7 L' C* ]8 K
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。6 Y1 i* I* F9 @9 @" a
It's always could to ask ourselves why., j+ V! c$ p' Z8 r& y G
总是可以问问自己为什么。 7 \3 C [+ {6 Q0 d3 cWhy did I start to learn a language? " H/ n& c2 E3 V) }为什么我开始学习一种语言？% P2 f8 f0 G2 a4 o+ u9 d4 m
Why did I join this club? - c: F) _' N* w6 Y: z为什么我加入这个俱乐部？' t* E& h& q# q# j2 ~/ d; E) R
Why my friend was this person? ) d- U, b) E) B. A" r) y( f$ s为什么我的朋友是这个人？ 6 |4 \6 X' ^4 gWhy did I get married?- R& u: F3 z: z$ p. H8 Z
为什么我要结婚？% x8 P% C! Q& ~7 y8 t- o, C
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why. . i. a% j% L1 ?/ E9 k/ f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。/ Z% @! l+ m' }' R" V* L [1 N
I think we need indeed remind us of why. 7 @3 ]5 u2 c7 D' [5 q我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。 b$ @' i' b% D8 R
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.9 N) T0 r- L6 p/ w
否则很难完成我们所开始的。 4 \( r' _9 l) e: _. |We stop starting. We quit the club.$ i% W! T* X2 ~) b- w; p! j
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。& }2 g3 E% _$ w. L/ {
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.( j( ~$ }$ V W# ~
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。+ B: s, j3 n0 c) v' a9 G
There's nothing wrong with asking why. 8 w9 p ^' s" A$ S9 Z- h问为什么没什么问题。 7 N' b) C9 j: i. b3 LIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing. ) q7 a4 \ ~: r9 d" }, r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。, {4 q1 m( `; v) z2 G) M
Talk about it.4 A+ G9 l. d" k! f' {& y9 K6 M
谈论下面的话题： 1 n# P1 s. h4 ]4 KIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?4 u1 l; D# ^" C' S8 v' Z
你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？: j9 M3 c% z5 A$ g# R, k
Is it a kind of distant memory? 9 z Z# e$ r0 S# o; o) s2 B它是一种遥远的记忆？ i- u# C$ @% b# XDid you ever forget why you are doing something... 2 H" P% q; l5 {' p A. r1 [! L6 ]你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……. ]+ | S- y7 t7 ]) j% }7 N
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?9 `6 {2 m1 j6 I' r* A
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？+ {( g3 D9 s' y( v) P4 Z# {
Do you write memos? ( v; B' Y4 V: {3 ^你写备忘录吗？ & o3 g" i! U N z4 aDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing? : S( e# }( n3 d% E2 U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 g* M \# S: P% F* |6 b! q
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?3 {4 e8 J/ K$ v6 R8 Q1 [) D# b$ f6 R
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？4 ~4 `* ]6 `% c% o6 Y" p
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?& F( r& c+ ?: M& `
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？