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/ S6 V* e* E5 z* P& T7 Z- B
0 J h9 a# Q" a4 p b6 M& B1 P记住我们为什么做某事 ; g r* D2 {, }7 }1 ~: ySometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing. : k. S3 [ s& `9 n+ C8 ^4 z' p有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。( j, _2 f& e- T; E; S
Have you ever done that? N1 ~0 `; s5 J7 R7 K: _9 c- Q你曾有过这种经历吗？- s3 Y0 S0 ?& z0 @, m( I
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.- z( r/ |$ a% f" Z
我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。' ?+ w" e$ H/ v) ?+ ~; [
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.# P O: K1 K$ J; X
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。# @! B) G8 b0 P! T8 p' t
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular. 5 T7 i0 J" T# I6 }! [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。- A$ F8 E7 a: l1 `
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.$ y H4 Y+ \4 a6 g, T3 n
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。: }* O# \8 ?5 _* F0 r- P6 p b: [( D9 ?
That's a memory problem.3 E9 X$ f: ?( Z% u% t( j/ v# g
这是一个记忆问题。 % M* l+ v3 O. U) \I guess that counts too.) y4 p+ O* L& `+ e/ A
我想那很重要。' Y* t: X9 K; w) J5 @; q& p% D3 r
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?3 C, L& p0 @5 s
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？) ?# \% }4 i( q- U: z5 h
At one point, there was a reason we do something.4 d- t$ Z/ F/ G7 T( r0 S# E
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。 " x( ~! F/ [3 n! G1 E4 PFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason. ! P% y8 m& V0 D- S对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。 / P* A* d, E9 P K; r- c V/ F. \It's always could to ask ourselves why.8 F S& z, U$ ^& x8 e
总是可以问问自己为什么。. v* _ L+ z! Z1 l) c
Why did I start to learn a language? : N) s6 v8 Q& T2 G& _+ j* @, s3 }为什么我开始学习一种语言？0 n4 X6 {* H1 y v0 [
Why did I join this club? 3 L v A# _* p5 j8 Q l2 {为什么我加入这个俱乐部？ " ` D) x! N) a$ l4 HWhy my friend was this person? ' v; L0 f: J3 S" X+ p2 K为什么我的朋友是这个人？* s$ W( A3 L0 `. a$ u
Why did I get married?. o; T5 T! C9 E
为什么我要结婚？' @& Q/ B# r; P+ y# J
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why. $ j& y* o' ^' ?% _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。 + z2 ?8 ^1 {, {: N- M% E! mI think we need indeed remind us of why. / F) b2 }6 n. r) ~, b$ G d我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。1 Y) m. q! K; Q* o- B( S9 d) W
Or else it's tough to finish what we started. 0 k( y4 J5 @8 W否则很难完成我们所开始的。 2 X& U; j( r0 d. VWe stop starting. We quit the club.- t/ M3 J- @, n. d s; x j, G5 h
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。 $ f$ V/ Q. Z- {We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged. ' M8 l% \9 M+ @, Z3 b3 B* A我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。 * Z2 L/ Y2 ]- t% ]9 A* ~8 R" ?; XThere's nothing wrong with asking why. " W2 e6 z2 S8 {' g8 f; t问为什么没什么问题。 2 }2 u! g/ Y- S4 T" k5 T; KIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.- Y) k2 @& {( a0 ]/ x. l4 N; ~/ v* W" j" 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。 6 K! c; Z) Z+ A3 ~Talk about it." L# l& Q+ ]& b* }( R
谈论下面的话题：; L5 d" D) O; _$ \$ Z% ]
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it? & A+ z( }: a$ I- m! b你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？9 E, j, V) M+ q6 d% I# o
Is it a kind of distant memory?) j2 `2 U6 O/ u3 \. W- `
它是一种遥远的记忆？9 c9 @$ B2 u# |) K( l1 V1 b( ]+ J/ u
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...4 z, `+ ?% N5 \( X- T
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事…… % R2 J9 V9 y$ R. @8 gHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?. w; X5 J( n- m( U
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？ 3 z# T! ?2 ~5 [2 z ?2 i3 J' ?Do you write memos?: k( _: _9 j+ J: O. [# g6 j
你写备忘录吗？* y* {+ f9 R. Z8 g( x( U
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing? 0 b1 r% w2 I) e# T你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？* ~' Y3 f { h4 A0 l3 `1 I% U
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?. m! _' h" a2 r5 \: c4 c1 i
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？+ [" T/ y' l+ e+ U- k# r+ P; C( R
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?# Q! V! M3 {6 \/ a0 z
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？