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 @" z! _& D; H! c 9 w5 c1 \/ t. E8 m- e& ^. i& q: x记住我们为什么做某事 / o* D) w5 ?- ?: D! h4 W9 iSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.# \5 x: L! [. D, f4 G. H! ]5 W
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。 6 g" T" `" E' w- J: N$ ~$ CHave you ever done that? 5 C# _" Q2 h! B8 P# ^' g你曾有过这种经历吗？ 8 w! i0 O' u' ?9 r# I, L O$ BI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too. * t& a9 P8 c+ S0 o& v我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。 ) P$ Q0 o# h' [! fI have called someone because I want to tell them something.! E l# O7 \: E) p0 G8 `* h
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。1 \7 H4 h3 K: ~! ^+ g. Q' z- _
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular. 2 b0 G" n& @' k' J8 [) {% t! l* f9 F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 Y* d" t0 \+ ^0 \Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place. + j; L1 V0 B! S5 A3 D/ h3 A$ T哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。 & }5 e. O# H. C: Q. N5 TThat's a memory problem. , R8 _& z; s- b$ E这是一个记忆问题。 4 p P3 U k2 C, i# o+ gI guess that counts too. 0 U \, {+ C% p) u' v我想那很重要。# `. h' N4 w9 u5 C3 u
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why? $ \/ r& ^- V6 D+ k5 T2 V* D8 I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 |; y H% |, l% I" d0 b6 m
At one point, there was a reason we do something.+ C4 u+ i4 ~/ j# ]5 f5 `
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。( R. t3 E& a7 L# a- @, y
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.7 |# e; b1 S1 _, R
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。 ) n! k" ]* \# oIt's always could to ask ourselves why.; S9 Y, J. `# Q2 E
总是可以问问自己为什么。- ^( a3 {% c, z
Why did I start to learn a language?5 E5 i- A5 b1 R2 r7 R- ~
为什么我开始学习一种语言？ % w; k& s0 [, z3 o) I% {3 ZWhy did I join this club?; H7 u: ~% d% u7 R# k9 G
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？& ^8 d2 r) a1 ^$ p, F3 \: l: K
Why my friend was this person?9 v8 W8 T5 X* {5 h v
为什么我的朋友是这个人？ ) b0 X/ e- m9 aWhy did I get married? # @) s1 t4 L0 S, O为什么我要结婚？7 k9 L7 ?/ e% O
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.# n$ b! n4 Q$ t$ }
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。' T/ x5 r% h9 M1 m( F
I think we need indeed remind us of why. H2 n0 l* ]5 x2 E/ W: F7 O
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。. e. U% P1 b9 w1 X e8 p
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.* i3 q% `6 F. a( j# z
否则很难完成我们所开始的。 r' n' z$ d; ^" _# L
We stop starting. We quit the club.- W$ j( g3 g3 q- Y: d; B
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。 y- i. E$ u4 i8 ^# S f5 F1 ^We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.1 {" L$ w; R; L1 f
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。: ~: D) ]. e/ o
There's nothing wrong with asking why.6 d6 E5 f$ Z! X8 ~5 B$ d
问为什么没什么问题。7 M" L; q( w- l, [/ _2 y$ d
In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing. ( O, G* S: [5 K! 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 H( H9 A) R2 u1 \Talk about it. 2 i9 k# A9 }- N( z- [谈论下面的话题：' I8 N- v. a. Y& F1 @% T* ^& t- `
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it? : m. w% k( [5 L# f8 O D; ?7 f4 C你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？4 M' G: T; a1 c: D3 s
Is it a kind of distant memory? # p, \: _0 c, e) B它是一种遥远的记忆？( b4 @5 D' L/ _# e' l- {
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...' M+ W0 n) P, b) j/ b" [
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……+ j ]" n; J! {7 c) n b, p
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?5 K2 R) j, H7 {/ Y- F: _2 Z3 l
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？ , x0 \' [1 [3 B( \: `) KDo you write memos? - ^/ ^' Y6 Q8 R9 G0 @. q# Y你写备忘录吗？6 c' y! r1 y$ K
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing? , g$ J4 t z7 {! e) B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 m) @' C5 O" ^ c, ?What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting? * q# o/ R7 y; y! }4 y( G) {还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？ ) a2 F9 T: T7 J; D$ I5 s8 B& g+ q6 YWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name? 6 X: B; F- }- W+ 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？