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) V0 ?' g" U3 k
* }: v3 }6 Z9 K* c记住我们为什么做某事 / v6 D" V8 d3 k8 k- C0 ESometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing. 7 F7 C, s( X4 h0 [5 C C6 ]! A* g有时候我忘了为什么我在做,我在做什么。; f$ n) q- S, v' N
Have you ever done that?" V( }/ j) \9 T6 R6 w
你曾有过这种经历吗?5 ~$ K) O' F+ g1 R' o5 N
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.* L Z& N# S+ X+ Z# b
我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题,虽然那也是有可能的。 t8 U N% e1 I. h3 f1 G& ?I have called someone because I want to tell them something. ( S) x9 L3 j, H我曾经打电话给某人,因为我想告诉他们什么。$ h4 s5 j; d; O1 ~$ ~% J# ?6 s
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular. * W, x0 @3 e% u* B' Z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 q% c; [& m& I8 r5 N1 A& _5 lWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.- _# e6 \* W4 V1 J, r
哦,我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。 * f: w+ l$ L1 K% ?6 @; {" @% \4 I) xThat's a memory problem. 8 N0 [( @" I3 f! t这是一个记忆问题。 7 p, z0 O3 I1 x9 d8 ?I guess that counts too.: R7 e' h6 P# I6 `: L( P
我想那很重要。& u" f; |# ]/ U" r8 `* Z. e
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why? Y, j* v. h8 I7 U% q9 K: d$ b. 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?0 H; A7 N1 f- L/ b0 u- P
At one point, there was a reason we do something.3 T" Q; V# E$ ^ U; m9 F
在某一个时期, 我们做某事会有一个理由。 # F+ Z, @' p# Y0 Y' k/ E$ ?For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason. 6 v& Q4 H" ~* X' j. Q6 K! c3 y9 T对于长期项目,我们需要提醒自己原因。 9 h: y: Q( C) g. z6 v% i+ fIt's always could to ask ourselves why.' Z6 }/ S* i$ c, ^
总是可以问问自己为什么。! b7 E8 l- I) s9 c; @
Why did I start to learn a language?5 }* L, }. N- l3 W* `
为什么我开始学习一种语言? 3 e% @% `9 @, N4 i% a$ l @# d- I YWhy did I join this club? ) R5 I6 g/ E |/ |1 I为什么我加入这个俱乐部? 8 I, `, u7 @; L: f( `* aWhy my friend was this person?, c" i* h/ N$ \/ c0 n/ I2 u/ A
为什么我的朋友是这个人? & @4 i' I5 N2 q$ ~9 FWhy did I get married? ! E1 M- S+ r0 o9 `" g1 B为什么我要结婚?8 ]8 _7 e. s b/ [- X7 \1 t
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.5 X0 I3 S1 k# f/ s! F2 s+ B0 y
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。* } x: u$ v5 y
I think we need indeed remind us of why. # v" F' D1 v6 i7 u! I# d8 X7 Z我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。 ! Y4 N# m* Z' c. w2 UOr else it's tough to finish what we started. 4 P5 l7 A9 Z9 `" G1 d否则很难完成我们所开始的。 9 Z8 }/ p, p7 ~We stop starting. We quit the club.# Y! x! g( W0 ~5 }4 T
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。9 A; L* b# r# \$ H# M$ `, ]
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged. & y. \' |2 \: U; c" b" x4 [) l我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。1 Y2 K, a6 @( W
There's nothing wrong with asking why. * Z" q* V d: R. o0 d0 k, j问为什么没什么问题。 4 g& u( ^4 R6 c; b* GIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.7 r) O. M2 ^' W/ [7 o( 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。* }+ S8 C/ l' M# @
Talk about it. 5 m5 [2 Q$ S1 @& n, b谈论下面的话题:% T+ I/ [& \4 L! Y* \
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it? ! f. L) A ]4 D你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗?, S9 H8 A6 ~5 O8 C; \7 z; z* F
Is it a kind of distant memory? 0 Y4 Q# |4 g3 w% t! O& H, [它是一种遥远的记忆?& Y7 O/ G0 ~# } j
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...# ]# x' `0 j( o! K1 k
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事…… . V/ g# ~0 E1 g& l) _How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?0 c/ f* @& z1 s. S& I
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗?: Q9 L+ V- b8 z, o
Do you write memos?! p# A8 X4 J' z+ o+ d
你写备忘录吗? ; M9 T( c# {6 }Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?( i& w# t5 n% a* J1 Y/ P6 \
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗?8 h- v( N" w: P* }* g& M
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?7 f1 ?- j6 E$ A2 S& q2 g
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗? . D7 O1 L. z+ ^, q/ qWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name? * w9 O" @% H8 r/ L9 _你看到认识的某人,却忘记了名字,这种情况下你会怎么办?