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 8 Q$ \! |* C- I6 z 1 K& ~9 X$ E: y3 f; Q7 \8 j记住我们为什么做某事 2 G4 Y$ @9 ?. r0 k+ `1 aSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.7 ^% q: t' A* {' h- x+ H) J. E7 z
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。 / u6 y% d8 T, j4 tHave you ever done that? ; n0 L c( x. m8 Q你曾有过这种经历吗？' f9 Y1 Q7 s/ G* J" k' v( u$ i" [) r
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too./ l. H/ [0 R/ M* n/ M+ k
我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。1 O6 `! f" b% M# [
I have called someone because I want to tell them something. 6 W1 X* V; R7 r7 |& N( ~我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。 ( t7 r1 \4 s* ~/ N1 DAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.: r& w+ p: {$ f1 ]
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。3 Q6 [4 ?3 H; \/ ?2 a6 H( D4 y
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.3 Q1 f: d8 J+ a/ C: }' w
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。 1 u" Z& K. @1 C8 c1 y$ sThat's a memory problem.: P o! d0 E6 n. X* @
这是一个记忆问题。4 B7 l7 E) m6 Z1 C' o
I guess that counts too., b* {$ Z4 ~$ M3 k0 b9 B# |5 ~
我想那很重要。9 ~* d$ Y2 f# d- e2 |& E
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why? + l3 P8 ` Y# k$ E, a4 D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？ 9 ^+ D" x D' m- j4 l( jAt one point, there was a reason we do something. $ p" ]5 X4 B: {( _0 t8 u+ p在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。( [6 s: s* D5 ]1 U4 j$ s ^( i& \
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.. z3 R7 t" y- J6 ~5 W4 J
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。1 Z& z9 N3 ?& E
It's always could to ask ourselves why. " H5 z* [: t& S* l/ }总是可以问问自己为什么。: ~8 t T) x$ J6 w1 n
Why did I start to learn a language? / d' X1 ]( r+ J# n$ U6 e为什么我开始学习一种语言？# `' m4 Q3 _' U. K- l# s3 c, T
Why did I join this club? & s" S$ k3 L& o2 o! A" q为什么我加入这个俱乐部？3 m% U7 @3 j6 z/ O; Y3 y
Why my friend was this person?+ A6 Q" h. K- z0 o3 U, Q( T4 C
为什么我的朋友是这个人？ 6 Z4 M; y7 B- e$ v3 A4 cWhy did I get married? # R( K4 v h0 V4 N- V f9 \- N为什么我要结婚？5 Y; r, j+ X" g0 f
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why. k8 o6 a$ O* k0 D, O8 \
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。 : |+ K% l& S. f$ ^0 i% EI think we need indeed remind us of why.+ z8 m: L, f+ t0 r; J# m
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。+ L" H* d# q8 D6 J) t- U# D/ u" X
Or else it's tough to finish what we started. * U0 q9 M3 s/ v: r* w否则很难完成我们所开始的。 : X0 l, w3 S/ _, y0 IWe stop starting. We quit the club.# @$ V; o; L0 r/ U& }* Y' P1 P
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。 9 B7 J% l2 r3 N- d6 E! }We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.* P$ _3 u+ R: X- y, Z" t6 x# m
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。4 J0 i. @( d/ X, q; j
There's nothing wrong with asking why.4 _6 R% U2 ?* ^
问为什么没什么问题。 9 b5 F, m2 y" }4 W7 S* |In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing. 4 P- Y" G& @- e8 e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。& j$ J5 a9 f+ w9 n+ g* B+ _
Talk about it. " A8 E' ^- L3 ~7 p谈论下面的话题：& c+ L8 a/ s1 M: {; A# J
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it? 8 Q; `% ^' I. G1 v3 h1 X你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？2 L$ }" O) M( m" N/ ~% v
Is it a kind of distant memory?, Y0 ?0 U3 L7 g( S; L/ R
它是一种遥远的记忆？2 V/ ~; s R5 A9 L' a, k
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...0 Y8 y3 K0 l2 ?, A
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事…… 8 x; l" m6 M$ `+ oHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something? : q$ i, S: l* W+ V( E你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？ ( \& |& C) J) JDo you write memos?) K3 M0 U( X. O! Q ^
你写备忘录吗？: e3 x1 h+ a* h
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?/ P/ I7 J0 X, [4 v- W0 F% x
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？2 p. W G M ^7 q2 r# p5 L
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?7 G( B: C; Y( \2 |9 o# I
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？ . H% H# H) G# B6 b. J, [What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?3 M8 [$ w! G0 f
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？