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; j* G; q0 r/ |/ d1 O2 D
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记住我们为什么做某事 " ]# v: |5 o7 o: E3 FSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.- W4 w0 ~+ M/ N* J2 g7 n2 n0 l- Y9 i
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。- {& C. \1 e! o$ ^$ s
Have you ever done that?# U0 v8 z* C- k3 f4 D- }
你曾有过这种经历吗？2 j: t. \* {: z2 n: B
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too. ' X N! ~! _; O8 e, _2 Y# C我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。 : r% @' x; Y7 U+ WI have called someone because I want to tell them something. 5 d* L' x) Q9 A) G) J/ d: n) d; v& O我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。+ w c: O0 P% c) H# x
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular. - P+ g2 I0 S- I) N5 }, A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。 7 f: Q8 e4 _2 c x% D F& u QWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.5 H! y7 c/ j$ B! `3 b, Z% m
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。( n: M2 V0 e0 T$ r5 _) \; H
That's a memory problem.$ N* C3 u; K) J. ?
这是一个记忆问题。% ?5 l7 F$ d0 N& _5 k3 b
I guess that counts too.; _! b7 ^1 u$ Q# \( B
我想那很重要。 ; N4 Y! K6 u7 p2 rBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why? 0 i# e* x7 X/ E9 L3 M/ L但我在谈论一个更深层次的问题，而且更为重要，那就是为什么？ 6 }/ B) `6 c7 W! o! KAt one point, there was a reason we do something. 1 c9 A% g. L; U$ ?& {) z: l" w在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。9 W. u. Q2 Z2 G, e4 F |6 N: p R1 A
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason. D0 O m9 M& k' @1 B0 O. k8 @对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。 4 F# e' _$ m, ]% yIt's always could to ask ourselves why. ! D$ }' Q4 Z- ^9 c( I总是可以问问自己为什么。 ' ^3 e/ x" W1 @: V9 pWhy did I start to learn a language?: f! Q+ I+ Y- A0 V* _; R4 H
为什么我开始学习一种语言？ 5 n! w' {) N' _% }8 FWhy did I join this club? 3 Y+ B1 @: u0 W2 q为什么我加入这个俱乐部？/ |1 n; z! i) p7 [
Why my friend was this person? % P8 B/ \& B5 N3 V0 ^: a为什么我的朋友是这个人？ : G. q# n/ r) Z! O! C$ sWhy did I get married?5 U# E/ ^" y$ X6 \1 v, I
为什么我要结婚？ % j8 f+ x# W9 C: m; IIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why. * `$ }( J" j+ k. A如果我们迷失在做什么，在生命中，在每天的存在，那么我们不能说为什么。( ^1 R0 Y9 a. Z
I think we need indeed remind us of why.$ s/ P3 S! t$ V
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。# ]7 E6 K# e/ v0 \
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.' h6 t% A1 z9 t) h4 u: c. H
否则很难完成我们所开始的。6 @) o2 p9 y. b1 c. b) L: \& \
We stop starting. We quit the club. % ]0 g8 c& H) B9 j* g8 i我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。 ( E) @9 k# Z2 K# q$ q. W" }7 EWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged. 2 H( s( u1 L3 g$ e我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。 ! N# L: }5 k9 SThere's nothing wrong with asking why. ) w2 }. e6 w7 {$ H0 r- g: u' M: H0 }问为什么没什么问题。 % E% L1 s- V. O7 H. m! l( QIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing. D" k2 K6 S4 R- x' L$ s事实上，我认为有时候它会很健康的帮助我们珍惜所拥有的及正在做的事情。 ; e% Z- F }; p6 y+ JTalk about it. - b) [' O* ^8 o谈论下面的话题： * O# Z7 x1 o! T) {Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it? 2 v# X6 ]* S& L) m你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？ ) @2 n+ W5 a9 U5 b' \) cIs it a kind of distant memory? 4 N( [( k% z) V它是一种遥远的记忆？% r& P0 u% f$ A. F& r
Did you ever forget why you are doing something... 2 n: z( k9 D/ K: h" s* @你曾经忘记你为什么做某事…… S2 m8 r5 [0 C2 i, l( f
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something? # K" F. n0 h8 ]- O/ Q* F你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？7 n7 f! T' M2 H- \$ d( G5 `3 m' s
Do you write memos?7 a/ ?& D2 N$ Y, p) Y- a; F t& c
你写备忘录吗？- ~. \8 e/ ?* [, y4 F5 t- n
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?/ ~" |, O i+ E) G- R$ J
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？3 c+ {( _+ H; f# M5 }$ U
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting? 9 g* U2 [8 v8 n( M还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？* S1 `. M) {5 D5 y
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name? : |# Y% _6 S) i你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？