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 e# n/ g1 ?8 y4 ?' ] 4 x) J$ C9 V( T a4 b4 w记住我们为什么做某事; F+ t5 ~: L y6 o0 }0 t2 i
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing. # h q6 t8 k7 D' e有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。 9 n( D+ s9 r# x% K' l' K T9 JHave you ever done that? 0 E+ n6 r5 V1 s/ ]你曾有过这种经历吗？- {1 a( d& E$ Q+ t+ K; [# H( V
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too. \6 D! L" f( E5 [% z0 q( _$ ^4 m我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。 & _3 `0 C6 B, L: iI have called someone because I want to tell them something. + F. H6 |, C3 y我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。 7 `% z3 g7 g! T$ s- s! u1 j$ zAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular. 8 S0 Y& H$ C' {+ 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。' G I6 S) Z' B3 J+ t+ p% F$ W
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place. ) L5 j! [. v5 J2 V) ?哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。 $ ?2 |+ E8 U! f. I* `/ fThat's a memory problem.$ I, C+ P/ c b+ x; u: l1 Q w
这是一个记忆问题。7 X6 r, i! Z& Q1 J) v
I guess that counts too. 4 \+ f2 N$ Y5 w7 d4 p我想那很重要。( [* r Y" @* A9 m- w E! r9 `+ @
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why? : f: B( N4 @) F8 o& c! j, o+ O# z. y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 c3 _, m2 |9 }0 C, R
At one point, there was a reason we do something.+ c$ `- N- L) m; i" |8 x
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。% i4 N5 \3 F' T9 v
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason. 6 ]) g/ [+ I% z4 o, C, x P! B) r对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。 ! C& O. ~# Y, n5 C3 I. H2 oIt's always could to ask ourselves why. ; {- K( O. a; W# `+ S4 O7 A, s总是可以问问自己为什么。 / }5 f7 U9 W. FWhy did I start to learn a language? & N, c2 A( T @1 t7 _' @为什么我开始学习一种语言？1 [' B( D3 q+ V* @! N
Why did I join this club? 7 m0 T1 c: t2 @! X% N为什么我加入这个俱乐部？ " F: T9 b' x* L a/ H% N- Q, PWhy my friend was this person? + e- F- ]8 I; m' m' k% E# J% V9 R为什么我的朋友是这个人？ % d# R' w2 v) a( UWhy did I get married?% b% b8 n! U: b% ^& z
为什么我要结婚？ 5 B: k8 e1 B- j* _$ SIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why. / g1 J6 h! i+ z5 S, I% u1 n, n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。 $ N) Q7 w# J: }/ U6 D; ^' lI think we need indeed remind us of why. k5 w4 Z8 S8 f6 Z
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。2 J' b8 y: Y4 J4 s0 Q+ f# o* y
Or else it's tough to finish what we started. 9 b1 j0 P( n, C6 c; e* A. G4 Y否则很难完成我们所开始的。 . c8 B7 w: J( pWe stop starting. We quit the club. % k/ d1 m2 b3 S6 k, R% x我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。 2 K6 }% ~9 z% L+ w! Q( g, v% WWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged. / R/ C% V4 Q# `1 p我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。 ! ]9 t" _" F2 B) H( |' x/ C" z2 M* E$ LThere's nothing wrong with asking why." f1 A: H, }; g3 l+ x( {8 n
问为什么没什么问题。 8 V! O! Y5 v/ j" l3 n4 `) XIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing. / {0 k1 [0 j, f# X* b* g; d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。0 E9 E" l$ g8 y% l5 t
Talk about it. + k |# S, j: g% t+ J8 ?/ h2 ~谈论下面的话题：! N/ y: X1 W! E0 g. M4 Q
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it? " X7 m" {' p- m) R9 B你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？ " x: j: o$ O6 u" ]! \Is it a kind of distant memory? * c9 i, U2 N$ b5 f6 O它是一种遥远的记忆？ % E5 E" N7 `; P0 }Did you ever forget why you are doing something... 0 x. x0 x. l9 W, r1 F% w( F你曾经忘记你为什么做某事…… 8 V* _' T2 ? y' E& t8 n5 c3 FHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?# t+ H3 y; W2 C _5 x6 R5 f4 ?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？) g1 y- v' f2 F) z
Do you write memos? 1 |0 w/ P: ~% ^# w你写备忘录吗？ 1 q. P$ @! f# Y( f$ GDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?/ i2 |* k+ c; r; ^1 @
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？# k# k3 x4 \; j5 b# c' e
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?! a8 j" B3 C( Q- s! k6 V) ~ D
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？ 5 j- ~6 H: t1 m+ m) Q: {8 F# yWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name? + H9 q/ a4 a" o0 h+ {你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？