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* H+ W3 J/ B* |. G3 d
( y& o& o5 X" q5 y% M记住我们为什么做某事, B1 ` m a2 ~9 y
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing. 5 l" L# }; x, M4 `: x: d有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。 % k/ z! c8 a+ v- x R- [Have you ever done that? 1 ^ c# L. H7 t+ T6 G% \1 U你曾有过这种经历吗？9 `0 F( d) O% @5 A: W
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.: d$ R- {8 s ?3 f
我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。 ; Y9 e3 G& V( ~I have called someone because I want to tell them something. 9 B. z( m- F" ^我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。 % r$ t' E* S; m% k4 P( L9 v" c3 gAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular. . O$ \5 \4 \; {5 Z; b" I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。1 t, q e6 }1 H0 P7 d/ S% [' J0 r
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.: [) d! B- M! t7 J+ |
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。 , F$ A7 v, A- D L" D) WThat's a memory problem.. j9 V+ ?9 m" S4 H5 z2 `6 f9 q
这是一个记忆问题。 6 _& x( ]" j& w0 ]1 k2 E) BI guess that counts too./ ]& b* i1 N& T' B- ~" S
我想那很重要。0 J! m2 H& g) R* D. s- l
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?; w5 n: m0 a. w+ C2 N4 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？ 1 o1 G& X7 c$ LAt one point, there was a reason we do something.. a$ H, [" T- s: M2 g! }- q
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。8 `8 C: A' F1 \$ u6 J, \) V: M
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason. q% n+ s+ x& K* W& l' ~$ `% v
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。2 n, ^! d1 N( O: m; Y, K
It's always could to ask ourselves why. " d' }. u4 {& z3 C& N3 i: f总是可以问问自己为什么。8 h( I" `/ T7 x" \+ b/ f% l
Why did I start to learn a language?7 _# t' _$ B+ Q C* ~
为什么我开始学习一种语言？9 g+ J2 c- c/ Y) ~+ K* g6 J7 P
Why did I join this club? . a' P) N1 b5 Y* o$ q为什么我加入这个俱乐部？ 3 }$ ?! i8 p$ U( D2 c3 ] M% y/ q' cWhy my friend was this person? 3 v% o8 C% x/ d$ e7 } e$ X为什么我的朋友是这个人？9 L: v. b3 Y7 ?
Why did I get married? : b" l" H- s3 {4 W为什么我要结婚？3 {' P7 E% S7 T# y6 F* S# M) \9 X
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.; t" r* g. X/ x2 |" l9 {6 D+ o
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# q9 n' i& m$ f3 \: K; I
I think we need indeed remind us of why. % K8 L1 z3 m- W0 o3 r- h% h$ K我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。5 d& |3 f0 t ^# r& K5 S
Or else it's tough to finish what we started. % A. |. h( D( N. n. X- h否则很难完成我们所开始的。- v. S; }( K2 g6 z
We stop starting. We quit the club. : @! p! \3 c$ ~# C我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。 0 t8 S' B3 H7 b& C& D' V: J9 ~We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.) o% l0 R( l& N5 {; G" ^
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。 6 k. g$ W* ]. W0 E" h: y3 {There's nothing wrong with asking why.1 w7 A# F: `; ?4 e7 e
问为什么没什么问题。 1 E: D: S1 J0 rIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing. & ^7 }" F7 q6 R3 Q" @. o0 b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。3 a2 V/ [( F) C/ D; }
Talk about it. ' K0 z) A9 {- Z) T I7 f# i谈论下面的话题： 4 ?9 y H7 _8 f8 yIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it? $ c' E; d2 o4 t8 u+ t你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？4 C- _8 S& @2 Z3 ~8 e
Is it a kind of distant memory? H, A0 N& j' K# }它是一种遥远的记忆？* C$ _ D5 w. p
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...+ D: o( [& f# ~2 q5 z$ U* Y9 L. Q
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事…… : D' k9 z8 o! [0 n2 D) sHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?* z* c- q& p+ I. {% I( m6 q
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？$ a! [9 N. d6 p9 c b
Do you write memos? # T) e# Q4 u! Q1 E5 T# W4 H你写备忘录吗？* C8 T, a0 F: W9 c7 W Y
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing? + Y; B% H8 G) E: b8 y! o0 S你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？# h( Y" y; T3 ^( X
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting? 9 Z7 `, P# g* C9 @$ O* s还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？ + l# g2 f# \% ]9 q) P) WWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name? 3 A4 s- Z- t% {' r" v你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？