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 * G4 ^: k! S* W/ D( x/ w8 h" N% `+ J. g1 Z0 G1 `" Z
记住我们为什么做某事5 L" b4 ?9 ~; K# W
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing. 6 s! k4 \! t5 ~: J u4 ^/ n有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。# j; ~( a0 C' r7 F. I1 h
Have you ever done that?4 I0 O2 [/ I5 N% |, H* c8 j
你曾有过这种经历吗？. z( o2 h! T9 O# c T
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.! g: ` H! h. `; y" ^
我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。 , f6 ?5 ~" K2 N$ _I have called someone because I want to tell them something. 9 s9 U6 n+ Q( G: \6 L! f我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。 & h$ f( o: v$ O0 cAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular. ; O9 R$ R! v* G- C" J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。' a! j' Q" ~8 y) b- P$ E
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place. j( H; J5 P! }. Z& F哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。 + A# z- t \# k1 n$ E) SThat's a memory problem.6 T# C' p" \5 [' D1 b
这是一个记忆问题。 ) Y% R4 ~5 D& G" Z& xI guess that counts too.- V3 \8 n" K$ v' Z9 \
我想那很重要。 4 q, A+ n9 {9 I; s+ g. P8 ` m; ^0 w$ vBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?5 @& ]/ I8 z( Z4 B
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？% [- M4 m/ O" g2 K- O* {5 K" Y8 P0 H
At one point, there was a reason we do something. : U6 w, l/ L" f! A: `. q在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。" J, g9 E* h+ ?0 f! E+ O; ^
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason. 8 L' F: H2 C+ l$ S" f- [对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。8 K. E5 b3 {5 f# c( y4 d, n
It's always could to ask ourselves why. 2 l! A7 R4 @" ?2 G总是可以问问自己为什么。* Q9 U1 s5 @' F; Q4 q
Why did I start to learn a language? 8 O. `/ W1 n r$ L3 G$ m为什么我开始学习一种语言？5 S" d/ y" R3 r t5 W: h, }9 c
Why did I join this club? / m- v% y# e9 B! Y2 ?为什么我加入这个俱乐部？- d% K8 |+ p( r8 J8 F2 d3 E7 k# f
Why my friend was this person?& v! e4 ^7 M# O" _7 v
为什么我的朋友是这个人？ 9 R* X ~, }& ?Why did I get married? % p q8 p: y8 ~4 {: q; j& b0 a为什么我要结婚？# Y- t/ c; H h. A: b5 S" g
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why. 0 n) e a3 ~9 X$ o4 k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。 . a6 L2 W9 z/ M3 yI think we need indeed remind us of why.) I' F, K6 `! ?3 Y3 z3 J
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。( n5 p# f: |/ E6 H' ^. b- U+ ?
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.) L/ k0 c0 I2 z" U& z+ d9 S9 N. x
否则很难完成我们所开始的。9 M! ?8 w6 @; F/ j; c* d
We stop starting. We quit the club.1 L, D4 Q, M1 S. k. |
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。 ! b0 O- K7 {) u4 xWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.* T" `8 i( p: Q0 n9 e
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。. Q$ Z: o/ d9 V4 G9 a
There's nothing wrong with asking why. & j% R1 c1 h0 I6 |- S9 T& b3 }问为什么没什么问题。9 g* m# ~) E7 T6 r9 U* D; G
In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.2 P7 ?$ W7 e) |5 U
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。 6 M- y6 R3 K6 y/ @Talk about it. 2 P+ ]6 r6 r2 \, \1 v谈论下面的话题： ! y4 w- y& {5 \Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it? / R$ h* X6 y% W- Y0 y. h你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？0 t/ K8 H% W* d% E2 e( f7 I
Is it a kind of distant memory?9 }4 n8 j3 t& b4 @
它是一种遥远的记忆？6 V4 y% w% f7 ~, ~& U
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...* f) M# e8 M0 F9 Y; q: e3 `
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事…… 9 P4 }0 \" V+ g1 UHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something? / v' X0 j$ M8 m6 H% R6 h你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？ n$ Y$ p4 l/ h$ `
Do you write memos?6 u" L6 J$ [1 f" b9 Q- p
你写备忘录吗？4 R& q2 N p0 }& P8 t3 m$ U/ b
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing? 9 o2 E4 M1 y$ _- l# i你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？ : `/ r( C1 p. z8 l( h7 pWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?6 |- \# S' }" U) _) X
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？ * x0 U: T" u- {% N. h; j/ dWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?+ Z" S* h7 g. X9 C; T1 Q/ p) |
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？