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 9 |) @: w8 x( @. f% g4 Q7 D 3 l! ^9 O: q/ B" e' t5 L3 U记住我们为什么做某事9 w+ b; l! d' Q9 b# q5 R
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.! j( ~+ D9 t/ z& ?0 N# l
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。 ( l" a9 o3 H' Z/ F2 c4 _) l/ lHave you ever done that?; n# {1 q' ?/ A6 B% V: t3 {
你曾有过这种经历吗？/ a; ^. Z! a1 y7 P9 M& X5 Z
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.; v( ^ }' B! O% [. E" W% g" O
我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。' v2 u/ M/ C1 O
I have called someone because I want to tell them something., I8 f+ y7 \+ Q' q e' Q; u. K
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。 / C0 S* |! Q1 N1 l8 w2 S% z& DAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular. 7 W! B/ H& f' A* \5 [* K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。 " c6 l" x# u9 C1 C" f! oWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place. 1 I% z) S" W( N% B( k哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。5 z8 `/ M: c" u% W
That's a memory problem. {, v6 M5 _, v/ `, X/ M k这是一个记忆问题。 # _" x# H. f9 p6 k* u- k+ ^I guess that counts too. # H6 p5 V% m" K, n5 Y2 [1 |我想那很重要。* d, ~( q% N2 l2 v8 Q2 P3 \' h6 S
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why? + m9 S2 w3 x, ]6 f* n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？. P& ?# K, f0 I. T
At one point, there was a reason we do something.2 M1 c) E- j2 |% w+ z8 ^0 i
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。/ m% L' V5 L2 X$ G! w! U
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason. + R+ x" f4 v' }对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。 . \, z4 h" i- U1 e {% P! wIt's always could to ask ourselves why. ! U% F; N9 p" h0 b: z& S* B3 p总是可以问问自己为什么。 7 A* q `0 h3 q! C% kWhy did I start to learn a language?# p3 u+ l. M, [' ~' b
为什么我开始学习一种语言？- h4 |6 d$ v+ H
Why did I join this club?, k) P4 _3 v+ ?# ?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？# R8 ~2 O; \3 w- K3 R
Why my friend was this person?7 k: x* J. [. P$ j3 z
为什么我的朋友是这个人？ ; u$ I2 r) k! H tWhy did I get married?# b0 }3 @0 \. `
为什么我要结婚？; u" ~; ]& m2 c# b
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.0 ^3 f9 t1 |" Z' h) B: c/ |5 }
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。 5 L! n) e' e* Q D- `: c# A) w Q! c) `I think we need indeed remind us of why. , F; N ^+ H8 y; |; ^我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。* t8 J% Q/ _$ P
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.; H. [9 c& k5 v: X& W. E' E& X! B
否则很难完成我们所开始的。 $ s. A. k) e! w8 IWe stop starting. We quit the club.8 N& o" |. p& B8 ^1 ?- Q: V2 r
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。# _) V1 M m4 T+ o' X. P v
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.% U3 f, @* S2 }2 }! Y2 D* n
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。 ! _( R+ i+ \, k) B' b0 g! [6 eThere's nothing wrong with asking why. , g2 d8 S; O$ |0 G1 R/ w( C' d问为什么没什么问题。7 ?, t/ l' ?; a( D
In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing. # U- A9 X, B6 d4 t" p3 _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。8 R) e- L* v5 b+ q) D
Talk about it. * r' ?6 p% c# V6 V. T谈论下面的话题： 6 U$ i7 Q, v* Q2 U. I8 TIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it? & p I' P3 x+ N0 y& n8 h你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？ 6 ?# Q' y) v k4 a; rIs it a kind of distant memory?6 B& J6 c1 M/ V9 b% w7 m
它是一种遥远的记忆？ / l% {7 o r1 C* W+ FDid you ever forget why you are doing something...2 k! k" {3 G- W# O( H
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……" y; I9 [3 E8 v4 D
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something? ' d0 S# t7 B5 X; c% [% ^% D你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？ 2 A' z9 O7 `! P M+ o& o9 ODo you write memos? 9 W: v# L3 f9 B: K; E你写备忘录吗？ ( C6 L o1 R& z* M# K% gDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing? - x2 h) S8 @+ U r" W你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？ 5 P' Y" t' x3 m4 uWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?7 ^, C P; @- n
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？3 H4 ^4 Z' `! w8 [* d, z
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name? 4 W3 d& ^/ ~+ |3 M$ O6 b; `你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？