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 2 B+ z# e9 V0 E: u: P 4 D. F% \% Q& I- n8 M* C; e. h记住我们为什么做某事. P0 q0 t |* B3 e* `7 [, E
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing. R& A( y& C6 U$ b有时候我忘了为什么我在做,我在做什么。' w- U6 y/ z- C. y @: v
Have you ever done that? , g& N g) ^( c9 a: Y5 ^你曾有过这种经历吗? + k3 [$ E/ m0 W) f$ l3 M) |4 m; uI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too. 2 Q( z. A: W# A0 Q3 r/ \8 p0 w: Q我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题,虽然那也是有可能的。. O4 J o2 H7 A2 G$ T0 }
I have called someone because I want to tell them something. 0 J' A2 E! f0 v! Q" R# m+ p9 q: p" E我曾经打电话给某人,因为我想告诉他们什么。9 [: N9 m" M( y$ i3 o. H5 `% P% v
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.0 U. A% R2 H8 n/ P3 ]
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。/ O2 _ t6 Z" O8 m8 u: R/ @% ?
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place. ) ~# k- r$ H+ c哦,我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。/ ~0 d3 E y4 n+ G8 K& P; w
That's a memory problem. 3 J0 K* G$ L- @& E这是一个记忆问题。% M+ s# p/ H4 m
I guess that counts too. / N0 J+ ]- }6 B4 Y我想那很重要。 / j% ?4 x! Z0 {6 v& ~8 RBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why? : Z" _ C% s: g T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?( i7 V% }. q F( E; z4 i/ Y
At one point, there was a reason we do something." L& s' a6 x" _0 _" F8 x9 J) k: f
在某一个时期, 我们做某事会有一个理由。 7 d; Q' G3 ?4 N' OFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason." ~5 N, q7 y: l F* l p: m* s+ c- C
对于长期项目,我们需要提醒自己原因。 * E" b/ x6 _' N$ S3 kIt's always could to ask ourselves why. 2 ?" ~7 S3 c0 e: h! K' `总是可以问问自己为什么。 ( s. i. a* e5 q3 FWhy did I start to learn a language? 5 g+ b d+ ^$ Y9 ~0 R为什么我开始学习一种语言?: }$ I" S, H# O# D3 }
Why did I join this club? ' L+ _9 }8 }; g8 m; s6 a( k7 E为什么我加入这个俱乐部? , M5 r. L0 m g z5 MWhy my friend was this person? $ u$ z I2 T& u& |4 v: F! _为什么我的朋友是这个人? : S) _* p( M# O# f* m) M+ ?Why did I get married? 8 J3 n# [# B% L7 f2 x& U为什么我要结婚?+ C5 ?! w( M3 T$ T ^" t+ E7 ?8 M
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why. l# a- L R& G0 a" }2 f" K- w1 I4 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。! C; E( \3 m# j# v
I think we need indeed remind us of why. : J1 {* A- h# R! l; t, Z- M' U我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。 " J4 E, L6 A; o& b1 k* yOr else it's tough to finish what we started., B" U p6 E! }" O7 V( k1 l
否则很难完成我们所开始的。 8 U* T$ ~5 a' q% j6 n5 i; JWe stop starting. We quit the club.+ P+ L5 r4 i9 |1 _. e: Y
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。# M9 B1 T0 D t. A& Z0 @$ @2 t' ]% t- k
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.3 Q! O2 P4 ]7 w- [! c
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。. ^6 H1 r9 V$ t4 U' F7 A; ?
There's nothing wrong with asking why.6 @) U& {( h2 X% G
问为什么没什么问题。 8 G$ B( z( }* Z* t& @In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.0 K. b9 N9 @+ j; v+ ?
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。 & ?+ `% e6 O6 KTalk about it. * x! S+ R* Q4 S谈论下面的话题:$ F/ ]" I e% J2 v9 ^0 l J
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?* Y; z2 j+ k; a H8 t* T
你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗? * Z/ u5 y$ k; n9 iIs it a kind of distant memory?- M& s6 C) G7 H9 w! l. J9 g
它是一种遥远的记忆?3 Q8 p1 k" g/ G' z
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...6 A: u# e( i/ s6 l- o
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……* E7 ?2 J6 V: \6 ^9 o
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something? $ y- p1 j! G/ H6 {; B7 Q ^( \你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗? ! j. \& B1 I& I# W A0 \4 sDo you write memos?# j. z) @, T4 b1 k0 L1 G
你写备忘录吗? 1 X8 J6 h$ B% @: f2 Y$ _; VDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing? 0 y+ |, I& L$ a, K, d你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗?) {# S, e4 h7 c" ?, }0 Q& ^" w: ^3 Z
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting? 7 V" |4 d% X& b还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗?* o* M4 @2 u7 t: ?# ~
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?% J# }2 I# i& z$ r: Q7 M
你看到认识的某人,却忘记了名字,这种情况下你会怎么办?