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 - e- U, ]5 c( k ! P4 p' f1 S6 ?$ U" a7 n, n( Q3 `( z记住我们为什么做某事 \3 R$ t& }' |: ?% E- ISometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing. , T; H a* K/ K+ I; y有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。 3 K, T5 @4 o. q% v4 }7 H9 _! Z" FHave you ever done that? . M1 u1 [1 ]& B' r/ e1 h# x- t你曾有过这种经历吗？ 4 Y. P2 ~( U( E% X5 bI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too. ' o4 w& J7 e$ Y U我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。 & L2 S$ m; ]/ E$ \; ^. ^- NI have called someone because I want to tell them something.3 X- ?. |* R0 v7 R6 k! A' q$ D- @
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。6 W6 S& Q# P' C% {) D5 \; v7 K
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular. 0 o8 k3 n. E" v6 T x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。+ {- H. O9 B& ]7 t% v9 T# f& j
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place. 7 |3 N3 T: X4 A$ p. K( Q& ^哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。 2 {9 g: \3 j X; C4 S( AThat's a memory problem.: D6 P7 Y j% l0 R4 K( R% }
这是一个记忆问题。 6 m& ?8 a+ ~- i" G1 O. hI guess that counts too. # k4 S# A, X8 v0 Q+ Z" V我想那很重要。 3 h1 n" o3 I' b! P3 pBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?& T J; x3 b# E" V5 n$ D
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？ " s8 H' K' ?, `3 qAt one point, there was a reason we do something.# I l! q6 |/ q& w2 ?. B4 j
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。3 ]3 c$ u1 K8 e: X" E
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.* E7 n- a: D, ?" j
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。1 F; }0 Y0 _/ k1 C
It's always could to ask ourselves why. - ?* M2 p/ i& Q总是可以问问自己为什么。 % j1 J7 I: ]; N2 \# |Why did I start to learn a language? ! S8 [# Y; h0 i8 v1 R* O为什么我开始学习一种语言？ j0 J+ m% W& \6 U' TWhy did I join this club?7 [0 F. Q' `( J; e% N* X
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？& u. P Q+ r+ u* m( K: s
Why my friend was this person? ( m9 C8 V F) W* G为什么我的朋友是这个人？ ; f! n3 {* t$ f: }& n) e) lWhy did I get married? ' ?# r$ d) I" J+ }5 i: ~ S- x/ M为什么我要结婚？ ! q! C9 a8 o# T4 WIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why. {/ V, `) A! u3 w5 ]" x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。# O: k. m" O# V) ]8 z
I think we need indeed remind us of why. * {' I& _9 g/ K# f# m我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。 + M& J& E: I7 tOr else it's tough to finish what we started.6 t- s6 G7 @5 e- R) `6 u# b6 V# Z
否则很难完成我们所开始的。 5 X: [/ G* ~) _We stop starting. We quit the club. 0 C. G/ B0 e8 ?% e, @7 s我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。7 a z' h5 p' h0 r2 K8 j
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged. 5 s( }! i: t2 q) S5 \, }我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。% |- `2 Z4 c( V' Z: Q! \
There's nothing wrong with asking why. ~: f2 L7 w8 ~& I2 v. M
问为什么没什么问题。 + k0 v: U* x. d' m+ d) lIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing. - W* J+ c4 b1 |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。 / d# P+ O! F* d- @ Z' l& ?3 b, o6 U% MTalk about it. 9 @$ H# l; `: } J7 N; l f5 n+ U: L& Q谈论下面的话题：5 i. B; `7 v- w) D8 N; E
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it? ( e) y7 H- @5 l1 c! W& i你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？ " y; e8 {" L+ A* A) _Is it a kind of distant memory? : L: U5 ?+ A8 `它是一种遥远的记忆？7 J& }* U2 U( Y+ [1 T2 Z) ^- Y
Did you ever forget why you are doing something... ; z2 ^; S9 s( y. D- F/ p你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……+ c) B1 ^3 w# t$ h. \! Q I2 f# y
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something? ; N+ k" ^8 C, J: j' E6 L你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？9 K$ G# a/ I3 G1 Z; ]0 S4 A" _
Do you write memos? 3 g9 Z3 w6 R: l; |7 s$ t2 Z& b你写备忘录吗？# w4 d( ?3 [8 W" D! _* l! J
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?6 R4 S4 W! A- Q% c+ J5 {: }. 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？ 7 ]8 e) a6 q& E# S4 qWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?5 a* P S; S+ O
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？& m9 G0 x4 ~2 N" _ f( B
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name? 2 p$ J" x# W9 J你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？