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 4 b5 k/ m( X+ _8 K _; y# J 0 n! V P+ u h+ g6 \# b% d记住我们为什么做某事 8 A# D8 Q1 [9 Q4 TSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing. , b, K3 I, r% T) U' h" m; F% u有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。; q# ^3 N3 a; O1 X7 U
Have you ever done that?' ~- ?( F0 X# ~9 Z) d+ n
你曾有过这种经历吗？ 6 E" B( P/ y" O' d1 r MI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too. : J2 H- }' Z( f我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。% U+ l8 u# V5 A( B& ~ o4 ~) L9 P
I have called someone because I want to tell them something. 9 t6 H; v( I D, h. I% i! \我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。( {7 I- M1 c6 S' O4 c; C5 l/ @
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular. 2 u. e7 s$ n, c/ s4 ^7 U# \9 U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。 % C. A, X, `# E0 b$ H2 FWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.0 w" c% y6 o% b9 C
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。 ( r. j; p/ w0 X% \- d) q0 F0 Y; gThat's a memory problem. u" i3 F( P' }
这是一个记忆问题。7 }' X& |8 R4 O
I guess that counts too.. X3 G! I( R% x+ M% H4 A) G
我想那很重要。 6 b- Z% g% z0 f0 u! r& gBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?& J. u2 g4 `3 w6 `
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？ ) I; f- w- \: W6 ^# SAt one point, there was a reason we do something. $ t- @: ^8 v6 H+ ]/ K- ~2 v在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。 $ L. ?( N' K, i4 m% ~6 i+ J( h- d5 oFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason. / G' X6 U5 K/ _" @+ ~: M对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。. ]: f, \9 v6 Q, W4 }& c# q
It's always could to ask ourselves why.$ ~* D% ` ?4 K/ R: C" h+ E; j
总是可以问问自己为什么。 % L* Q8 f D9 N" HWhy did I start to learn a language?9 F3 O& l8 k* i, _
为什么我开始学习一种语言？ 4 k1 y7 K+ N" D! |4 i3 X- s$ |; nWhy did I join this club? 8 m' I5 Q J s3 Z为什么我加入这个俱乐部？ 4 g4 T0 T! j6 l# D$ H. ~% }: u7 LWhy my friend was this person?# E7 @# k# ?+ E! F
为什么我的朋友是这个人？ ' c) O! g+ Z" n Z8 s2 J) P4 zWhy did I get married?; |( Q' z5 j1 b$ ~
为什么我要结婚？ & n# x; ^, J% F% Z4 V6 R) D2 {If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.; a. T9 t Z6 P, h5 H$ z
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。1 ~# r+ v9 V/ b2 @6 T" |0 d" u
I think we need indeed remind us of why.3 \% a/ J$ {3 V& }8 F0 t* b7 ]6 @
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。" H6 M6 Q: }( k5 u- r) B8 L2 {% C
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.; j* s8 C8 s/ v: h+ E& w; ~
否则很难完成我们所开始的。 1 L, y2 ?+ {$ o! I. T9 a( |We stop starting. We quit the club. & I8 L, F+ b+ z4 [4 ~% v% I5 s/ W; Z我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。 2 @" T1 a3 v9 I! U! AWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.: G8 b& t0 c) B. M
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。 0 |) B4 V1 r% U+ [There's nothing wrong with asking why. ! ?* Z# }- N, z& s问为什么没什么问题。 + c5 h [. V9 d2 k* TIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing. & @" a! T, n3 h- ^/ Q& O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。$ Y- ?9 b& W+ P- h' g1 \
Talk about it.1 P( A) [* I% X! Q7 c; X2 w' H+ v
谈论下面的话题： 3 E8 H$ E& }3 C- t5 G2 `Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it? # Z4 q: [* Y) L1 o$ ^* d你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？ ; H; `& d3 A# i3 j, r4 B) n) xIs it a kind of distant memory?, c. g2 h( L/ V/ w
它是一种遥远的记忆？. s: H' p5 G1 F1 f0 Q5 g
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...- i; x+ A0 |" H# b
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事…… # O, u1 M# ^( w7 b8 ^1 `How do you remind yourself why you are doing something? 6 e3 A8 B+ T$ ?& P2 P* C你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？ . p3 ]$ e5 c; R9 [0 m# XDo you write memos? - A% y$ A( K+ h6 D9 S, s你写备忘录吗？ + V5 V3 g& x; w" {2 ADoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?/ u3 ^9 ]- |1 k" B5 U! o3 |
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？ 8 w& H% d" t% W7 l6 b! d( |What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?/ {" p) U. g, W% e, T6 N, w6 D {( ?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？# I v7 o% z6 a- q/ l
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?0 T& n" ~# T7 g% Y0 T
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？