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" v- _9 f3 {- E/ s
# Z3 ~4 L* g% ?. X' K$ G' p记住我们为什么做某事 : v Q3 Z4 K: L# {' n* B- [9 j$ Q: ySometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.& I1 G9 O: v$ t6 s
有时候我忘了为什么我在做,我在做什么。% K4 D: Y6 H( W
Have you ever done that?. O' g3 ?6 N! {0 {' U$ Z6 x
你曾有过这种经历吗?9 E6 z- C/ X5 D8 v" ?4 q. p. A% o& A
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.( P; e2 ]; M1 _) h5 g& b2 N
我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题,虽然那也是有可能的。' R4 _. i9 f3 m4 B& t5 U u) ?
I have called someone because I want to tell them something. ) A1 o/ s) E5 I- c3 R3 q我曾经打电话给某人,因为我想告诉他们什么。, O. k- M6 y! M4 S" J
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.: B: n) n0 O1 V
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。 " _$ {0 x7 a) } k u/ F) RWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place." b3 W, f) \" |& I5 _* H: \2 M
哦,我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。/ o; }5 N' h6 v- c, q
That's a memory problem. . B" K! w& W! X3 R这是一个记忆问题。 ) s3 Y4 C6 ~6 e) i! h' XI guess that counts too. & n9 B4 Y& s5 E, f, I& `/ x我想那很重要。 7 H3 J/ j% @8 l3 `But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?+ I4 d6 I: F: [. v' ?
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?% c* d/ T8 N7 F0 p& z
At one point, there was a reason we do something.# L: h& ^, E t% o5 Y$ n
在某一个时期, 我们做某事会有一个理由。3 i% m4 I% K q( o3 I3 Z0 e7 _
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason. S/ a/ P( F1 ]& ?# w! E
对于长期项目,我们需要提醒自己原因。9 V, ]: |7 o$ G
It's always could to ask ourselves why./ o6 s% O9 a: O7 j
总是可以问问自己为什么。$ n, S, K6 n! Z: G$ B! |
Why did I start to learn a language? 7 }; N- z! [' }! I1 \3 p为什么我开始学习一种语言? ( o! o5 k. X# g9 U( x4 mWhy did I join this club? ) x9 D; ?0 p5 ~ U' y* }为什么我加入这个俱乐部? - C' E5 d" o5 A$ yWhy my friend was this person?% }! Y* M/ ^, ]9 | w4 Y# O
为什么我的朋友是这个人?8 V* D3 M: K; H( M4 P& r. r# ?
Why did I get married? ' e( i( D* Q8 w% g为什么我要结婚? 7 v; b1 R" O% T4 ^, [/ W- c: nIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why. ! |1 G% N3 K9 x; A' W9 P; s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。9 i" ?2 p g p' S; Q& C
I think we need indeed remind us of why.: r" W# \* y; s7 T: ]3 s9 a' Z( @
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。 8 i: G3 j/ W5 i& Z9 \Or else it's tough to finish what we started.( Z6 o; a. k& _ |
否则很难完成我们所开始的。' b F+ d3 P7 g4 W9 ]9 Q9 s
We stop starting. We quit the club. / N7 y" d, N+ Y: o我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。 , C3 d U8 e/ ^We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged. , t0 f; [# k, C5 ^, y8 m我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。 7 M; c9 b ?4 c1 g* aThere's nothing wrong with asking why. ~- F3 }$ P* ^- B9 |问为什么没什么问题。 6 b0 m# V# _1 G, a$ ]" sIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.$ x! ?. c( X$ y F
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。 I0 m7 I h- o: W5 x% o' r" rTalk about it. " x D. _( M( x1 O& ?, U. Q0 \% G谈论下面的话题: # @5 c: F3 K* jIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it? % \ r9 R" G C你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗?8 X" Q& U# O7 V C7 e
Is it a kind of distant memory?/ Q$ U, x: B+ r t- Y' \3 \
它是一种遥远的记忆? 6 v5 q L& J d! z- |5 t, o% f- wDid you ever forget why you are doing something...3 K$ w' i# e- Q& [
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……, x) f9 o4 Z- ?7 E% N
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?( L% `8 Q6 f* z3 F/ ?5 o
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗?8 w$ E8 [: L- w: T" Z0 d) I" q
Do you write memos? % F7 @. o& [ H& Z" Q, j0 J. w# V9 U你写备忘录吗? ; r+ \; }; V& [* c! K* K3 WDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing? 0 D' W5 c1 e# w+ S' i- E你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗?: n9 I- ?: @% Z) F6 W( f
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting? ( ~+ p8 u1 h3 d# V! J) ?7 {2 u还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗? * h" j, u) Y, z) }+ `1 Y! Q# jWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name? ) v% X6 h/ a" V2 z# Z* {你看到认识的某人,却忘记了名字,这种情况下你会怎么办?