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 : N* Q. [+ L" G3 M. s - |3 C4 J, u! {+ e0 d% O. m记住我们为什么做某事0 F; O2 N7 x4 O
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing. ' p8 M6 m) `2 c有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。4 D% E$ @1 D6 C! a. i
Have you ever done that? : s4 [ ]" h- `8 }/ D/ H {你曾有过这种经历吗？+ h( F8 S; a) e; r! x3 S( o. A
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too. " E! X0 V# ^' D; y) k我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。9 M* h7 M9 k R5 Z3 k/ j
I have called someone because I want to tell them something. ! |" B: n! @7 T; N% \1 n. K# \# D- x我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。 # Y; b1 {9 {$ D( VAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular./ M0 p- Q* w6 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。 8 \4 ~8 t) D- m" j {$ X( \! jWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place. R& R+ I5 k: f z; s# r+ T3 @哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。 2 m; {7 q& V, T( YThat's a memory problem. $ v: g8 q! M4 q" O& N这是一个记忆问题。: t( u i, W; [# K T1 c# R
I guess that counts too.8 o5 Y: j0 f" b
我想那很重要。/ @5 C) ?0 a" L$ B$ h8 e+ `9 R
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why? / |. t: U! [- D: W. O( k# Z- i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？ . Z' z% T% R! z# e0 VAt one point, there was a reason we do something.# P0 _ t4 t* F# W( `
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。1 M( D1 ~% {" F: D5 r7 D3 V( b3 U* Z( {
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.1 R! Z- w8 H, s9 r
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。 $ T& `' |& }6 ]% H+ n) `It's always could to ask ourselves why.) e+ k6 X4 [$ z: ^1 e2 D( J4 j
总是可以问问自己为什么。 5 t o; s# h2 N/ y* s( w) ^) F* oWhy did I start to learn a language? " V6 W) C" l7 I7 n! s为什么我开始学习一种语言？. [) K- P9 b' K1 b
Why did I join this club?. `! g# V1 u/ Q) ?4 {3 ~* V
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？; a+ c: m" l) h7 K5 ~" I5 r7 w
Why my friend was this person?5 W# H% T9 x/ D- s. p: ?/ Z
为什么我的朋友是这个人？ ; U) c- _, N" ?3 [' \ YWhy did I get married?7 W3 w, f6 p9 N3 q p& b0 W
为什么我要结婚？ % T( t8 D6 R0 G- TIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why. / h g7 p, i- N" h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 s$ k8 G2 Q- G! k* ^9 bI think we need indeed remind us of why. 6 M7 y; l. W, E/ }我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。 ; k+ N% l1 {# s8 ]; O, l1 uOr else it's tough to finish what we started.% k2 ?: s/ e' t% m2 |
否则很难完成我们所开始的。 0 I3 T, U0 P9 l* N4 N5 DWe stop starting. We quit the club.: Z! i g. P& V8 S
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。, [7 b. { _8 u( U; \
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.8 z- E! q% x6 r. `
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。 : L/ o$ M$ s3 c3 c' BThere's nothing wrong with asking why. ( k6 ^' h8 n7 D, a' R0 ?问为什么没什么问题。 6 i. x/ p, ?& `9 R AIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing. 1 r$ p: n/ c' f$ d6 }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. K1 \' f2 J3 N; ^1 |; X: [Talk about it. & G( H* U3 M' l8 F6 i- K: m谈论下面的话题： ( k: M+ x: G2 D+ l# T; H* Y0 VIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it? + x& d( @; I: L. M# G; b% B你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？ ; F9 s3 ?2 @- }+ v4 v pIs it a kind of distant memory?: ]8 }- y. b: t
它是一种遥远的记忆？ ! {9 q1 J( \& W" x, a. l9 v1 a+ q0 EDid you ever forget why you are doing something... 0 `* h! x/ F' O. {% w* A" A你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……# E/ ~+ v3 b* d ~0 P
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?8 S1 ^6 }1 ?0 a q2 N9 o2 ^
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？ ( x& j5 G# ~" m/ J8 P0 a' j( lDo you write memos? [4 E- f5 o9 R* J你写备忘录吗？ 5 U2 n2 f4 ?7 s4 ^9 i E& kDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing? 0 l# `( y) O% E' m) u1 s- n6 _你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？ 4 O1 V. X6 F9 k3 ?+ kWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting? : o" e1 I% r* M) D( b( W3 o还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？ ; ]* y f0 N& z8 ~4 NWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name? 9 W3 W3 V9 |" a% x: i; c你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？