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: P: r y e# X
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记住我们为什么做某事( y) S$ ]) K/ V8 g/ M* t( V
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.* k. G' \8 W( t! n5 r
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。 & s0 n! @! S; R1 EHave you ever done that?( L' x! @5 H9 G. W. A
你曾有过这种经历吗？ & e5 C- D6 i' C& wI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.0 ?8 V h; T! n, Z, [8 d# F) Z; Q
我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。0 i" r* v: a, \+ q3 C3 d
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.% a- A$ I. [: r% U; `6 B4 z( }- X
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。% f$ b! `& Z. f
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular. " o, K% g& p# `0 J; {1 C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。 5 C0 X$ x7 i+ k# M% I% W4 xWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place. ' C. l% C" }) E/ j哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。 ) j9 N$ ^) f* m3 X* XThat's a memory problem. ) h/ ?+ y+ z1 M/ P c/ H1 _! R这是一个记忆问题。 9 c6 I+ G) O! |. z# f fI guess that counts too. , @/ e* U% ?! N9 d2 w2 ?我想那很重要。8 k& K1 D- z; K9 ]% T
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why? 0 x: F2 o- w, v2 N! \2 _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？- q* H& R) }3 w7 _+ G: ]. P
At one point, there was a reason we do something. f4 G* W- N( h8 S$ D* S( I
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。& M3 k" h" n9 R7 S7 |% z8 ^( ~
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason. 0 A# x+ a8 R- G( m+ G8 k* O对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。7 e4 `: Q/ I9 y; M( s) e) r. T
It's always could to ask ourselves why." ~. E4 K7 f3 i- n2 D0 q8 ]4 d
总是可以问问自己为什么。 # s: N- e% }# @) l" S; UWhy did I start to learn a language? C/ A" V- g X# ^ ~为什么我开始学习一种语言？- K6 Y u) B6 ^9 b' G5 S
Why did I join this club?- y9 Q( v g4 s0 s5 W: t4 U
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？ # D7 O/ n6 M/ O F$ U$ eWhy my friend was this person?; e& N& J+ i( v7 p) K
为什么我的朋友是这个人？ # t3 L+ S, D5 Q; \: A; T* @Why did I get married? 0 K2 ~1 J0 O, D# h3 _为什么我要结婚？ 5 \1 n' L o' C+ c4 \" xIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why./ V0 u2 R, Y+ ^0 s' T
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。 - x8 E! K9 J0 @$ V9 Z% kI think we need indeed remind us of why. r5 d! Y; [1 ?8 {. q我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。 ( [& f3 C3 S+ x: a. e# |9 eOr else it's tough to finish what we started. . q& H7 {7 Y p2 y# H E3 ~8 z2 G否则很难完成我们所开始的。& S& G" G: O& q. d% h
We stop starting. We quit the club.! S" f! `& B3 L% o! m4 v- o
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。 # q) ^5 ~0 n6 q5 f V5 {, D) R* kWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.1 J7 q' E* C2 _5 u
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。2 t' ^$ N5 s. k. A4 d# b
There's nothing wrong with asking why.2 ? ?2 O2 ]. r7 I" E
问为什么没什么问题。 " v( F$ G2 w- J A$ q2 R( A8 ?In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing. & `7 t: j( |+ T+ U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。 I, P8 X" @9 i
Talk about it.3 P& `" G' k5 i. X- a
谈论下面的话题： + j3 B+ n1 U- j/ |' o; `: U3 S, ZIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it? 6 n& g9 W7 O K3 J( c# ?你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？) E% `& v5 k* A# e
Is it a kind of distant memory? ) C" j% j# V( x7 O) X6 J" z9 w它是一种遥远的记忆？ ' V. @2 N, z% B- G1 oDid you ever forget why you are doing something...0 P2 x. f/ H: g
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……& z0 M/ s9 K* V8 @2 {" S$ M; c
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?3 T% f) ^' q7 G( E$ n' ]. m' K
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？ 4 g% z7 H8 R; u# x5 h9 DDo you write memos? 6 |0 [4 [ }+ B( X/ E; O7 H你写备忘录吗？ 6 \) v7 P, S; _2 A' `3 |Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing? 2 K. ~$ o! e+ a* t5 P& p! R [你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？ ( b7 k$ g2 w6 u8 L; s) ]What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting? . d( u- Q$ W2 C1 n还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？ . w& i/ V, f$ D- N2 }What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name? . s$ T) o0 A! `你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？