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 3 h, a( K& e. _. O6 f7 ]- b" q# d; p T# t- U
记住我们为什么做某事8 t7 O9 I/ i" M9 ^7 Z
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.7 {; u8 H. N/ i2 U
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。 2 u& K8 C) t% y8 ]- s SHave you ever done that? 9 `4 n' F+ W( a+ [, z' K5 e2 K5 x3 ~你曾有过这种经历吗？, n4 [1 V. H- x8 [ I$ ~
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too. ! h. M! S1 g5 U4 a; K我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。 . Z: v6 ^: p& {) f" y$ PI have called someone because I want to tell them something.0 e* g& c9 D1 j- n) M/ s
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。 : u) D: Y. t5 f; {7 }# _And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular. 4 y$ [8 b" `. x$ Y# q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。 1 E) W( t4 R: ?( Z. O* ?$ H% NWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place. ) T/ W/ T# e. m哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。' K$ S$ z) D0 n$ L
That's a memory problem. # W- r: U* n- d这是一个记忆问题。 # X+ L: R6 |0 N- x! k# A7 D' j/ VI guess that counts too. ; O J g3 N8 Q( C我想那很重要。 : I7 U0 i6 Z F: NBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why? " H1 h- V" B; v0 h% B- c& G3 R/ Q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？+ h7 ?' a3 U. g& L% [" e
At one point, there was a reason we do something. 5 I( G* D$ ^' S/ {" b0 D0 F在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。 ) W4 @" t$ r: ?+ D! HFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.) K$ w; o% w" V7 m
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。 " T6 r' j0 u, q. m/ `* m. tIt's always could to ask ourselves why. . n2 O0 w& X* E3 y. q+ F! m7 t) t ]总是可以问问自己为什么。 ! {9 l0 D0 l! @( h4 mWhy did I start to learn a language?* l+ z) Y: T7 j6 j
为什么我开始学习一种语言？ + X3 P( f/ A& X, E7 V$ bWhy did I join this club?' y/ z5 u k9 A
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？" m+ w5 e1 }, g7 ?% b
Why my friend was this person? 1 Y: j% A; O1 `) J, ?$ d4 Z+ f* T; c2 J5 R为什么我的朋友是这个人？ ; K* K: b2 y5 u+ g: Q" d0 EWhy did I get married? 3 Z; i& m2 ^" |1 C; ^" F& i为什么我要结婚？ # H# w* T# B8 I) T& H1 ~If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.+ l$ a1 C$ `% ^, d8 c
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。 ) ~. A% q' H4 B0 `. AI think we need indeed remind us of why.2 I X% }0 h* ?* ?3 G
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。 1 w4 ], z5 @- d! v. ?, V7 |' dOr else it's tough to finish what we started. , N! R" i* t. v" o- |$ L否则很难完成我们所开始的。$ G) Q- n+ N4 S |. q; @, h
We stop starting. We quit the club.$ L( \5 U* z7 f( u3 C
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。 8 R0 W: H- R. y0 p1 ~We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged. ) v0 T: T4 ?4 D: C6 n8 Y我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。 2 y6 O$ T" u& E2 }$ LThere's nothing wrong with asking why.* e1 m: F& Z0 T# s( H
问为什么没什么问题。 h' A5 D! S% _* c" e" J
In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing. & }. W8 x5 e" p* G9 a& ^+ Z. a: y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。- p3 T4 e: {" W6 F0 ?2 }- u
Talk about it. b; D0 B+ ]' D- f谈论下面的话题：. h5 \. K$ S$ t3 ?" I% [1 R# m
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it? % A6 ~; q5 _, P% Y& L6 a你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？& d C9 ?9 `( k! D: w3 c" E
Is it a kind of distant memory? Z \% T3 m! B9 s
它是一种遥远的记忆？ \* d% s1 m \9 QDid you ever forget why you are doing something...* k: T. ^! N) d: n. p/ a% z
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事…… 3 K& W3 G9 b5 O8 c+ z, d5 H: ]How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?. L0 {% J0 w; ]' ^8 }2 h2 w. H# M
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？" t1 H3 Z" T3 I) ~. [7 ]+ ^
Do you write memos?! K: s% n; ?- L& b C! [
你写备忘录吗？2 w a5 o' r& C* h8 ~' t5 o
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing? 6 j5 N; P2 m( G: E. Y/ n你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？ ( \' ^: R( ~/ z l% C; UWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting? * h7 m; `' B9 \还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？" c# I0 I+ s& j6 E' I1 Y- M. _5 G
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?# l1 D3 c% @/ v& U* `/ x0 \, t& i
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？