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 # Z. ~' u. m0 Q- S' K3 c5 U' R% |( Z9 U) a
记住我们为什么做某事5 {# ^/ Z4 ]2 \! W, l
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing. o# h& V* a8 z, q
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。: l" m( G; [# ^, s' i! S. ^" Z
Have you ever done that? + T' o7 k; `7 ~/ y你曾有过这种经历吗？ . ^7 N8 G" v! {I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too. 7 G* L8 H, x6 C4 s* ?我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。8 \7 y* [: ^/ t& |4 q
I have called someone because I want to tell them something. / R' p/ C3 n/ @$ S# }/ E( d4 w我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。- g- i/ z" s/ m. S, c& }
And then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular. ( G: B& _5 v* D" j# a3 }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。 / y8 b% `* l- r- LWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.) K$ p$ r9 `5 Z' Z
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。- h. C9 m* \6 e$ S+ ]: X' P
That's a memory problem. / T f9 X4 E' A$ ~1 r$ ]& Q! b8 V这是一个记忆问题。 / G4 [+ J6 G9 R$ I4 s8 h8 a* HI guess that counts too.8 `" e: Z# E8 n( Q8 O# h
我想那很重要。 H9 U6 [( c3 j2 f8 d& I/ R7 iBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why? / |9 N" V8 h, o1 C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？1 q3 g3 y; i3 y' d* P
At one point, there was a reason we do something., K- r' K, L" G, D' L
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。; y0 o, `' D1 \, D0 b8 E9 R
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.0 ]$ b& Y; {/ i$ Y$ B2 t
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。* @9 \3 o* q! c
It's always could to ask ourselves why.2 H3 u: l7 X8 r1 t. R" G6 i4 j- r! Z
总是可以问问自己为什么。 % t3 E4 ~9 Y6 v0 r+ g/ U1 ~Why did I start to learn a language? / D- j% B% {5 X6 j为什么我开始学习一种语言？. W L' O3 }, }
Why did I join this club?: [- P! G k1 j2 B7 ?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？$ |) m( p1 k3 |) q8 Y" [& \ z
Why my friend was this person?7 I3 P& Y) r$ ?/ o* [& n
为什么我的朋友是这个人？& ?2 g8 V- f- g. j" R
Why did I get married? l5 C/ X4 {: l: l1 F
为什么我要结婚？ B' A- v) a) s. v- _. j5 N
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.% n9 C4 L$ C' C6 I, |
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。6 L2 O$ C, o- ]8 n$ z
I think we need indeed remind us of why., t- g! a% n: X3 \' }5 J
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。& z' z0 A- E/ w6 ?$ [4 u' [
Or else it's tough to finish what we started. 5 U, d% i) [9 R2 p9 d0 X1 k否则很难完成我们所开始的。 U3 f9 `4 `: p6 T
We stop starting. We quit the club. ' g6 h1 ^( b& q9 R+ h我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。: Z/ `9 b W8 `, E0 @) W
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged. ; i g% x# `+ Z( f" C& F我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。+ a) g* t0 }2 _+ y5 H$ B
There's nothing wrong with asking why. 1 x6 J% f- ]: ^0 m0 I% Y r+ [4 u问为什么没什么问题。 2 O; D# T: @$ p+ y0 I: g4 ZIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.( G1 c4 b9 G" C4 T9 E
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。& m) @1 N8 ?( S
Talk about it. S. f; x& r* Z3 b$ U7 m8 f谈论下面的话题：5 g+ O& T2 G! T
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it? . E$ ^% X: y3 ]1 Y( c你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？! f6 h/ ?0 V3 F: V4 u* K* P
Is it a kind of distant memory?5 E6 p' B& S3 y' u7 U! r, M2 H
它是一种遥远的记忆？6 C7 ^6 N5 p2 T. s1 X
Did you ever forget why you are doing something... ( y5 d) P I. I- n: G' {5 T你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……7 m" u6 T2 c0 y
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?$ ]. U/ }* X+ N% ~
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？# r B$ r' ?2 O* o. ^
Do you write memos? 3 m, y- `! a* u1 q你写备忘录吗？ ) B: z. F4 J* cDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?4 ~8 j7 s. M" o; D& v
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？. r0 \- Q6 s% E- r
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting? , w, _3 l5 t/ {$ J/ X还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？ ' e! _) s! z6 H# r# ?( lWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name? 6 c7 D* c1 Q1 m; n你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？