美文赏析：记住我们呢为什么做某事

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Remembering why we are doing something
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Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
, R9 I, G( o6 f" b; qHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
7 g2 e% Z  y  j) }我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
9 m3 m# I1 R& H$ m  u$ o我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
9 `, s, O3 B5 r/ X/ l- IAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
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。
- Y4 s6 u# D8 V2 V( @, s) I) vWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
5 w4 F# Y0 M8 S/ H9 u0 _5 F: T, O0 f哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
( s2 q$ A* t: g7 u5 ^3 ]0 ^我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
. E! T- J1 K9 X4 J7 G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？
  h9 e+ B$ K; L/ M& ]2 lAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
; M+ E! G! N& Y6 R7 M7 T在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
5 d0 \- {1 E( g9 `! I: t/ q+ n- s) V  J为什么我开始学习一种语言？
1 J: D4 t8 d0 @" c$ v& H9 L" y5 LWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
  ], d# I: V: Z+ AWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
5 ]4 J+ S' s$ A7 M5 m2 ?( ]" zWhy did I get married?
- w% V7 q, w- e! l) r; r- C3 [& h为什么我要结婚？
If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
, U- i. ^/ l$ V# F2 s9 q( y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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
+ v. A; U" O+ x5 I- s$ {否则很难完成我们所开始的。
- ^" R2 @8 n, o2 l# u1 u% EWe stop starting. We quit the club.
$ w4 d: x$ ?* e; \8 s. E我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
$ l1 X0 x# |3 @8 kWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
* \1 v) z  Z4 H( bIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
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。
Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
( \5 A- t- d1 lIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
' M4 m0 q! B8 X( m你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
Is it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
8 I7 ?4 j, _9 Z  ~+ sDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
  w* p( @  M! E6 y. ^! W- E你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
6 @- S) n3 f! p9 e2 g$ V6 E% A; LDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
. F5 f: w5 }  i( v( zDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
0 v# t; r+ K5 w0 Y) c' jWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？