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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记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
% Y! ?! v5 {- v8 l有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
' w) x  S; Q& e8 s7 PHave you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
/ M2 _" K' J3 s+ T- B$ N$ xI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
' N* k8 g! o: z; S$ h我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
% Y$ ?8 I: }! m, ?) g: ^9 U- H- _I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
6 x7 v+ M3 T- H+ c5 [我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
: V" D/ P1 i" I$ ZAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
( R+ c* O+ F; I5 l4 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。
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
5 D  c  l1 L% o4 g3 t5 {哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
% t8 f* r5 U$ P9 zThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
- k' m4 z3 Q; t+ o! y) @I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
# H/ c) ~+ y& Z7 J) rBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
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？
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
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。
  k6 J" g9 V, n; aWhy did I start to learn a language?
4 L/ ?6 q4 C, s* C为什么我开始学习一种语言？
* q1 O+ ^& w: k0 A+ YWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
+ F/ x# s, n: D5 o( k为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
  x" s* u) v% z8 w& KIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
, y$ Z0 S7 F! x& r3 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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
* w8 M+ i  i  M我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
! j2 n: ~0 l, _7 ?Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
% v  {, Y- l7 `6 i/ B3 B( \否则很难完成我们所开始的。
+ z8 k% g* x! V5 y) r) ~# bWe stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
* Z- T6 m" f, `: @* GWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
; k0 d6 O. i, q! O4 F4 B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.
5 C" Q$ e4 I+ v2 Z& u问为什么没什么问题。
! s# r) q4 E; d; l$ eIn 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。
  @: a. I$ j8 w+ Y. `" b7 M& aTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
$ U3 u+ i1 q$ s0 Y) u4 \" h你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
' v$ @, D# Y3 d1 J5 aIs it a kind of distant memory?
2 i1 X5 N% U5 K( ~4 m它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
8 o+ o6 |" P  [, B) S你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
9 U3 J/ B! U! t( ^$ [% N. pHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
' H: r6 M1 m# m2 @$ f& \Do you write memos?
4 t5 ~2 F8 Q6 K' C* x0 Y你写备忘录吗？
Does 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？
' B7 W, E* U, `What are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
/ B. F* [/ a6 s* W  I) i  h- v还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
What 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？