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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9 h# o4 m2 \$ u, I记住我们为什么做某事
9 C0 m  ~. ]$ T) tSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
  B6 T: V& ~- x; O: f% l$ \有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
8 w4 \4 h6 @5 Z' M, U你曾有过这种经历吗？
( U& [( ~( Q! P; b' j. S; YI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
$ D+ T6 [6 g4 o% A' II have called someone because I want to tell them something.
$ V7 G! Y% |+ M6 v2 W7 q我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
And 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。
Well, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
0 v6 D- P' r: m- ?6 ]/ t这是一个记忆问题。
: j* A. O( n% A5 B% {4 k4 }I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But 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.
& \  O9 ]( Z: M' l5 W, @: ^在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
8 C9 ~8 p4 Y' @7 u5 f' S" CFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
! r; ^+ q( _& {- o$ c; ~4 k5 i1 j对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
. K7 k% f& o& HIt'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?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
! {) z$ t+ l: K1 A1 S1 z为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
  ]' _5 L8 u- i1 C" y1 C# V为什么我的朋友是这个人？
6 Y( R4 |% i# o2 F& BWhy did I get married?
! a& M& c! @+ u, o" }! n为什么我要结婚？
; H. x  _% I* I3 k1 ~0 v. j. g, QIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
* k' D' K  c0 B) m3 K' f5 f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.
, i. M8 a  k2 O+ s% {4 \我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
1 L( B5 B6 H, g$ X: WOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
% h4 J8 S' l' B( V( |% A3 p( p8 I$ hWe stop starting. We quit the club.
' c7 R- _# l* ~# v: D. V我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
+ Y- ~8 x+ p( G. fWe 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。
% v/ l( r3 C6 [* sThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
: m' g0 B9 ?( R' {0 G" Y% z* W8 Q问为什么没什么问题。
In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
# \" h8 ^+ M9 n6 s% a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.
' |$ c) y: k+ {" k谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
" R$ q1 `; O" q8 @; `4 q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？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
$ B/ y2 Q' I% _1 [  K7 M" @你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
" _/ p/ V6 _8 Z1 P. BHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
$ S3 K7 @8 h2 m8 s* }你写备忘录吗？
) H  X4 m3 q" TDoes 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?
& }$ L1 J4 C( \5 L: \还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
. C% V, B8 b2 s) u! fWhat 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？