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

1 D. ^6 E% A1 b# z记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
& }3 f/ L4 Q' D; y; t% U  C7 o- {有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
9 c7 |& ]9 N" l5 W, c/ \* CHave 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.
& G' ?. ]) v: F- B5 a% C" {& E. z8 m我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
, B" T0 l: k) V% W/ _. q4 f; L7 @I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
6 G* U+ A! L1 A  _0 f6 W& e我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
. m4 [8 k: r* u6 pAnd 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。
2 _- w" u  K2 ?( ]  [; PWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
- C( D* A$ W4 J2 {- e哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
: Q) q6 V( i5 K( s4 f0 R8 ]- `这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
& x7 r8 d1 v: F4 mBut 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.
3 x) N0 f* B8 U- c总是可以问问自己为什么。
# z; J5 F: H2 S% M* x* ^Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
4 R1 z1 a( }9 }6 W4 t9 p) ]0 {Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
# G  _: U8 E/ }4 @) _4 D' eWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
- I! X2 V) ~: X. |0 g' Q: HIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
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。
; E& r! g( F5 J! WI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
6 Z$ h' d: q7 O/ q: R9 g: Y3 aOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
) G8 X4 D, c) ]; G# o: q' X+ @否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
/ G: F4 K1 Z; K& m我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
( N) k1 F( c( |& k9 M, sWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
  {8 n# I2 |$ h  l& O$ O3 \3 L我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
4 ]# f7 k7 D. L! B/ g4 ^There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
3 D" m  {( i* wIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
- \9 p$ j# a0 R3 u# L0 ^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。
$ |# o, a5 _' o) n' G' X9 R  z$ oTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
7 \* N8 Z& ^5 A: Z) @% x8 H# G# m% zIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
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?
* m; r. x6 Y1 t! S9 T, ^# Z4 o它是一种遥远的记忆？
0 b  r* ^! P5 G( B5 Y: YDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
; C3 T, j3 P) K4 U4 ]+ P) HHow 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?
你写备忘录吗？
1 ^! N; n8 k  M* PDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
1 e' L  P5 V% N; K; R) K9 c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?
; E. @" k) h) J' l- _0 e7 T, A+ q还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
* h9 p2 O3 f! p8 bWhat 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？