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

记住我们为什么做某事
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。
' v* M+ ?: l" i2 `' 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.
我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
% ^$ |6 U, o8 v( j  \4 yI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
8 P2 d0 d- x' o7 D# C7 O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.
/ h- P, B8 u( L4 I# A0 [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。
- |. v# T2 u  z6 V+ hWell, 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。
( v; [0 e/ Z: _, b6 x7 C& SThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
" m# o5 k8 L& @我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
& p4 |; g+ N6 d1 ^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？
! L) f+ R7 _& z4 ?At one point, there was a reason we do something.
0 z; `' I& [: f) f! C: n2 H% q9 F在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
4 {7 y0 U7 b+ }: W* X  p8 D0 zFor 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。
- A3 `$ z& p/ |5 x1 `Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
6 w) Z: Y. B* JWhy did I join this club?
  d! ]2 f! I) M2 L6 S" t0 W9 j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？
4 j1 S+ X- O6 ^: DWhy did I get married?
: e4 {0 {& e" l7 I$ r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.
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.
- H& Y# W$ u8 J+ u- o& G我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
! _- I2 }; _$ w5 l5 G1 Q5 ^$ COr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
1 G8 ~; S4 |$ ^" `6 `We stop starting. We quit the club.
8 @6 g2 ?9 x  o! ~& X2 C% r我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
9 ?. X' C6 a' I/ b- s0 uWe 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.
5 A9 r. |2 a4 ^9 v) \问为什么没什么问题。
: \2 |; y2 A) t" r/ OIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
  x2 I/ r. ^. z& U) M$ q2 p% a/ m$ ]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：
( W+ F" ~( w/ a. O* f1 K" GIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
- y3 F% x5 ~; ~! O4 G你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
; P$ I3 F" p  `: G, W9 C7 QIs it a kind of distant memory?
3 K0 L# A; @8 R; Y5 y% Q% _$ x它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
1 M! Z3 b  V: p6 h" v; ?  A你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
9 G6 O' x- p4 }. K  A0 |; U8 i0 ^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？
- d1 d+ y( w+ q# ?3 SDo you write memos?
$ M$ D/ Z8 z# [你写备忘录吗？
3 o! m6 f  P2 p$ v$ E$ k. x" PDoes 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？
8 e$ ?$ u! t* Z* T  I4 uWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
5 c3 ^5 o( f* M8 C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?
8 E8 k: z) O5 `6 Z8 W& G: R你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？