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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+ k1 n3 U; p- h& ISometimes 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。
Have 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.
0 }6 v7 ^1 _  i% Q3 `我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
: b1 u7 ]* o, R1 b3 dI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
4 b5 ?1 ^# y7 ?1 v( |! w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.
/ F, I( G1 O7 O. b& l( v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。
3 l6 q$ v( W9 {$ x, cThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
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.
3 ^0 [0 |4 e( g1 Y9 w4 I在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
! {! ]" G7 c) c$ s/ J1 f9 gFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
' n% }2 _" V1 k0 V7 {# A/ l0 l' j对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
- H7 K" h$ J+ _8 S. jIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
, \. A8 `8 F7 t: |4 Z7 t- |" F8 RWhy did I start to learn a language?
. H! N1 |1 M8 L  P; V; n2 P为什么我开始学习一种语言？
" c/ \" w4 p" l7 Y( |/ IWhy did I join this club?
$ h7 Q9 D" q, z$ D$ k0 o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？
Why did I get married?
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.
7 s! I" D: F" ~9 L8 b/ X$ r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。
! F3 s% c/ ~' H1 n# |7 F8 H0 yI think we need indeed remind us of why.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
1 K& Y/ i& S( J& c! [. w) @Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
% F6 u! t5 j; E1 J( M/ [" d6 O我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
6 `0 M0 J% `( u; u8 T1 ~+ Q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。
In 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。
. M( G* i5 ^# m- G1 C6 Z4 }) eTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
# J! y. [& {" I( x5 N: B" G$ G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?
$ E; ]* N2 h% |- X) s它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
# n4 h; V$ R! y' E你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
+ f% X! a% P/ L4 p你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
2 s# h" ~8 a  E7 K; u1 m# TDo you write memos?
, l1 y* P2 W4 P" F% r4 v- {你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
" M  Q# c' J6 _7 M  V5 L+ y6 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?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
9 r7 C, y0 p! s- G. I+ @, AWhat 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？