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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Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
1 D* c5 f! V( G1 T% S+ D) V8 \7 n; n1 t有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
7 [! s( h* I+ r" P4 t, {  c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。
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
- G2 @( R( X, \2 i+ `# N我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
( a! o9 @: H$ KAnd 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.
' y# _( b" K& J+ k8 Z) O9 q这是一个记忆问题。
  _3 B  h, G1 nI 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.
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。
; l  C# E' ~$ j+ Q0 K% W" \It's always could to ask ourselves why.
- d$ o) x, F/ Y% v% c* y' y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?
# P2 Z. W  y( F+ o( }3 X. s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？
  Y1 Q, \/ }8 f. E( b" ^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.
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.
& b: V& b4 _! W- w8 P% V6 r我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
$ l1 Y4 r) K( n7 B# L: XOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
, b; R" f* X3 ?0 g否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
  }% F# j- Q6 A. k/ ~# U0 E我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
We 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。
$ ]' r; z+ ^2 j" k0 sThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
" E  U' @1 k0 d0 h3 [In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
2 C/ @. x; ?2 o5 w1 M4 x  y! ?  _' T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。
1 a- V4 U: M6 U2 M+ m, |5 e5 sTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
9 B1 I% Z8 z0 X+ o6 q3 u5 ~Is 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?
& E; U9 w( s. u; _$ C它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
  E9 Q* a2 x3 g5 ~" G2 J你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
7 x; k2 \- _% t/ |4 D: V你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
; G& t; @) @: X5 F% hDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
& h! s8 ?, b, O, _Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
' ?. |2 c# E0 v. m9 z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?
3 d. M1 Y2 P- @) H: T1 v$ i4 A, x8 g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?
; G! l5 e* |3 D7 d5 }0 E你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？