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.
  G4 r7 ~8 e9 O& F有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
- ^% t: J& W- i! ~: w) m* [# EHave you ever done that?
! X6 b; w1 s4 K8 U( P你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
, W5 E# q# m/ X) W, ]. w; [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.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
! G( r3 J: N" ~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。
3 f7 e- C+ v  C$ lWell, 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.
这是一个记忆问题。
* |) a+ ?. [' D2 S& d, J  mI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
+ U  v8 S1 X5 u' ~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.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
& o1 ]* M6 n8 i( K; EWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
* ~2 v( O0 b! ~) |Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
, u" y" o9 T3 T4 q4 R. zWhy my friend was this person?
  W- h! T" v, l: g" t为什么我的朋友是这个人？
7 {. @: A* v' ?1 z& K/ mWhy 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.
2 q: Q6 o* n: U) y) ]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.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
5 W; y+ O/ X# _' o" p8 y( F3 wOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
7 a1 A1 q% t" nWe stop starting. We quit the club.
; [2 m! D- z7 m9 r, [我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
  D) @) O( I6 v: ^1 A: s4 \4 n2 vWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
6 S  }0 x& C& P; l, ?, x. K我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
8 C! r& k2 K. ^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。
Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
. S. |" N3 _- H% oIs 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?
( d. e9 B% o6 y5 g0 O) ]' s7 }它是一种遥远的记忆？
5 I2 c3 D+ N# u: F9 W& u" SDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
9 f$ d) a+ g8 N% E6 i; d你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
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？
9 Y  {- w" [* d8 r9 QDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
+ i; }+ |5 C9 q- cDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
0 `- S# X! q) _8 H% N  a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？
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
6 v0 l  h0 Q9 _4 ^你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？