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。
2 h* q5 n3 o% W- f+ _) |Have you ever done that?
0 Y3 U/ m3 H1 }6 v你曾有过这种经历吗？
5 T; Q: V* Y, R6 _& HI'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。
+ l8 a! G% G# `I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
) e" r/ W1 B( y/ C. W我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
9 D, B2 e2 q: b! @6 lAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
0 v! N; G. m3 H' G% `2 @& G! e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.
2 a- }+ Y0 W, i5 l哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
8 K! t! |4 }0 d5 b- T3 B" C这是一个记忆问题。
$ t  c  i/ h1 II guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
$ D+ ?5 ^' T; 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.
- ]4 r) |. w' \0 G; }4 P' v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。
# S5 k# K( }5 vIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
6 S9 J5 e- ^+ I/ \( g1 ~  WWhy did I start to learn a language?
+ f" }* i5 U" n+ a为什么我开始学习一种语言？
7 r) L0 |/ _9 B: E- ~6 u- GWhy 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？
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.
" V( ^/ x3 k; X4 `; @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。
& W( R! d. Z& _4 D* lI think we need indeed remind us of why.
8 ^' |7 y1 W" s* W: S+ T我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
2 v, N; Y# x3 R否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
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。
2 x( N% g2 P7 W2 w) E5 a! HThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
! q, P/ x# U' P4 m2 zIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
+ q, T) A& V7 W( W4 c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。
) }+ w5 T0 C! z; ATalk about it.
% i9 J- Q' d1 I6 q5 H谈论下面的话题：
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?
5 Z: A' Q' n5 r* @" n它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
! m; m1 S+ s3 K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？
Do you write memos?
( I: p6 C, d! b" e( B你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
* T' i. N& u- H  {6 B0 k* j* m你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
' [! M. l) c- GWhat 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？
; R1 x2 j) A  S( p7 {$ JWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
# b0 s. S# F6 b2 Z4 z9 _7 X2 G你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？