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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& `/ }4 z9 E( v% L7 r* @* J8 A记住我们为什么做某事
. K+ P+ H. K- K1 X7 s4 [, f0 hSometimes 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。
  g/ t8 d# @& R6 t: e9 W, SHave you ever done that?
0 [, T  o' |" Z' M! c, a你曾有过这种经历吗？
" R5 A" r, M; [7 |  wI'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。
! o+ _. b6 C  u+ R1 oI 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。
: \' E3 B$ `0 h9 c% t  `7 _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。
$ m8 j* G3 C* p0 Y! W, G1 M- XWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
% A/ B( o& M! O- d: e哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
+ t: u( X) U) v7 e1 V. |$ W这是一个记忆问题。
4 ^9 Z6 \8 W3 n$ F+ F+ DI guess that counts too.
2 G& Q* c* O9 L1 l% }我想那很重要。
$ g; ]6 K8 P0 n/ X: d' m; v& Q: s; hBut 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？
# K+ P: e- \% m1 p) d( D( k3 iAt 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。
3 K  }. t% E" h" R( KFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
4 ~" _" |& a4 u$ N5 T) W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。
% g+ C2 G, q) n) h" l. [Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
* }& h* x7 H% @; J0 gWhy did I join this club?
& |. f# h' p! n- J- \) F为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
9 U/ w% L" C! c& aWhy 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.
$ R3 `- C1 ^5 F" R, }  H& o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。
Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
: y! f. a! ^" o8 a& G+ M7 f( v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.
* T0 P$ U& p4 }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。
% D9 C: V* M0 n! d7 `" A5 t) eIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
" J1 v9 e: w- w! ~3 D. N$ N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.
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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?
" T8 Q7 Q: z5 i7 C( H它是一种遥远的记忆？
1 J4 z* h) b! `4 N7 CDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
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?
0 R  L3 S' `, G/ q; m- {你写备忘录吗？
, ^- D0 }. X; t# S# @. {Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
, z- v/ D! d, H. |2 }' K% N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?
9 H, U$ A( D: x1 O& J, Z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?
你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？