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.
有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
+ F: ]& L% K1 D/ Y: L4 x: RHave you ever done that?
7 C5 @3 K0 o7 Y  J  l你曾有过这种经历吗？
/ C6 f# }6 G5 pI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
+ L& a' X8 ~$ G3 l( v) g我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
' ^' Z# j/ ~  |( Z. v5 VI 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。
  c. f% X2 X' e9 a; y# ]' \  e: MAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
0 R/ O" k) S* z$ M! ], l6 ]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.
; c  p$ n- w; l. l7 n! a6 l* 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.
$ J* }6 q8 F4 N$ _6 k; l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?
! y5 B& W7 Q5 b3 ^! t% M# [5 p3 H- x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？
7 z  ]- ?& ^4 g2 p1 y( {- J8 XAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
- x$ a! X/ [/ G7 ^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.
. ]8 C6 [$ n# W* L/ y& j4 w6 z对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
# D; A$ {) f# P7 Z% M; O4 p- E& EIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
# G0 @5 d  Q& h6 }( bWhy did I start to learn a language?
+ t' w! R# Z0 t" P( A为什么我开始学习一种语言？
& v6 k" k$ w% _4 W5 {5 @; }: w% W! F% uWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
3 R& N) _1 V; b3 f) r' dWhy my friend was this person?
. h6 a% `, u( j' J! |+ d为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
$ r0 E$ g+ v: ]1 ]* K5 ]$ Y2 w# V为什么我要结婚？
) V/ y6 V2 B1 Z; W. [, TIf 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。
/ q( V; m+ s, h& cI 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.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
7 T4 e5 m) V8 E, |4 v, vWe stop starting. We quit the club.
. j" G) ^; _4 g# q/ F我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
+ J9 p6 E; Q6 O0 M7 D; n2 eWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
+ h, q7 s9 s: i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.
/ F% C3 I* I7 ]6 U3 K# I/ u' ~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。
9 q8 X+ c' X. w0 P4 ]Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
2 o7 {0 O2 J% Y你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
0 n3 Z: p! r6 v) ~$ U5 [. MIs it a kind of distant memory?
6 ?9 V4 D0 y# S. X* z  N1 b它是一种遥远的记忆？
$ x, a3 A( L1 ?/ }Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
: ^% }3 `+ k% V9 K5 f你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
6 c: A4 z9 Z5 z2 GHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
  o! a( D& c# Z) y4 Q5 wDo you write memos?
6 X  u: I! ^! z你写备忘录吗？
6 v: h% z$ J! o( Q3 h5 C3 L1 cDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
4 F" S& M0 m6 B7 J你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
8 `3 ^+ ~4 j" }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？
% q) t7 M+ S; W8 C- e& gWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
5 X# v$ l. B( M3 ]你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？