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

+ g) V  P4 d& h$ T# d记住我们为什么做某事
- x# X0 [7 Y$ M$ @. O3 ]7 ~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。
5 E" `: w, l8 P) g; [- lHave you ever done that?
# H/ W+ T3 U1 }5 M6 k你曾有过这种经历吗？
8 `8 O; t7 S! q0 _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.
6 s  @( x/ ~. T, N7 ?我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
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。
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.
这是一个记忆问题。
& r* J1 m* p7 ?, n/ yI guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
' ^2 c" m* f2 K/ I) S$ q8 j* QBut I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
: K+ d7 z0 Z9 _3 N- Z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？
/ }1 H0 M0 `5 e& X# O& P9 wAt 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。
; P' B5 T* o& l1 ?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。
( M2 j/ |; i* i$ Q  [Why did I start to learn a language?
, s$ A' F/ \; w, Y) R/ q4 p" C为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
' Q7 b% e, p; m$ f' I为什么我的朋友是这个人？
! N; V$ J+ b3 W+ S* y; Z* W2 m# n% HWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
5 |, `: G4 V! d9 ]% o4 oIf 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。
' ~$ W) y6 n7 w( l4 JI think we need indeed remind us of why.
+ N4 P+ D7 u; F4 o6 [5 A- n我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
5 p6 {! y" V# N4 }3 A" o' h/ N3 mOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
1 O0 V: J9 j( Q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。
0 x2 ?. W$ f9 U4 |5 a, KWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
( u. E% g' [( Z6 s- E我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
4 U) i1 J( Q2 wThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
, m$ w* b$ j, \. o" i. D' `: yIn 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。
  F$ b* k9 v  G9 q. Y: K  fTalk about it.
7 _, [5 V" _1 U, c7 @; ^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?
( s; ]  J- t1 d( t1 R8 Q% d它是一种遥远的记忆？
) e7 ~) F* N) ~( G4 h9 g  lDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
2 D) m; d0 ~8 t( K! NHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
. Z- M1 Q8 c7 [: k7 M你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
& p) P; F# {' i7 |. Y2 A  X+ ~Do you write memos?
* x" H7 I$ b" p& D8 J* W& j你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
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?
' |/ u  f: m8 A还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
2 ~( s/ m1 G9 {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？