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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记住我们为什么做某事
' J/ B+ j/ y) V. |+ a1 CSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
7 z2 O! e" w3 A  n+ J$ j) w有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
" d* n, e* R3 H: n4 J/ |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.
: V' [! d. @: x; f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。
  V- I, ^# R) [; {7 G; nWell, 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。
+ \' B6 B! u6 H( p% |9 @2 ~: DI guess that counts too.
: M5 z* Q6 c6 S; {我想那很重要。
But 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.
+ m% V4 g7 t6 r( H# a在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
, c7 _1 F6 _; B/ w) J. `  Y; CFor 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。
; {2 X5 {2 ?+ X  @0 r6 {$ ]3 _Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
; n/ A3 @- F$ K) g6 n1 `6 j为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
, s0 M0 O0 K8 B, B4 ?7 wWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
9 D1 U' ?: k% f5 }Why did I get married?
4 {7 @5 Q/ d* l( ^" n. S5 B9 w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.
6 i3 a% v0 x1 i" l" J, m8 c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.
' N  Z" Y. D5 K6 T我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
" I9 B2 e+ V& A) Y; N6 O8 ?. rOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
% }1 I! w3 ^7 d9 P否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
/ ~/ u% K" d0 D; S; e我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
1 b1 N% H; o0 G; ^+ ^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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
9 q  ]) H) ]- X6 E1 t8 w* e4 D问为什么没什么问题。
" P" C+ g' S3 L* oIn 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。
7 ^1 ?- P. r9 V/ x5 ]/ o: O: yTalk about it.
" X5 W1 Z2 }  U7 t3 a& f% E* [谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
8 I* y/ }7 W1 F5 {: }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 u2 M9 W" I* m& K: X它是一种遥远的记忆？
: l- s6 f, `. v" z9 j" y* m6 s2 yDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
6 J+ I' B% w' b' w4 r- v, h4 `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？
$ {/ f. D$ ~; m8 J5 m+ m7 @( gDo you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
1 S" X& u/ o; S( k* SDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
( R9 m9 p( G- O! M; n8 Z! ?; 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？
) S4 i1 O0 ^0 b! K, ~8 P8 OWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
/ j" S0 j! `& g% f: m还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
1 E* i# b: X) l; ?6 uWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
9 L# g, B" g  B( B你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？