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。
Have you ever done that?
你曾有过这种经历吗？
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。
: C; v8 J$ L1 `5 A. y. Y  ?I 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。
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.
' M1 M4 _/ P# I哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
$ o, ]  i7 t4 M0 o+ S5 N5 lThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
/ U$ q6 H. E6 @1 A+ B7 ]I guess that counts too.
( X% m4 t2 Y/ e6 x3 ~: Q  q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.
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
3 O# ^2 b1 I) q( ^For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
( w6 m! N3 d$ i" h- k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。
Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
6 Y2 \. F! r) y4 I3 U6 e$ K: f6 vWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
8 c1 B9 E6 c" f& B5 PWhy my friend was this person?
; c# a3 @7 i: h) n9 r为什么我的朋友是这个人？
5 T; p* T7 r" ^, Z( n8 D+ FWhy 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.
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.
% j& C& I: N3 t) E4 e( R我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
$ P8 d4 h, G) u! E- POr else it's tough to finish what we started.
+ |7 M7 z9 @' v% \否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
9 Q  G* _$ H* w8 _3 g; o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。
There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
2 B& ^! K- }& I- K" d6 H' hIn 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。
6 \' M7 q; q% l6 R; Q; KTalk about it.
+ q$ ^( q5 m( f; ^2 a谈论下面的话题：
& |! @* f) j. n4 m6 DIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
* M) H! s3 l5 Z& A, G: ]  _3 ^3 F你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
3 m3 |! c+ R! ?! |8 N' v! VIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did 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?
2 c0 ]/ ^: m" P8 |9 l$ K' z0 G/ K你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
: J% I. n& f  l6 L. v6 V你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
1 N4 m) x$ e* J& N3 {你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
2 H, w0 O+ u% u- ]8 Z' }/ bWhat 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？
What do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
9 ~! `+ ?$ P5 h5 W& [/ G8 C  X/ H你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？