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
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
0 u  v8 g! d% d( w, W有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
' l" w; [9 s4 j9 [" N& E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。
7 ?* k! a+ G2 [$ mI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
7 x6 b4 \" A' l5 D+ I( y# o7 U8 @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.
$ ^7 j$ O* w2 \$ k哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
) D0 {. j3 \7 b1 b: D; r这是一个记忆问题。
" p' B! p; g$ |5 {I guess that counts too.
# X. M" S, B1 U" o4 ?4 r我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
3 K  ]9 n' Y! Z; q4 X, b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.
: L5 A: Q. k) T2 G5 M3 D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.
对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
! Y6 }: q* p) n8 ^1 m( ?/ e) |It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
2 w- i/ B% ]8 [7 K% I2 [Why did I start to learn a language?
0 T; k. H$ E+ q* I为什么我开始学习一种语言？
8 [' a  T0 u8 z1 HWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
  v) n- D2 u$ ~" n0 MWhy my friend was this person?
6 k" c& Y- u7 P) V4 t' `- q+ E为什么我的朋友是这个人？
3 e  S1 Q; z9 C9 Y+ [Why did I get married?
6 c% S0 k6 H( @% X' H为什么我要结婚？
; K5 w! J; n7 lIf 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.
" O1 g7 q5 ]. m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。
! n. L! H$ Z+ G7 t$ q2 BWe stop starting. We quit the club.
) V7 v! A3 |8 \1 d9 X! K( d我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
4 R" `3 G% N/ q% d+ iWe 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。
  u. N2 p; W" Q( L# Q7 U/ pIn 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。
Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
, I, W* C8 @$ [6 V* N+ `/ EIs 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？
% `* T1 ]8 v. h( N1 m+ EIs it a kind of distant memory?
9 l; F! R- z. f" k: p5 [它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
6 M- L3 K6 P3 ]$ ~+ \( H! l' h你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
+ Z+ O6 v/ R) i3 l, S& k你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
2 R. R1 M: Z9 F  B8 e0 v你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
) T  R1 S" b& A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?
还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
8 J0 S1 T5 W4 f! v5 ZWhat 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？