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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. O8 x( Q% H- x6 DSometimes 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?
) r2 m. m& t/ `- m$ ~; j你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
3 _- F4 b7 t5 p. n/ U/ p我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
1 r" R. h1 N+ y! B% BI have called someone because I want to tell them something.
: ?) O) {2 Y& K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。
) _! r9 T4 W& L$ kI guess that counts too.
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？
, I# h" P; S0 {1 z2 i  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。
) Q) N0 _9 ?9 m& A) B6 x/ @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.
+ L: \6 \  o  G9 @0 h总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
1 I1 t6 S7 L, |" j0 T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？
# b7 g- D6 x% P' tWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
: i' D" z6 {9 i- K& B! k为什么我要结婚？
9 G8 ^0 W6 f+ F0 `- r2 _) d4 v% ~If we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
8 g5 c+ d. ]( z# k8 N1 p6 R- Y& g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.
我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
; f! h1 x* X9 e1 o3 a4 o5 }9 `( b6 bOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
) O. `' B2 k; e" d7 M0 R4 N3 cWe stop starting. We quit the club.
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.
5 d$ J9 K5 J8 u7 P/ o问为什么没什么问题。
4 x! {/ S) [! U6 h6 W9 ~3 N: gIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
2 Y5 N0 ?( I1 Z, J/ P. c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.
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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？
' E6 ?1 J+ H. G% T# A- UIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
6 g' G8 D! P3 t& \7 oDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
# B, Z9 U. ~8 @4 I5 k3 ?+ |How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
6 C$ t* F' N* P/ d) R2 ]& O& X你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
4 _; \1 C; ]  C. j5 j( ODo you write memos?
" S2 k# p" V8 S' n, N你写备忘录吗？
2 k3 a9 `  H- A% cDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
, X$ [, C1 c' h& r' E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？
* m+ a& E( Z8 V3 @" P9 `! F: C( V- RWhat do you do when you see someone that you know, but have forgotten his name?
! U/ G. r* c" W7 m- ^你看到认识的某人，却忘记了名字，这种情况下你会怎么办？