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.
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。
I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
6 F/ L! _' d; |7 l, R1 V" j& w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.
, q; u" |5 U, v6 p1 s( V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。
0 C; v# G2 S6 {/ o; j3 i1 q. qWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
; j9 F8 u( ^+ R& X+ f3 Z哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
! `5 j" ~2 T2 k9 R! _" u% \* t' kThat's a memory problem.
& B& A0 |1 f/ v0 x* I$ C0 |这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
% Y9 s0 q2 y- [9 y7 }8 R* u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？
0 y) Q0 J( E; r) E) }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。
. p' l0 `3 i; K+ ^; C6 tFor 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。
/ ^) |/ m9 E+ MIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
# Y, _  x7 L& I- m总是可以问问自己为什么。
4 g8 x# ~0 p2 H- J1 {' jWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
7 w6 G0 w6 D$ q6 YWhy did I join this club?
  {/ A: C4 T7 D3 h! ]( p为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
1 o* P8 }- ?3 f) H& iWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
3 J! v! w$ b- a% MIf 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。
. V7 P$ f( J$ JI think we need indeed remind us of why.
' n1 |1 j! ~; S- Q- Z我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
* @: v2 v7 ?1 S( C: `. ~Or else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
; n- h' J  e" Q1 P5 Y, Y% XWe stop starting. We quit the club.
- Q& y4 A; {7 n% J0 S" d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。
In fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
& D* v, p' `" a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：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
1 q, V- H; ]! t6 g你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
3 K" u+ A% A! y( aIs it a kind of distant memory?
8 R4 s4 T; J5 m( k它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
3 X2 G% _8 t* h, L! W5 i$ E/ ]你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
6 K! j! d& X4 f4 W5 _' z5 K) GHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
. B$ a9 O% Y: y- ~6 e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？
, F, k# p! r6 L+ r# X$ J% a9 SWhat 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？
$ _4 K" m( H1 O& FWhat 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？