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?
% L0 n3 n0 O' Q+ Q0 R6 b9 c) @7 \你曾有过这种经历吗？
I'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
: i6 [% R$ J( H3 g. `. j  X& s- m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.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
; P* F" o3 d  M( u9 LAnd 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。
( s) ?2 K; C9 _* u4 H9 @" hWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
$ f; ?" k3 R; W& d1 F% q2 ?哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
) J4 `) N# N$ C; Y/ R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?
0 O/ Y- S# X0 [. P+ l5 w+ w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.
6 O& V  D1 v7 d' J* M" {在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
: J, R7 l$ I7 L$ \& W2 v! Z* fFor long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
1 m+ r- I9 J. P$ b对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
# U& q+ B% c7 B1 L, m6 E! y' OIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
$ ^! K0 X9 l: S5 s( ]7 g9 m5 u1 B, ]+ B总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
2 B) s, j! r! Z  Q& Z9 L/ V- w6 H7 V! i为什么我开始学习一种语言？
4 }" S+ j' C* I2 H; v" _3 h6 }3 dWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
9 Z3 g% X8 x' K1 g5 Z( B9 HWhy my friend was this person?
8 v  ^: c$ U9 D+ M5 [$ j; W为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why 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。
' ]6 X! t3 l! @+ g. FI think we need indeed remind us of why.
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。
- `7 u5 Z$ |' UWe stop starting. We quit the club.
' ?( o, {7 `$ _) e% D6 w7 p8 B- d$ B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。
# ~3 V* {- K* R' a1 A* y3 }There's nothing wrong with asking why.
问为什么没什么问题。
4 c# A: C  T& d3 [+ O: aIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
% ]4 E1 x, o8 C7 K% V/ i8 X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。
$ A1 y6 ]% ?$ `0 i+ NTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
8 b+ U) \9 ]1 }! |. U0 p  y( H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?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
0 U% |. d/ {8 A9 u) Q- w  pDid 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?
* P. b! z5 Y1 |5 K6 A, H) a你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
$ f( E- n1 s# V/ j你写备忘录吗？
$ h+ F' M3 W4 E; k/ k7 gDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
# z0 e* f' E: _3 f% G  b) K你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
0 \9 ~" @, U5 W1 V4 r* q$ aWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
6 r2 E) j# t! ~) d还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
+ `0 T0 A4 I8 j5 LWhat 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？