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

记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
3 q% [  g$ y% E: h( t! s有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
7 m% [7 q8 o3 T! l3 ]Have you ever done that?
# W, e1 J+ [/ K你曾有过这种经历吗？
! }$ Y3 _* i" QI'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.
我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
1 L9 h* ^& G0 M5 CAnd 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.
& u2 H0 w; j( Q, J哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
1 Y4 c: L& u7 l# W; D这是一个记忆问题。
) `3 s9 ^6 i* }I guess that counts too.
2 G, ]1 j( X+ Y' X5 ?' ?9 C: l' N$ v我想那很重要。
7 S, h. m4 b; @* i  s; d& _But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
8 l) j! j% j& M( I' H+ s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？
" Q! N9 f# e' r- O! G0 A' t) VAt 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。
  T; J, [" @% N3 G5 X' p+ h. xFor 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。
& B: U" ~! H/ ?6 k7 W, OIt'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？
8 F# p; c, ^3 Q+ b7 P) mWhy did I join this club?
# H- G, a% }7 U3 d, s0 M4 ~8 e* ~为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
1 @. c, w* B# r! i' Z( S3 W: g0 y' rWhy 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。
; ^1 U- E7 N. Q( tI think we need indeed remind us of why.
' K" ^' q' ^2 G2 o5 t9 H$ {, O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.
/ {- d6 o% t9 \否则很难完成我们所开始的。
* y8 A' }5 p/ c/ X3 g. ]We stop starting. We quit the club.
我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
$ v) l4 E1 \: c. b1 |; M; ]/ r  C" BWe 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。
% d' Y6 l! x6 s; XIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
6 A  Y& L0 r) \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.
+ \" L/ _8 i* V7 _% N/ Y; g7 d$ O. F谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
6 L; ^& [+ [- j* y" n+ k) D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？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
# s- m: o8 u5 o! {/ F2 C你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
' I8 u2 Y: T7 |& z3 A6 @( GHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
; F8 Q' k! F' Y  I8 z. i4 A你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
. ^: \& x6 u) b! W  l你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
+ @* m. E$ f1 l1 }1 n: S6 x) {你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
% m: O! e- `3 @" ?- B/ p5 ~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？
What 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？