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？
- n5 u! i, D5 b- ?/ C  Y7 P& gI'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。
" u& i3 _# h+ u, d$ {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。
$ @, w$ o3 ?. M  u* Q6 MAnd 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。
; y' }* \) O+ e$ m7 n9 vWell, 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。
, V" ?9 P! C$ H, f) I* AThat's a memory problem.
2 q, H! Q. o; o! h' x4 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?
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？
; r, O/ K$ I, p8 {8 s. IAt one point, there was a reason we do something.
; H0 p8 C' C  A4 k6 C. l+ I5 U" k$ U2 H在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
5 S. J! a: F8 ^/ T# ]( p+ \For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
9 v5 S3 c0 ]' z; B( k- Z! W4 I对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
It'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?
. \% r+ f( o: w7 p/ X' B为什么我开始学习一种语言？
Why did I join this club?
$ g2 J  t/ W% A为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
- j- c+ A/ f" f; QWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
Why did I get married?
5 Q/ `0 o" A' n  u为什么我要结婚？
& W! u+ _. y0 j; m0 D& z# h; v) s4 V1 bIf 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。
5 G3 d3 }5 U: xI think we need indeed remind us of why.
% z+ G+ m# S5 q9 n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。
# i% N# r: s/ `5 {% J4 eWe 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.
$ g+ D! s4 p$ P7 M9 n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.
2 ?& d" w) ^* k6 M- x2 w1 ^. [9 w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.
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。
+ D) v" B; C( jTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
, n+ i5 m6 u9 U8 S. SIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
+ Z1 F0 X9 [  q. y% r; b/ [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...
你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
: p6 k( @6 A' o7 G" FHow 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?
! f) I+ V7 _( ~# a, K- A5 Z6 `你写备忘录吗？
. x% h1 ]$ J! f4 mDoes 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？
0 t2 Q, _, S& b4 S  ZWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
) y% L4 a/ M) L4 Q$ _还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
$ i+ ^* l8 \, F) ?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？