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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, A* V7 V/ \( p2 s记住我们为什么做某事
Sometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
8 |! G" x! X4 S6 a2 B* I有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
2 P% k) D/ }" X+ l; M4 L7 LHave you ever done that?
: ~6 X# Q% C/ p) c3 B9 D你曾有过这种经历吗？
6 }4 y9 t+ R3 E. {% C* A# r0 J) mI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
' \3 j* t& @$ r& U8 F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。
  ~, o8 a( E% x' sAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
/ F6 L! b* z$ }  i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.
4 J1 @+ z6 E: }! e( |) u这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
4 @- P$ \! a4 V) v我想那很重要。
But I'm talking about a deeper problem, a bigger, why?
2 Q0 ~6 X+ e3 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？
At one point, there was a reason we do something.
2 |# k5 Q5 B/ E8 y. o7 K; B' y在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
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。
0 \3 K& q- x9 B- }5 Y) V. W; |* MIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
6 E. m% e* K( e6 i2 `) `' T总是可以问问自己为什么。
; i  |0 m9 x' l* w5 [* L2 z" u0 _Why did I start to learn a language?
- P6 G. {* a0 z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？
% ?3 F4 s$ y& W- E3 NWhy my friend was this person?
为什么我的朋友是这个人？
& K6 X( F, e3 CWhy did I get married?
为什么我要结婚？
4 Z- V8 [- \  }! E/ T+ b2 XIf 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。
I think we need indeed remind us of why.
. L) P; A8 l1 D4 D我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
* e1 }! V3 e; k  f( e: AOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
( m# l& l( ?* I5 D6 P# V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.
) d& s1 }: ^3 y& t) Y% m  r问为什么没什么问题。
! z5 F$ w# k' t. cIn fact, sometimes I think it can be very healthy and help we appreciate what you have and what you are doing.
% ^6 K, V; E+ E1 ^# Z# L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。
* M1 H: m+ F6 [7 ^1 |Talk about it.
; |# C/ T: T% ^& d$ Q$ {5 U9 S6 M谈论下面的话题：
+ }2 B5 V& }, Q% D4 O" lIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
2 @( u( d6 V" o9 ]你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
* }( ^. z1 Y: Z7 @, a* N7 o! w+ EIs it a kind of distant memory?
- G* k8 u6 S. D8 n它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
' S" `5 n( \9 `9 N" N' V你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
/ D2 L5 Q) A& o, y5 o  Q  sHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
3 g$ ^7 y+ f4 V5 `你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
你写备忘录吗？
% M) _- a1 e# D3 A8 d; R% sDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
- h0 b" q# i7 t8 q0 N  L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- x; k- Z  QWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
% S. }6 }# i! X. W- R, X4 \+ h还有其他的方法来防止你忘记吗？
2 s4 W. f; n- @% w0 D7 c! WWhat 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？