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
+ d5 X, P% z( A% _& C- s  \- ?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。
: c6 B, f# L7 }) b/ fHave you ever done that?
0 c+ s3 l2 _1 A# U( p% P1 Z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。
+ O& c; g! Y) P" K, V+ F; w- Y+ rI 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。
$ x% [4 }$ G  V2 o* N: M# k9 N* D- S6 aAnd then, after just choosing the place for a while, not talking about anything particular.
" @. k+ e; U3 {) e1 `, R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。
1 w4 B' W5 l7 u; vWell, I forget why I called that person in the first place.
( ]2 b5 a2 ^" a2 n3 U% k% Y哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
8 e! \0 j. ^7 |  C- i2 Z$ mThat's a memory problem.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
; j" U- r7 ^2 k6 |3 N. s我想那很重要。
4 V! V2 g3 a) Q1 z8 u- o+ ABut 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？
+ G& a8 L" q; z2 i, O% h0 ZAt 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。
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。
It's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
3 K" F$ u+ b- o5 t9 S. N/ gWhy did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
% F' s! `6 C/ d" T6 v8 E- mWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
) L) d, `* U+ b, QWhy my friend was this person?
% P$ }' Y! Z$ f' |9 m' V5 D为什么我的朋友是这个人？
1 c+ Z) F1 e- n( j: OWhy did I get married?
8 e1 z; g" U' U. k. q) ^  H  Z为什么我要结婚？
( v: T, d9 j' x" T8 z6 BIf we get lost in the doing, in the living, in the everyday of being, then we can not say why.
+ {) ?/ U1 C1 d% F! Z" }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.
0 H0 c9 ~5 ]( i( C0 V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.
, ?- r$ S% b+ m) d2 T$ f否则很难完成我们所开始的。
: N+ f% f. V6 N  NWe 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.
* y) u6 m; W+ L/ B. W, Y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.
( M0 f. s6 k2 v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：
3 u7 q0 a9 k; ]  z: ^Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
' p# L- ]2 q! v  R你有过正在做某事但是你忘了为什么开始的经历吗？
  b; [! ^) D5 L; x+ xIs it a kind of distant memory?
它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
7 |# K- `2 [! _1 `' w你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
+ p, G+ t, R$ h* h7 t你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
# n4 G" `: {2 ^% _4 pDo you write memos?
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？
5 G/ w' [# z- J$ `0 |: WWhat are some other methods for you to prevent yourself from forgetting?
# g+ h- e% Z( b- e, G5 `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？