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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2 p& k- u! N7 X/ l' |& T记住我们为什么做某事
, k$ _. ^1 T: V' M+ g& o+ B2 JSometimes I forget why I'm doing, what I'm doing.
. E' ?( N9 P" }有时候我忘了为什么我在做，我在做什么。
Have you ever done that?
9 q1 j  Q0 l6 @% P  M" W你曾有过这种经历吗？
! l0 w2 [& N" vI'm not just talking about a memory problem, although that's possible too.
- H6 u3 M( \: u, E我并不仅仅是在谈论记忆问题，虽然那也是有可能的。
+ b# l* P4 x! M: x; ?# X. mI 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。
$ M+ y) C1 M( i/ X1 g; b- Z, qAnd 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.
' [4 D4 U6 z# o哦，我忘记了自己为什么要首先给那人打电话。
That's a memory problem.
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?
. b$ d* V' y- G' X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.
在某一个时期， 我们做某事会有一个理由。
& @2 k3 c  A4 C& G7 qFor 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。
/ n4 I5 }2 ?) `8 d$ m  XIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
: y$ l& z; x" G, i总是可以问问自己为什么。
Why did I start to learn a language?
3 x+ g) A1 t$ |0 R0 e9 y为什么我开始学习一种语言？
; e2 N  w" y% o9 `( P* |) D. XWhy did I join this club?
为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
Why my friend was this person?
' N% v  r8 u9 B% Y" P# ]5 i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.
4 p  r0 J5 m/ K! h+ B9 L0 N" j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.
3 i0 g+ b. Z, k4 p# G& r8 @我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
( T: m0 U: ^2 r+ f  q/ I" G# YOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
否则很难完成我们所开始的。
' }4 W' E: V6 cWe stop starting. We quit the club.
: x! |+ i) p: C5 r' M+ B我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
2 i& i8 U; p2 c# QWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
8 P$ C* x8 G5 E8 ?我们结束我们的友谊。我们的婚姻出现裂痕。
) ]4 D3 A( \; ]$ S# F+ D- HThere's nothing wrong with asking why.
  I# |% a# U# l  {8 w/ k9 ?, m0 Q% n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。
7 |; P2 g' L5 x: ~Talk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
Is there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
7 W) H) L* ~0 @5 e* z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?
2 a; \4 c3 k; y: p它是一种遥远的记忆？
6 L% u) y4 u% w% RDid you ever forget why you are doing something...
+ \- @8 h; ~: n/ S你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
How do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
9 d% N. P: B/ y( F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？
8 [7 x! l9 ^/ ?# U$ k6 ?: hDoes your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
6 q8 _5 Z  y. H' E5 i你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
/ {7 g, e9 K! X& z1 `' i: ]0 E+ yWhat 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？
. X8 q5 A  O$ \; eWhat 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？