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.
6 I5 J. q# v4 D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？
) r6 B( m( p& N4 PI'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。
2 P5 B% x: [1 }I have called someone because I want to tell them something.
# m8 |% A  X) P( R* g6 m  D6 q7 I我曾经打电话给某人，因为我想告诉他们什么。
& |9 ?! E/ u5 Y+ v3 i; w! f; nAnd 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。
2 h/ ?! N: _  c( IWell, 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.
这是一个记忆问题。
I guess that counts too.
* _9 e2 h: E0 m4 ?$ {我想那很重要。
, Q0 p, r0 J$ i: fBut 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？
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。
For long-term projects, we need to remind ourselves of that reason.
, ]# ]# H9 |- a$ o对于长期项目，我们需要提醒自己原因。
! C  g+ i. t0 q  a3 \  oIt's always could to ask ourselves why.
总是可以问问自己为什么。
. X; }* i  F) |3 S) y( u& A  ^Why did I start to learn a language?
为什么我开始学习一种语言？
1 H. B4 N9 k6 }2 S4 zWhy did I join this club?
# Z" o/ Y, ?0 X, e5 w7 P$ @% q为什么我加入这个俱乐部？
4 d: {; P' i- k$ G  u* KWhy my friend was this person?
3 F+ C( c' B  x4 g. f为什么我的朋友是这个人？
- p) Y# T- M/ G9 U3 g: W$ @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.
) n7 [9 R' _; M& L. E" T" A: G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。
- ^/ G2 p- X: ]6 y8 [: X+ W! l) Z  dI think we need indeed remind us of why.
/ d7 d7 v8 f, |: u6 k( ^我想我们需要确实提醒自己为什么。
& x4 K9 p5 z8 r  Z7 T; YOr else it's tough to finish what we started.
- p+ C' N0 L* R* }否则很难完成我们所开始的。
We stop starting. We quit the club.
0 W; V/ H4 E1 c3 n: n+ D0 k( w我们停止开始。我们退出俱乐部。
0 I2 |' H; H7 N3 {" LWe end our friendships. Our marriages get damaged.
* s* \! k& X5 s  y) h; h( V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.
* W9 ^' P. @/ T3 [) J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。
; U6 ~/ @) _* G- r7 W0 l/ [' XTalk about it.
谈论下面的话题：
" D! [% Y- z6 R5 h& XIs there something you are doing but you've forgotten why you starting it?
5 _4 g5 r# X( `  P, ?: A  C& \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?
: m& t, C: e% [) z它是一种遥远的记忆？
Did you ever forget why you are doing something...
( D" r; S) n/ j+ s8 W  O1 _你曾经忘记你为什么做某事……
2 d: k& z- l+ e' W6 mHow do you remind yourself why you are doing something?
- g8 ^/ ^  a! }0 o: c你如何提醒自己为什么会做某事吗？
Do you write memos?
6 \7 ]$ l4 h% P你写备忘录吗？
Does your mind ever go blank and yourself may forget what you are doing?
6 ~4 R8 d" ]- k0 b# P你有过头脑空空而自己也许忘记你正在做什么的经历吗？
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？
; o7 ~% c5 q& e  W3 q% LWhat 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？